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Honoring the Andean New Year!

Another super accelerated, Fast Track week at The Heart of AN! ♥ We had breakthroughs with doors, floors, showers, stairs, painting and electricity. We also found time to celebrate the Andean New Year on August 1st by offering Pachamama wine and yellow pika pika confetti. ♥ It’s exciting to have so much visible progress. We [ Read More…. ]

Creative Surge!

It was a super busy week at The Heart of AN with much progress and a huge creative surge that’s being felt by everyone there. All the downstairs floors have been completed and they are now putting pastileros in the upstairs bathrooms. Three different carpenters are creating our doors, as well as cabinets for the [ Read More…. ]

Super Fast Track!

Huge progress is being made in many areas this week. We are now at a point where we can increasingly insert our unique creativity, which means that there are hundreds of decisions to be made each day and we need to be physically at the house more and more. ♥ ♥ And we still have [ Read More…. ]

Patience and Progress!

Building a house is a constant master class in patience. Everyone promises to have a job done in one week, then a month or more later, we are still waiting. At the same time, other projects are miraculously brought to completion…. For the past year, Emanaku and I have dealt with a constant mountain of [ Read More…. ]

Multi-leveled Progress!

Much is in progress at The Heart of AN. ♥ Tiles were put on the entrance gate and most of the remaining door frames arrived. We bought a cistern and water pumps. The first pastillero tiles are being installed in the entrada of our house. Once this is done, we can FINALLY get our stairs. [ Read More…. ]

Water and Electricity!

A few days ago, everything started moving forward again at The Heart of AN. There was noticeable progress in many areas. We finally got water to our land and electricity to the house! The top of the front gate is being built.  The very, very exciting new water line to our land!!! The water comes [ Read More…. ]

Inti Raymi and Mercury Retrograde – Slowing down

It’s Inti Raymi, the main Inca celebration! This means that most of our workers went to Cuzco to participate, leaving only four of them here. In spite of our suddenly diminished work crew, there were still many exciting new developments this week at The Heart of AN. ♥ And next week, we might finally get [ Read More…. ]

AN becomes increasingly visible….

A wild week at the Heart of AN in which the Invisible truly became visible. We strongly saw and felt more of the full vision of the Heart of AN and it is magnificent. We all felt deeply transformed by this. ♥ At the same time, we could feel the effects of Mercury Retrograde. We [ Read More…. ]

Visitors and Birthdays!

Every day brings new surprises and great transformation at the Heart of AN. We are in super action-mode and much is getting accomplished. ♥ New visitors have arrived from three different countries (Anelja, Johannes, Maria and Alanah) and are busy cleaning up the land and picking up garbage. ♥ It’s very exciting to see everything [ Read More…. ]

Rapidly Moving Forward!

Moving Forward in myriad directions at the Heart of AN! ♥ The interior of the house looks more beautiful every day, while outside on the land, it looks a bit rough as a long ditch is being made for the underground electricity cables and water pipes. Hopefully, we will be able to close the ditch [ Read More…. ]

Super ‘A Mu’a at The Heart of AN!

Super busy week at the Heart of AN with lots getting done. The first floor of our house is being plastered, while the last cement floors are being laid on the second floor. Outside, a caterpillar has dug a long ditch across the property where we will put the underground electricity cables and water tubes. [ Read More…. ]

The Transforming Power of Yeso!

Every day brings major progress to the Heart of AN, especially when yeso plaster is involved. Yeso brings instant refinement and beauty to the rough adobe.   The enclosed balcony of Emanaku’s office is taking form. Platforms are built in each room so the ceilings can be plastered. The living room is the first downstairs [ Read More…. ]

Our house is finally starting to come together!

There is much progress at the Heart of AN! ♥ The plastering of the tower room and 2nd floor are nearly done. Now, they are working on the floors. ♥ The foundation for the final segment of our adobe wall is nearly complete. It is being beautifully built and looks like an Inka wall. After [ Read More…. ]

Beacon of AN Rooftop Ceremony Part Two

On April 21st, we held a simple, but deeply touching, ceremony at the Heart of AN to put the Beacon of AN and two toros from Pucara on top of the roof of our house.   Now chicha is poured by Victor and Aurelio as an offering to Pachamama inside the toros and all over [ Read More…. ]

Beacon of AN Rooftop Ceremony Part One

On April 21st, we held a simple, but deeply touching, ceremony at the Heart of AN to put the Beacon of AN and two toros from Pucara on top of the roof of our house.   Walter and Julie arrive with the flowers for our ceremony. Here are Tuanet and Mateo! Carlos and Mateo explore [ Read More…. ]