Focussing on Healing at the Heart of AN : The AN•visible

Focussing on Healing at the Heart of AN

Feb 28 2019 in Blog by Solara

The past two weeks have been a time of relative quiet at the Heart of AN. Our main focus has been on healing. The healing of Tawani after losing her cria, the healing of our various health challenges. This healing is happening slowly ~ because it’s not just an issue of physical health. It’s a total repatterining and RESET ~ inside and out ~ of practically everything. We are changing our entire approach to life, altering the way we do things, reordering our priorities and moving our lives onto a completely new rhythm.

This takes time. We often take two steps forward and one step back. We have moments when the pressure of too many things to do gets to us and brings stress. We have property taxes to pay, car insurance to buy, income taxes to prepare, books and Surf Reports to write, numerous things to build and repair, transformational retreats to organize, orders to send, new seeds to plant and the list goes on…. Sometimes, we get overwhelmed by the profusion of things (and people) clamoring for our attention. This is when we’re most likely to be affected by the anguish and chaos of the collective. Whenever this happens, it’s a strong sign to stop everything and firmly realign ourselves with the New Reality of AN. Fortunately, we also have many magical moments when we’re absolutely in the flow.

For me, with every step I make, I’m ultra aware how precious it is to be here. And I’m grateful to be given another day.

A similar thing is happening to the area of the Tower of AN. It has been closed off with a temporary fence for over three weeks to allow the grass to regenerate. The Alpacas of AN greatly miss going in there as it’s their favorite place, but it had to be done. On Monday, it will be reopened, signalling another significant shift in energy!

On February 11, there was a strong two day strike (paro) which brought everything to a halt in many parts of Peru. We loved the quietness of no outside activity for a few days.

My main focus has been on writing my book which has grown to 632 pages. There will probably be at least 200 more pages by the time I am finished with this epic saga of my personal journey.

Emanaku always has myriad tasks to do ~ but his favorite right now is creating a desk for KUSI•WASI. This will be in a quiet corner with an amazing view where he can work on designs and do finely detailed work. It will be finished today! Another breakthrough!

In the middle of next week, we are having a huge change of pace with the arrival of five special visitors ~ four from Mexico, plus our friend Alberto from Lima! We have some important things to do together.

Surrounding you all with True Heart Love from the Heart of AN!

: The purple trumpet vines (which are actually pink) are growing on all our fences. We love that they flower throughout the year.
And in many ways, this photo best describes how we feel right now.

: The rainy season is in full effect right now. Many rivers are almost up to flood levels. But it is making everything so green!

: The magnificent Tawani leads the Alpacas of AN to the grass behind our house.

: Ultra mystical Apu Sawasiray from the Heart of AN.

: The always inspiring Apu Sawasiray feels like the entrance to another world ~ perhaps another reality.

: The misty peaks of Apu Sawasiray behind the Heart of AN.

: Leo and Luna love sitting in the upstairs window alcove and watching the rain from a dry, cozy spot.

: Two weeks ago, we enjoyed a visit with Kyd and her beautiful daughter Lila.

: Lila loved this Buddha. She kept feeding him and gave him lots of kisses! Lila is so sweet, smart and bright.

: Lila with the wise and deeply loving Cachorro ~ who is very good with small children.

: We have closed the Tower of AN area for a few weeks to allow the grass to regrow. Our alpacas aren’t so happy about this, since it is their favorite place. Fortunately, it’s reopening next week.

: The beginning of a profusion of cherry tomatoes in our garden. And this is just one of our tomato plants! There are A LOT more tomatoes this week than in this photo.

: On February 11, there was a strong strike (paro) in protest of the possible privatization of water in Peru. All the roads in Cuzco and the Sacred Valley and many other parts of Peru were blockaded and closed for two days so that no vehicles could pass.

: Our small road was closed by the simple statement of a single rock.

: It always takes several days to clean up the roads after a strong strike. Emanaku had to go to Cuzco on the day afterwards while dodging many obstacles.

: The new bridge in Urubamba is slowly progressing. Most of the new bridge parts have arrived. See how impressive the new bridge looks in the sign on the right!

: We planted some sunflower seeds a few months ago. Here are the first of our sunflowers!

: Now, let’s hope that the alpacas don’t eat them.

: Pedro plants more grass seeds near our sunflowers ~ which are already taller.

: ❣️ CAUGHT IN ACTION! ❣️ Here’s the naughty No’e chomping on the flowers outside AN•Wasi. She is the worst of the flower eaters! ❤️

: The regal and deep Cachorro basks in the sunshine outside his house (Cachorro-Wasi) on his tiny private hill.

: We bought an old bench which Percy has been painting for us. Now, I need to decide if I’m going to leave it white or add some bright colors. The white is very nice, but how can I resist bright colors?

: The Alpacas of AN weren’t very impressed with our clever makeshift fence.

: The very sweet Alpacas of AN love the AN•Labyrinth. Notice how big Kukuli is getting!
From left to right: Rit’i (eating), Kukuli, Nima, Asiri (drinking milk), Tawani and No’e.