I remember the stillness of the jungle. Not at first though. At first, I had Crystal Waters in my headphones, the song gypsy woman. My friend from London said to me "Are you really, going to listen to headphones when you could listen to the jungle as you walk?" 

I was dumbfounded. I hadn't ever experienced the stillness and silence of a forest, not yet. But I did. I learned to meditate in that jungle twice a day, breathing in, and out, and in, and out with the trees and the wind. I have always struggled with being grounded. It's always felt like a trap to me. Stability, living within a body. Schedules, bills, calendars, plans. 

At the time, I didn't know how to do any of that yet, let alone cinsistently.  But somewhere between learning to live healthy, make art, sell art, and create peace - schedules, bills, calendars, and plans became a part of my life too. It even all made my life better! Like taking off a pair of headphones for the first tiem to find a nurturing, sparkling, grounded forest.