The Last Blog from Cairo, Egypt

In two days, I fly back to the USA. wow.

It's been quite a year here in Cairo with many many lessons and experiences. I am grateful for so much. I am grateful to have swan and scuba dived in the red sea - 3 TIMES. I am grateful to have cruised down the Nile - WITH MY DAD (Happy Fathers Day by the way). I am grateful to have meditated and toned in the Great Pyramid on Nov. 11, 2009. I am grateful to have shared myself with my students singing songs like "Free to be you and Me" and " I get by with a little help from my friends". I am grateful to have sang at the JW Marriot a few nights ago randomly and shared my voice and my songs - the purest and truest part of my essence. (cell phone video on my Facebook page)

I am grateful to have lived in Cairo and experienced the people and the land up close and personal. It is the land - the desert and the sea and the hot sun - that makes Egypt Egypt. Just like it is the wet green hills that make Ireland, Ireland.

I am grateful to have visited my "home" land Ireland a few times while in Cairo. The juxtaposition of living in Cairo and traveling to Ireland brought great clarity and insight. My recent week with Derek O'Neill and SQ Wellness was the best yet and I encourage you to peruse the updated website for the retreat center I often visit, SQ retreats. it's a gift that keeps on giving. I will be offering healings and meditation classes from July 1-Aug 16 in the Cape Cod/Boston area and look forward to sharing the Rising Star, Prema Birthing, and Prema Agni energies with all those who feel ready to share the LOVE of who they are and be in service of themselves and Humanity.

For those of you don't know yet, I am leaving Egypt for good this Wed and will be based in Barnstable, MA from July 1-Aug. 17. Then on Aug. 17 I fly to Beirut, Lebanon and begin working at the American Community School. It will be a great new adventure and one I am truly looking forward to. More to come on that later . .. .

For now, I am grateful - grateful to fly home to the USA and spend some lovely lazy days of summer with family and friends.

Happy Summer Solstice. Be the SUN that you are and SHINE WITH GRACE on this longest day of 2010.

love love love

Alicia

May, Mothers, and the power of 3

May is a month of mother love - at least for me. It feels extra strange to not be in the US right now and with my family and friends. For the last few years, since my mom passed in 2007, I have always done a "Songs for the Divine Mother" show around mothers day. It is often one of my favorite concerts to give and always seems to summon great healing for myself and for those that attend.

As I approach the third anniversary of my mom's passing I am surprised by how much grief I can still experience during this month. It's almost as if a whole new layer surfaces reminding me that even though my Highest Self knows there is no separation, my human self longs to sit around and laugh with my mom while eating an amazing fresh mozzarella salad she used to love to make.

Yes in spirit, I have no doubt we are one and she is in service wherever she is, just as she was in service here in this dimension, but in my body, and in my senses, I miss her - especially in May.

I am grateful for my siblings and there recent babies who clearly help hold this energetic void that was left in my family, once my Mother's body left, but still there is just no when like my mom - Ellen. Seriously, if you knew her, you know what I am talking about.

She was a passionate woman. Passionate about food, and love, and justice, and her family. She taught me the power of speaking your mind and of being in humble service. Above all, she lived life with joy and charisma and strong points of view. sound familiar?

Yes, ultimately we are all our mother's daughters.

And so, I wrote this new song - cause that's what I've done since I was 9 - wrote songs. My mom was one of the first ones that knew this about me.

Enjoy and see you soon on Cape Cod!!

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