Connecting wisdom traditions in Scotland

This trip began with an event I came to speak at being cancelled. It amazes me how challenged it was at the beginning and how it turned out very magical at the end. It was like something "switched on in the air" . Maybe ancient Celtic spirits wanted me to be almost at the edge of my own "illusions" and faced them without any kind of expectations.     This was my first trip to Britain and I fell in love with the ancient places and spirits and this land.

London is magnificent, astonishing, covered by some misty weather that brought some subtle melancholy to my soul and watching the old empire standing in front of my eyes stately, impenetrable, with some sort of absence itself but very meticulous to show us how powerful it was not quite far ago. Still it is!

I loved its parks, especially Holland park and Richmond! Old trees everywhere and hundreds of birds around with old ponds and swans that owned the Queen. 

I loved the cold that kept me wearing warm clothes enough to walk for hours. And of course I loved the Natural Museum! Being around dinosaurs blew out my mind. I was back twice! Tons of museums with lots of history involved from all over the world. Angelical children chorus at St Paul cathedral was just a mystical religious experience!

Scotland, I fell in love immediately. I remember dearly from the moment that I arrived in Dumfries. The sunset just began.. vibrant colors of the almost spring sun was magical, with its golden lights welcoming me =) Scotland fulfilled my heart and fed my soul. When I got off the train, a beautiful thin woman -gray hair and green eyes was waiting for me and smiled at me like the golden rays of the sun before. She looked like an ancient forest spirit coming from an old kingdom and took me to her lands. I could perceive in my bonds the cold of these magnetic lands, the cold wind blowing in my face while a quiet gelid sea nearby was waiting for me..

Walking the second day in the sheep fields to meet ancient Stones circles halted in memorial times made me feel at home. A new one. Four thousand years ago, and still around to teach us how we can decipher ancient wisdom. To walk around these old and magnificent stones standing like old giants invited me to pray and bring my amazonian offerings to them with such incredible joy. I was "floating" in the air and the wind relaxed a little bit and let the sun warm my body a little bit while I was honoring ancient spirits. Since then I have had incredible dreams..!

On the weekend of March 15 we had a lunar eclipse at 5:45am. Another sign that I felt that I walked according to Universe rhythm. On that Friday evening I met Scottish women, all of them very proud of their Celtic roots. One in particular, Kristine, stole my soul. She, 65 years old, was the beautiful thin woman who welcomed me at the train station! Kristine turned out to be a magical story teller of Celtic winter and spring goddesses, dark and light worlds together and stunning Celtic songs. I just want to move to live there!

Historical mansions-like Harry Potter´s- old houses that remind us of colonial lords trading slaves, ruin castles with gargoyles in its walls and on the edge of the abyss made me want to "devour" history. Walking on the quiet and solitary beaches on whose front Ireland could be seen and infinite flat lands -I was in the west lowlands, makes me wonder if someday soon I could spend spring, autumn or winter time close to any of those ancient spirits.. 

Sara, a gentle Scottish widow, invited me next time to stay at her Japanese tea room.. then Lorna proposed to me to offer workshops together this autumn! I feel very excited to come back to Scotland soon! Let's create something special like a magical encounter between Scottish-Amazonian women weaving ancient feminine wisdom together plus Lorna's expertise. She already created the first draft of the healing program. She is also watching out prices and locations.

Suddenly, I received an invitation from Katherine, she lives near Edinburgh, Longniddry is her town. Countryside, beautiful family with two boys and a handsome labrador dog :) Another spectacular Scottish land with old trees and big parks and, in the middle, mansions of old families, old money. She told me that one of these particular mansions, her husband's cousin, lived there a while ago.

She took me to the stunning Tantallon Castle, a magnificent building of kings and nobles with spectacular towers and an astonishing view of the Atlantic ocean. Gorgeous! The ocean view took all my breath walking inside and up! 

Can you imagine the power of these peoples in ancient times?! The castle insight keeps some sort of gloomy energy. Dark and cold chambers inside but up in the top outside is the glory! You feel the rumor of the ocean waves caressing your soul.. I met some wonderful people, Stephanie who leads women's temples once a month and hopes to build a sanctuary, with whom we may work to have ceremonies together in Peru. Katherine, who wants to create a shamanic program with me in Scotland in October. Phillip The Druid was a notable part of my spiritual journey to United Kingdom. We spent hours at his home talking about his ancestors and mine, the use of medicinal herbs and animal power in ancient times. He did an interview with me to share my story in his podcast. His wife was very kind and I felt very welcomed. The podcast we recorded is here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iMMAAdACZSU

I left Scotland feeling my soul full and loving, with a sense of magic in the air that I did not feel for a while.. Celtic people and their ancient Stones and forest spirits invited me quite gently to join them again soon. I am ready!