Nandita’s Dream is now out on Amazon

Posted on August 2, 2012 by sarah

Nandita’s Dream is out on Amazon. I’m so happy to see it there, shining out. My heart is overflowing like a river and probably a waterfall too.

I can see it rushing down catching rainbows in the light. Makes me think about Nandita’s climb up the cliff face to the crystal cave as well.

So all Nandita’s amazing adventures, all those wonderful characters illustrated by Dorrie Joy are out in the world. Just like Nandita bringing her dreams back to the waking world and transforming it. Wow. If you are inspired and like it, please review it. Also great if you can buy in next few days to boost our Amazon rating.

Much love Sarah

Nandita’s Dream on Amazon

Posted on August 2, 2012 by sarah

Great news this morning. The book Nandita’s Dream will be available to download from Amazon this Saturday 4th.

It’s a jewel of a moment, pure joy really. Speaking of joy, I decided to put in more of Dorrie Joy’s exquisite paintings so they can emanate with the energy too. We know many children have been wishing for this book and are so glad to be offering it.

The adventures are rooted in our times and trusting your heart’s wisdom and being connected with your true spirit. Nandita’s quicksilver being is inspirational and really “Nandita’s Dream” is about all of us!

Ps There’s free software available such as kindle previewer if you haven’t a kindle so you can still read the book.

Sheema Mukherjee

Posted on July 27, 2012 by sarah

Olympics dawns. I loved the bell ringing this morning. Also happy realising Sheema Mukherjee’s “Bending the Dark” was commissioned for the Olympics and Imagined Village will be performing it.

I’ve seen them perform the piece live and it was awesome. Eliza Carthy powerhouse on fiddle, Martin Carthy, Simon Emmerson et al… a wonderful blend of Indian raga, British folk, creative fusion and what can be imagined. My Goddess daughter Annie and I kept playing it as we drove up on Dartmoor. She adores it. “Songs from Nandita’s Dream” featuring Sheema is up.

The full album can be downloaded from CD Baby. Oh yes and Nandita’s Dream the book for 8-10 year olds (with a lot of grownups loving it too), is available on Amazon and Apple – ipad etc, next week. The music downloads too. It’s my Dad’s birthday today. Great to be with him and I’m loving the synchronicity of that with the Olympics. Such an expansive celebration!

Joe the Drummer

Posted on July 24, 2012 by sarah

Here’s a picture of Joe the drummer. He’s shy in the waking world but in the dream he becomes his wild confident self.

He’s an animal whisperer and he takes Nandita swimming with dolphins. All the children emerge from the dream adventure more sure of who they are.

I’m excited because any day now all these characters are going to pop from the page.

Paintings for Nandita’s Dream

Posted on July 24, 2012 by sarah

I am in awe of Dorrie Joy’s paintings. She is such a dreamer and manifester of beautiful beings with her art. So the children love the paintings she has given us for the Nandita’s Dream book. They want to know does Amon (the wise elder) have grandchildren. How does Tess (the green girl) merge with trees. Is this story true? I say what do you think? Some yes, some no.

Salassie talks about that at the end of the book. Michael asks “is this story true?”

“as true as any dream and our dreams make the world,” answers Salassie.

Salssie is the Rainbow Butterfly Man, the whistling shaman, the storyteller.

Here is a closeup of part of the painting.

CD of Songs for Nandita’s Dream

Posted on July 24, 2012 by sarah

We’ve had glorious sun and an apricot sunset on Dartmoor. Butterflies and happy people. I’ve been enjoying singing Nandita’s Dream songs with some of the children who recorded in preparation for Black Umfolosi’s arrival and our celebration launch August 5th. The children’s voices are soaring.

I love that their voices are so individual and can listen to each other and sing beautifully together. The ebook and the CD downloads of music are due to launch at the end of this week both available on Amazon and itunes.

The Achuar and the Pachamama Alliance

Posted on July 17, 2012 by sarah

This is a beautiful photo of a beautiful man – an Achuar tribe shaman.

I first met the Achuar tribe in the Amazon rainforest in Ecuador when I was travelling with the Pachamama Alliance. The Achuar are guardians of millions of acres of pristine rainforest which they have been able to preserve with the support of people in different cultures. They are a dreaming culture and they reached out through dreams to those who are now their partners in the US who travelled to find them. Together they formed the Pachamama Alliance. Meanwhile the symposium that comes out of this work, based on sustainable environmental, spiritual and social approaches to life, is available in over 60 countries and is helping foster much that is new.

I love the way the Achuar are sustaining what they love and responding to change in positive ways. The Achuar have been creating new ways of life such as the the award winning ecolodge Kapawi and solar powered canoes.

The Long Dance Event

Posted on July 17, 2012 by sarah

There is a dance event called The Long Dance run by The School of Movement Medicine formed by Susannah and Ya’Acov Darling Khan. It’s a giveaway. People are dancing for their dreams and to raise money for charities. This year the rain came down torrentially from above and along the ground. Teams of people dug trenches through the night to keep it from coming into the huge dance marquis and another team emptied the trenches with buckets by hand. The spirit and determination of these dancers was inspiring and moving. When I saw the trenches in the morning I was in awe and cried.

Later some very familiar music came on. Susannah was playing “Inside My Heart” which is Nandita’s Song from the Nandita’s Dream CD. I looked up and 150 people spontaneously reached for each other’s hands. They danced into a spiral singing and laughing along with Nandita and Black Umfolosi and Rainbow Children’s Choir to “trust inside your heart, there’s a guide inside your heart, ask and you will know, which way to go”. The joy was ecstatic. My heart was blooming like a flower.

Young Dartmoor Ponies

Posted on July 17, 2012 by sarah

I’m sharing a photograph of a recently born Dartmoor foal with her mother, taken by Alice Carfrae. Several foals were born down by the house where I’m living on Dartmoor. I’ve noticed they often have a guardian horse with them too. Then they tend to join up with another mother and baby and eventually the larger herd. You can see the foals playing together or all lying down on their sides with their 4 legs straight out in front of them asleep while the herd grazes.

We have a rugged Dartmoor pony in the Nandita’s Dream book called Poppy. And Poppy walks with Nandita through a long winding tunnel in the dark as they head for the magical clearing in the rainforest, Watazee. It’s a preparation for Nandita’s epic climb to the crystal cave. Nandita has a lot of heart and so do the Dartmoor ponies. I love watching the young horses gallop flat out through the ferns, over the rocks and through the streams, enjoying their power, tossing their manes, sounding like thunder.

Nandita’s Heart Meditation

Posted on July 10, 2012 by sarah

Nandita's Dream - Heart Meditation Joyaa told me that she mentioned the Nandita’s Dream website to a mother who said she already knows about it. Her son is concerned about going to his next school and they play Nandita’s Heart meditation and he knows he can listen to his guidance.

That is really good for us to hear. Putting the mediation downloads on the website felt important.

They are called Tess Talks Trees (read by Melody aged 10) and Listening to My Heart (read by Rose aged 10). I wrote them with my back to Oz the tree in my garden and sitting in my yurt.

When we recorded Rose waved her arms around like a tree and acted out the journey which Nandita is taking you on and Melody lay down and listened to her heart and then said “You have the most beautiful voice in the world Rose.” It’s good to have feedback about what’s working. I hope to do more soon.