Wow! I love Chakras by Didi for their generous and open heart. This is a company that really lives up to their vision! When I was living in Bali, with my yoga clothes on my back literally disintegrating from overwear, she sent me over US$300 worth of clothing I could wear to teach and practice in! 

Students and clients compliment me all the time on my outfits from Didi. Cute colors and great fit. Didi’s motto for her line: Love your body, love YOGA! Fashion and yoga are two of my favorite things!

Chakras by Didi is available in retailers all over the world or you can buy directly online here: http://www.chakrasbydidi.com.

these are a few of my favorite things …

• my house in Campuan
• waking up to the sun, frogs, ducks, roosters, geckos and rice farmers in the morning
• sleeping in my magnificent bed with curtains
• teaching 200 kids from jakarta how to meditate
• getting out of traffic tickets by doing full lotus and drinking yerba mate with the police
• riding my motorbike
• wearing helmets that make anyone and everyone look super goofy
• rice paddies for days
• secret spot by the river that made any bad day bright again
• secret beach down south 
• all my balinese friends
• singing every thursday night at kimmy’s
• all my expat friends
• all the special special souls i met and connected with 
• living in community with other world travelers
• daily interactions with the balinese- simple, profound, beautiful
• gazing into the eyes of the local villagers- open and pure
• watching the sun rise and sun set at my house
• bubu warung
• alchemy
• ida’s off the main road
• one love from clear
• jamu kunyit from bali buddha
• daily morning coconuts
• campuan hotel full moon swimming next to the river
• morning practice
• the ubud tribe
• women gatherings
• the connection and presence of spirit
• the nonexistence of maya
• the healing, embracing, nurturing energy
• the epic trails and stairways to get onto the surf beaches
• scölds in uluwatu
• the marketplace
• buying flowers for the altar
• purification temples
• having deep cosmic psychedelic encounters with people in bintang (!!!)
• all the heart openings
• the freedom and space of living in an eastern paradigm
• the presence of divine mother
• the presence of god
• healing supreme
• frangipani flowers galore
• showers of flowers on the grass every morning
• the views
• black rice pudding
• mangosteen 
• bright purple potatoes
• dragonfly village 
• nala in penestanan
• all the beautiful students and clients i met and worked with
• all the beautiful friends i shared a smile with, a laugh with, a tear with, an embrace with, a coconut with, a meal with, a walk with, a pivotal life changing moment with
• wearing the tripundra symbol on my arm everyday and employees at the petrol station actually knowing what it means
• that silly bright blue raincoat i wore when it rained
• all the suffering i went through in the beginning
• all the joy and devotion that came out from the suffering
• all the karmic lessons purged, burned and cleared
• meeting dope old school yogis from all around the world. ones that are steeped in their sadhana. feeling their love and support to this very day
• all the vivid dreams coming true the next day for re-enactment
• all the special, special beings i had the pleasure to get to know and share time and space with … kalyanamitras … ones who are devoted with both feet on the path. feeling their love and support to this very day
• the starry night sky
• all the comical interactions i had with the airports officials coming in and out for visa runs
• the ridiculous process of getting a work/live visa
• nyepi nyepi nyepi
• all the auspiciousness and mystical magic ubud possesses
• waisak
• ogoh oohs
• ubud
• uluwatu
• offering, offering, offering
• fire ceremony
• morning drives from mainroad to anahata
• the man who helped me up when i first moved to penestanan and drove up the first hill in the rain and fell over onto the shrubby leafy wall
• being in the presence of so many workers of light communing together … never before have i lived in such a place… special bali
• the precious secret bali is, that is known by only those who have lived and have understood by way of direct experience … the power of the island
• and secrets of bali that only my heart knows … the best kinds of secrets are the kind you keep to yourself
• i love you bali
• saya cinta kamu
• om om om

The question was asked, “What does it mean to be human?”

We were granted the greatest gifts of all:

our life

our soul

our mind

and the capacity of wonder

At the threshold of this New Decade

let us turn again, it’s not too late,

and start at the beginning.

Honor all life in it’s variety,

Honor the soul in all it’s mystery

and build a new world in our mind.

A healthy world to live in for mankind,

and patiently accord the passage of all time,

it’s ever-richer harvest of support and inspiration.

Let us give

our blessing

and affection

and protection

as would satisfy a thousand lives.

Scene 1 

Visa on Arrival

Denpasar Airport, Bali, Indonesia

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(I see his nametag)

Bhakti! Kamu nama Bhakti!

*smiles* Devotion.

*smiles* Yeah.

I point to my tattoo.

Maha Shakti, I say.

Ohh. Great big Magic.

Yeah. Great big God.

*both smile*

Om.

Om.

Walk away and scene.

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Scene 2

On the telephone with Randy, the car insurance man

Mid day, sitting at the kitchen table 

Topanga Canyon, California

* * *

What’s your email address?

mail as in mailbox not male female @ chloeparkhealing dot com

Healing like healing the Earth?

I was sweetly surprised by his response. I take the sweetest exhale. I wasn’t expecting to have such a moment over the telephone with the car insurance man. I love it when life surprises me.

Yeah, Randy. Exactly. Healing like healing the Earth.

I wonder to myself if he knows how much his simple and innocent question has affected me. We continue with our simultaneously amusing yet boring yet necessary dialogue and eventually hang up the phone.

Scene.

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Oh I am so ever so deeply in love with the purity of humans.

mir·a·cle [mir-uh-kuhl]

noun

1. an effect or extraordinary event in the physical world that surpasses all known human or natural powers and is ascribed to a supernatural cause.

2. such an effect or event manifesting or considered as a work of God.

3. a wonder; marvel.

4. a wonderful or surpassing example of some quality: a miracle of modern acoustics.

5. miracle play.

DOPE LYRICS. Om. Peace.

* * *

As I Develop The Awakening Mind

I Praise The Buddhas As They Shine

I Bow Before You As I Travel My Path

To Join Your Ranks I Make My Full Time Task

For The Sake Of All Beings I Seek

The Enlighted Mind That I Know I’ll Reap

Respect To Shantideva And All The Others

Who Brought Down The Darma For Sisters And Brothers

I Give Thanks For This World As A Place To Learn

And For This Human Body That I Know I’ve Earned

And My Deepest Thanks To All Sentient Beings

For Without Them There Would Be No Place To Learn What I’m Seeing

There’s Nothing Here That’s Not Been Said Before

But Though I Put It Down Now So That I’ll Be Sure

To Solidify My Own Views

And I’ll Be Glad If It Helps Anyone Else Out Too

If Others Disrespect Me Or Give Me Flack

I’ll Stop And Think Before I React

Knowing That They’re Going Through Insecure Stages

I’ll Take The Opportunity To Exercise Patience

I’ll See It As A Chance To Help The Other Person

Nip It In The Bud Before It Can Worsen

A Change For Me To Be Strong And Sure

As I Think On The Buddhas Who Have Come Before

As I Praise And Respect The Good They’ve Done

Knowing Only Love Can Conquer In Every Situation

We Need Other People In Order To Create

The Circumstances For The Learning That We’re Here To Generate

Situations That Bring Up Our Deepest Fears

So We Can Work To Release Them Until They’re Cleared

Therefore It Only Makes Sense

To Thank Our Enemies Despite Their Intent

The Bodhisattva Path Is One Of Power And Strength

A Strength From Within To Go The Length

Seeing Others Are As Important As Myself

I Strive For A Happiness Of Mental Wealth

With The Interconnectedness That We Share As One

Every Action That We Take Affects Everyone

So In Deciding For What A Situation Calls

There Is A Path For The Good For All

I Try To Make My Every Action For That Highest Good

With The Altruistic Wish To Achive Buddhahood

So I Pledge Here Before Everyone Who’s Listening

To Try To Make My Every Action For The Good Of All Beings

For The Rest Of My Lifetimes And Even Beyond

I Vow To Do My Best To Do No Harm

And In Times Of Doubt I Can Think On The Dharma

And The Enlightened Ones Who’ve Graduated Samsara