Look who is back…I took my sweet time but I think I am back now. I really missed this platform that I sometimes forget about when life takes over..Which it very much did this year.
HOW ARE YOU ALL? If anyone still checks in here anymore..
I just love yearly summaries and to see where I was a year ago, who was I? Always so fascinating..A year goes by so quick yet looking at pictures it all feels like a distant dream..
As I look back on the first three months of 2023, my heart is full of stories and lessons from my time in Guatemala. It was a journey of love, challenge, and beauty, shared with my dear dog Elda. Our travels to this wild, wonderful place pushed us both to our limits, but the memories we made are treasures I’ll keep forever.
There’s something magical about how we, as humans, are always changing. Did you know that we replace our cells every day, and in seven years, we’re completely new people? This amazes me, and it’s made me think deeply about how I can help my new cells be the best they can be. Here’s what I’ve been doing:
Now, for those new cells – how do we make them shine even brighter? Here are a few simple practices I’ve been embracing:
As this year is coming to its end, I feel a deep sense of renewal yet so exhausted which I see as a sign there is more shedding to be done, more to release. Each day is a chance to grow, to change, and to become a little bit more of who I’m meant to be. I’m excited to see where this journey takes me next.
Here is some memories from early this year.
Making sweet new friends in every corner. What I love about Lake Atitlan is that so many of us that are drawn here are on the same frequency, we speak a similar language and really share so many similar interests so deep connections are being made way more than I have experienced in any other place in the world and I have been to most of them.
Just love creating altars and mandalas
My dear sister Britta who is also a Cacao lover and we went through a sound initiation together that was just really deep and difficult to put words too.
Singing and dancing around the fire is what we do.
Ready to leave the nest..
I LOVE YOU little nugget..She was a bit to groomed to fit into the street dog crowd but her dirty harness made her blend in a bit more..
Ah the sunrises..
With some of my favorite people that have become like family this year.
Visiting a cacao farm
Creating more beauty
Drinking Cacao straight from the pod..So yummy.
So THIS is what cacao looks like and it is natures most potent super food!!
Just so in love.
Creating dreams together up in the mountains with my dear friend Azzurro. SO excited for what is to come up in our future residential retreat
Took a TRE, trauma release course with these 2 magical humans that I was also on that deep ceremonial retreat in Peru with the year prior
More beauty..dont you just love nature?
And this my friends, Mamey Zapote, my favorite fruit..SO divine, truly a godess fruit
Sharing songs, fruits and cacao with friends is my favorite way to spend my afternoons
And praying and singing by the water
Sometimes an occasional brunch with the ladies, Elda less excited.
More altars, the highway to the spirits they say.
My dear friend Louise came to visit me and it was soo nice to sing together
Which we do here as much as we can
Up on our mountain we go..Soooon I will start to build a house here
Sunrise ceremonies by the water
After I discovered this flower I decided to change the location of my land where I will build my house. She definitely called my name this Datura..A very magical one..
Yet another ceremony
And we made another spaceship mandala
Dreamiest of breakfast..a bowl full of papaya which is my favorite fruit, cacao beans, macadamia nut butter and mango
in heaven..
Look at this view, never gets old
and all the cute dogs around here..my dream is to start a shelter for the street dogs
More Cacao
Getting so sick of my clothes after a whole season of wearing them but also so proud that I didn’t bought any new clothes for so many months..
blankets on the other hand..a little addiction of mine..plus I needed 20 of them to fill my ceremony tent..a nightmare to get them all back to Sweden
So instead of dealing with that I danced around for a last sunrise with my beloved cacao fruit
and kissed wifey Liddy goodbye
Said out goodbyes..and realised I actually did buy a dress..but it was necessary all my clothes had holes in them..and so did this one after about 10 minutes of wearing it and I got stuck in a pipe on the street..just cursed to wear broken clothes
Another sunrise ceremony. Such a beautiful way to start my day.
My crystal guy! Can sit in his shop all day and listen to his stories about all stones and crystals and their energy..
Luna Sorro is my to go to in Antigua for textiles..
Story of my life..
How glowy am I after my Reiki crystal Guatemala Sha facial?
Went back to Mexico City and met up with aunt Erika
I could live off Guacamole.
Elda is not a happy traveller..
Stay tuned for more...
I am a Modern medicine woman and spiritual guide working mainly with Ceremonial Cacao, plants, breathwork and sound.
Here I am writing about my life that is divided between Lake Atitlan in Guatemala and the forest in Skåne. Topics I am passionate about are Cacao, holistic health, healing, spirituality, ceremonies, rituals and my dog Elda of course❣︎
Instagram: @ninamedicina
https://www.ninamedicina.com
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The Ceremonial Cacao I am writing about that has upgraded my life on all levels can be found at:
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Jessica · 3 years ago
Fantastiska bilder & inspiration!