I hope your New Year is off to a wise, wild and free start! In today’s post, I am incredibly honored to share an interview with Kitty Cavalier, a five minute video to experience incredible joy in your body through Bhangra dancing and announcing the Qoya Spring Tour going to New York City, Colomubus, Ohio, [...]
Dear Qoya Queens, Do you remember that Qoya translates in Quechuan as Queen? Not a bejeweled and emotionally distant Queen in a castle, but a feminine manifestation of higher consciousness that is confidently seated on the throne that is her life. In a way, that is one of the best ways that I can explain [...]
There have been many days, weeks, maybe even a year where I felt I personally rocked New York City. I savored every moment in it. I would meet a friend for yoga at 6:30am in Lower East Side, go for a green juice after at my beloved Juice Press and then buzz off to a [...]
“At the end of all our exploring, Will be to arrive where we started, And know the place for the first time.” -T.S. Eliot My last blog post was titled 3 easy ways to learn how to listen to your intuition. If you’re going to write about encouraging others to listen to their intuition, it [...]
Qoya Teacher Kelly Quintia Blissful in Santa Monica I trust you’ve heard the adage Follow Your Bliss before brought to life my Joseph Campbell and a mantra for many to live by and a common sight on inspirational quotation cards. But, what does follow your bliss mean…for real? Often times my bliss leads me to [...]
After finishing Qoya’s fifth retreat in the last year and first New Year’s retreat in Hawaii, I was infused with an even deeper sense of gratitude for how beautiful life can be. I spent last night sitting on an island in the middle of the ocean under the light of the full moon fueled by [...]
Happy New Year Darling Dancers! A quick note to wish you a magical New Year. May the blessings that you put into the world boomerang back to you a million fold. Here’s also an invitation to join me in my New Year’s ritual this year. I sat down and wrote my top 11 gratitudes for [...]
My holiday gift to myself this year is a one way ticket to paradise. I’m talking about paradise literally AND figuratively. Literally, I bought a one-way ticket to Hawaii. Starting January 2nd, I am leading the New Year’s Qoya Kauai Retreat. After that, I’m still open to the universe/spirit/god/goddess/my intuition to guide me. Figuratively, I [...]
I am a wild woman who thrives as she creatively expresses herself, offering her unique essence and gifts to the world. So are you. My vision of a wild woman is a feminine creature with a strong life force. She knows what she loves and makes it a priority. She can light up a room [...]
One of my last nights in Costa Rica I was lying in bed distraught, despondent and, in a way, delusional. I was beyond upset. There was no logical reason for me to be under the covers at 7:30pm (while in a warm beautiful tropical country in December while my contemporaries were snowed in during a [...]
a: Quechan word for Queen, a female manifestation of higher consciousness
b: the art of reveling in one’s femininity through movement;
c: rediscovering the woman that is wise, wild and free
