As a kinesthetic and expressive being, I love engaging the world with artful grounding practices.  I choose sacred spaces and creative acts to solidify a new beginning, an ending, an intention.  I rename, transmute, transform, claim, and allow a new level of my path to surface.  I spent a day at Point Lobos Natural Reserve in Carmel, California.  A spot I often travel to with my Soul-Family for ceremonies and gatherings.  I planted seeds of my new journey, my new name, my old dreams come anew.  Celebrate a new direction of your journey by venturing out.  Create a personalized ceremony with your favorite people to act as your sacred witnesses and step into the rooting energy as you welcome Greater and Blissful things!

_She decorates life with moments.  Stringing them along banners created of substance and soul nourishing tendrils.
She repeatedly responds to the wind with open arms and joyously allows the cleansing rain to pour upon her heart.
If you watch, she will notice you and count all the miracles you are here to be.
She will hold your hand and nudge you to breathe in your golden wisdom that fortifies your very being.
Tell her. . .tell her all. . .she will listen and lay out the pieces for you to craft with your gentle fingertips.
As you birth, she remains at your side chanting your soul name of ancient times in hidden languages.
Early rock and age old bones gathered to create your inner haven.
Branches and twine lead the path.
And the markings on the earth leave prints to follow.
She will walk with you and find symbols along the way that resonate to the flow in your veins.
Your truth will grow a garden.
Your voice will know- no shame.
Your smile will tell many of the strength that grows from within.

Her name, like many before come with a vibrational tone that lingers and:
Waxes.
Shapes.
Unravels.
Unties.

From withered to the brave glory that resides in your BEing.

She's lived before and continues today.

I will carry her name in my form.

My name becomes hers.  We blend in a harmony of all-knowing.

That wild medicine soul inside me has been set free.

I am Melissa Ixcheldevi

. . .and today I breathe {anew} life.

Namaste to my Soul Family: Daniel, my brother | Maya, my journey-sister | Michele, my mentor/teacher/beloved for your Sacred Witnessing and mesmerizing ceremony on this day- the marking of a new journey and renaming a part of my soul's life expression.

Love you all.

I don't even remember what the conversation was about or exactly the whereabouts, but it had something to do with that Magical Goddess Leonie!  A facebook post is what I remember most.  I couldn't even tell you what the conversation was about, but we connected instantly.  Over many emails, sharings, phone conversations, and skype sessions we bonded and began an initiation into sisterhood. 

We traded picturesque image ideas for photos.  We spun words that created melodious poems and writings.  We talked about our whirlwinds in life; things we experienced.  We laughed about how silly human-ness can be if taken too serious.  We stood by each other during moments of frustration and held the veil up high for a clearer view.  We cheered each other on and marched through the mud just to get to the other side of the task.  We became connected through Soul and reunited in Spirit.

Sharing the same passion for joyful and artful living.  Connection and honoring the journeys of others.  Listening with heart and speaking with love. 

She- sharing the same name as my own daughter.
She- speaking to nature and listening to it's symphony as I do.
This wonderful Goddess-Friend of mine.

I am awaiting her arrival in one day.  From the East Coast to where I stand in California.  We will reunite.  In.  Real.  Life.

Tomorrow, I will be waiting at the airport to meet my Soul-SiSTAR.

And, together we will share our journey in moment-caputring pictures and stories.