dear lover,

I am writing to you from my new little cob-home in an Italian eco-village in the Appennine mountains, there is a sweet chilly breeze in the air as if the weather is undecided on wether to surge into spring or stay in the cozy stillness of winter. And what a winter it has been with a lot of darkness for many of us as waves of surrender invited us in the art of wintering deeper and deeper…

Some days ago I visited a friend, Monica Montebugnoli, a shaman local to the area of Pontremoli in Lunigiana, a very sacred territory that extends between the Appenine mountains just next to me all the way to the sea. I brought my camera to document some of her process in making sacred drums. She is a beautiful artist and works with the animals in such a sacred and tender way, I feel so blessed to know her and have made my drum with her.

I returned from my travels in Scandinavia with a series of new watercolours, I feel they are all about the process of meditation and the awakening of the subtle more nuanced perceptions that bloom with a deepening of the practice. They are for sale as some of you ahve been interested in buying some of my art you are welcome to contact me directly.

Finally I will be facilitating some gatherings live in Italy soon, when the dates are settled I will let you know.

joy,

nalini x