07/10/2025
Of the trees, Arjuna, I am the holy fig tree (Ashvatta, the peepul tree), which represents the ‘upside-down’ tree of life, with its roots above in spirit and its branches below in the earth. Among the most spiritually enlightened divinities, I am Narada, the foremost of those who teach the principle of unity amidst the world’s vast diversity.
Bhagavad Gita 10:26
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“There is an old adage that says nothing is sacred, but that means everything is.”
Sanakori
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The more we look for difference,
the more we forget our shared roots.
But when we listen, truly listen, to the Land,
we remember that we are one tree, one breath, one Spirit expressed through countless forms.
Unity!
Friar Ramón Pané, sent by Columbus to learn from the Indigenous people of Puerto Rico, recorded their traditions and ceremonies, just as the monks of Ireland preserved our pagan lore.
Across oceans and epochs, the impulse has always been the same, to understand the Sacred.
Through my work with Oak and Willow Irish Yoga Teacher Training, and now these incredible retreats that I am running with Sara Bowman in Puerto Rico, the message we are sharing is that when you listen to the Land speak, you come as a reverent seeker, with no hierarchy or sense of entitlement.
Sanakori, a ceremonial leader of the Taíno people, will teach us how to know the Land of El Yunque Sacred Rainforest more deeply, how to hear it speak through the river, the trees, and the coquí frogs, and how its story is mapped into myth.
This has been my work here in Ireland for many years, but to have the privilege of standing upon another Sacred Land, beside the gathered Sisters who will come to the retreat, and in the presence of a holder of Indigenous wisdom, is profoundly moving to me.
This is the call of the Sacred Land, in Ireland, in Borikén, in all places where Spirit speaks through nature.
Will you answer it?
🌿 Unity is the only medicine. 🌿
