Wednesday, December 16, 2009

Costa Rica Retreat


How would you like to spend some time in this lush nature and awakening yours?
Is Costa Rica Appealing for you?]

Date of the retreat:
February 13 - 19, 2010 - Everyday Big love Tantra & CoMotion

February 20 - 27, 2010 - Awakening your true nature.

Need more details, want to register: contact@travelheart.net

Wildlife in Costa Rica



This is one of the reason we choose Costa Rica to host the "Awakening your true Nature" retreat. The lush nature and wildlife of Costa Rica, will help you reconnect with your own nature:

Nowhere else in the world are so many types of habitats squeezed into such a tiny area. The range of habitats in Costa Rica, a consequence of its unique geography, creates an incredibly rich diversity of flora and fauna – in fact no other country on the planet has such variety. Measured in terms of number of species per 10,000 sq km Costa Rica tops the list of countries at 615 species, compared to a wildlife-rich country such as Rwanda that has 596, or to the comparatively impoverished USA with its 104 species. This simple fact alone (not to mention the ease of travel and friendly residents!) makes Costa Rica the premier destination for nature lovers from all over the world.

Along with its diverse geography, the large number of species in Costa Rica is also due to the relatively recent appearance of the country. Roughly three million years ago Costa Rica rose from the ocean and formed a land bridge between North and South America, and as species from these two vast biological provinces started to mingle and mix, the number of species was essentially ‘doubled.’

Monday, December 14, 2009

Awakening Your True Nature & Big Love Tranta Retreats


I am really excited about this Special Announcement! This is my gift for you for this holiday season: I have the great pleasure to offer you a fabulous opportunity to reconnect with rich, lush nature, while taking care of yourself.

In fact it is not just one but two opportunities...I have two retreats to offer you: Awakening your True Nature AND Big love Tantra and CoMotion Retreat--- just in time for Valentine's day! And we chose Costa Rica as the setting! A fabulous place where you'll be able to reconnect with all aspects of nature, mother earth, the water elements from River to Ocean, the plants, and especially the trees!

Don't miss this extraordinary chance to rejuvenate and to experience your partner in a new way through simple Tantric and movement practices.

Albuquirky


Albuquerque

Called "Albuquirky" by locals and famed for its October balloon festival, this arty, often neglected Route 66/I-40 stop in New Mexico is one of the USA’s oldest cities – and is finally getting noticed by the Santa Fe–bound. Beyond standby attractions (the Einstein doll’s jolting German accent at the National Atomic Museum, the 2.7-mile tram up Sandia Peak, and the state’s best huevos rancheros at always-open Frontier Restaurant), much is changing too. The film industry has recently turned it into a "Toronto of the west," with tax incentives drawing in production teams of films and TV shows like Breaking Bad (the AMC series set here), No Country for Old Men (last year’s Oscar winner for best film) and Men Who Stare at Goats. Another success story in the last 10 years is the revitalized Hispanic neighborhood of Barelas – established in the late 1600s – which now draws visitors for home cooking at Barelas Coffeehouse or traditional folk healing at Ruppe B Drug.

From travel.yahoo.com/

Saturday, December 12, 2009

Chimayo Rug, few wonders of New Mexico!






Last week I met an extremely talented weaver, but what impressed me the most was his passion for his art, his cultural and familial heritage.
Irvin Trujillo has been awarded the National Heritage Fellowship. I was very touched by his work, the Rugs he's weaving are just stunning, and he is so passionate that when I asked him question, he answered with many details, and talked to me about his heritage, showed me the wool he dye himself during spring time. (Beautiful shade of colors!)
This National Heritage Fellowship is well deserved! congratulation Irvine.
I've included a visit of his Studio and and shop in my 'Sacred Tour' and the client I took there this week where also deeply impress by his work and his very nice personality and character.

Below is an interview with Mary Eckstein, to get to know this great man.


NEA: First of all, congratulations on your award. Could you tell me how you felt when you heard the news?

MR. TRUJILLO: I knew that my name was in the running, but I didn't expect to get the scholarship. I was really excited.

NEA: Tell me about your earliest memories weaving. Why were you attracted to the tradition, and who were your teachers and mentors?

MR. TRUJILLO: My Dad was my first mentor. After my sister went to college he put his big loom in her bedroom and when he'd come home from work he'd weave. I was watching TV all the time, and heard all this racket in the back room, so I went back there to see what he was doing. I started to watch him and after a while he asked if I wanted to try. He put a little chair alongside him next to the loom so that I could move the spools. I wasn't tall enough to reach the loom. After probably about two nights weaving with him, he said, "I think you know the stitches, do you want to weave on your own?" And I said, "Sure." So he set me up a small loom that would weave 20 inch wide material.

When I first started I did a big striped piece. I did my second piece with my sister's name in it and gave it to her. I put my own name in the next piece. By planning the letters to go on the piece, I began to learn how to plan a design. Then I started to take commissions from friends for pieces with their names.

Lisa, my wife, learned how to weave after we got married and she has been instrumental as a peer. We would critique each other's pieces after we got them off the loom. Whenever my dad or my wife or I would finish a piece, we'd put it on the floor, and then everybody would say, "Oh, I really like this," or "I really like this." We helped each other to learn. And I studied privately with Jean Pierre LaResert, a French weaver out of Berkley who taught me the French technique. I also took a workshop from Archie Brennon, a world renowned weaver from England. From him I learned how to make the alphabet on five threads, as opposed to on a 20 inch piece. He really taught me to look at the detail of the relationship of each thread to the next.

NEA: You're a seventh generation weaver. I was wondering if you felt you were destined to become a weaver because of family tradition?

MR. TRUJILLO: After I wove as a child, I went on to other things. I really like drawing. When I was in college, I studied engineering, and went to work as an engineer. One day I was sitting at a desk with a window and I was looking out at another building that was taller than mine, and I realized I really couldn't do that for 30 years. I really don't like to be cooped up in a room that has no windows or air. I like the freedom Chimayo offers. When I told my dad that I wanted to start a business, he said, "Well, it's going to be hard, but if you have the money, you can start your business." I wanted to stay in New Mexico, and particularly in Chimayo, where my grandparents and my great grandparents live. It was very beautiful there -- I had lots of green trees, and in New Mexico green's pretty rare, because you need water. And one of the things that I worked at was water resources, and I understood the value of water in New Mexico. So I came back to work on preserving the water rights as well as weave, and to make a life in Chimayo

NEA: I know you combine ancient weaving traditions with more contemporary innovations. What goes into the inspiration for a new piece?

MR. TRUJILLO: I studied a lot of museum pieces and pretty much learned the old designs by observation. I didn't actually weave pieces with the old styles -- it was my father's philosophy that I should weave a new design for each piece, and in doing that develop a vocabulary in design. I learned through experience. And so I started incorporating various techniques. I tried different things, and, you know, some failed, some succeeded.

I have tried to have my work reflect the times in which I live. What I wanted to do was put themes that were important to my life. As an engineer, for example, when the first space shuttle crashed, it was very humbling at a technical level that it failed, so I did a piece reflecting that. And after my mother and father died, I wove a depression piece for a whole year. I wove a piece that documented the robbery of Chimayo's only bank. In the ‘80's there was a boom in Santa Fe called the Santa Fe Style which had coyotes howling up to the moon and stuff like that. I didn't really want to do that, but there were a lot of tours coming to our studio at that time, and so I kind of documented whether I was in it for the money or whether I was in it for the weaving.

One of the things that I really worked on was putting in Ikat, which is an Indonesian technique that usually used the weft of the piece into a broken weft background. In other words, breaking the weft into the Ikat technique and tapestry technique, which is combining two techniques into one piece. I've asked a lot of dealers -- there aren't that many pieces in the world that have that combination. It's just a different way in combining an old technique with the technique that I knew.

But it's hard to come up with an idea. After I finish a large piece, I usually I do some simple work and I get to soak in what I've learned from the previous piece. And when I start the next piece, I'm getting an idea of what I want to do. A lot of times I'll have to look in books, magazines, movies, any kind of media, visual media, that I might get an idea from. Then maybe I'll combine different ideas together in one piece. I've named pieces after pieces of music. I've generated random numbers from a computer, assigned a color to a number, and then woven the piece. I do a lot of sketches, and I took one and scanned it into the computer and started working in Photoshop, changing colors to see how the colors would work together. When I finally got something that I liked, then I had to dye the yarn to match the piece, and this has kind of tested my dying skills. I was able to do it and I was very happy with that idea. I've studied everything from Japanese anime to Walt Disney movies. Ideas just can come from anywhere.

NEA: How important is it to you to pass on the tradition of weaving through teaching and the pieces you create?

MR. TRUJILLO: My dad used to say that you can teach somebody, but what they do with what you teach is up to the person. I really took that to heart. One of the things that I wanted to do that he didn't was to come up with pieces that would in themselves teach or give ideas to future weavers. One of the things that we're doing is creating a database of all the pieces that go through the studio. We have pieces documented starting in about 1982, and we have these pieces on a disk. We have some slides before the computer graphics really got into shape.

The classes I've taught have been mostly in Ikat technique. I've taught a design course. I've also taught professional development. When people learn the art and technique of weaving, they have a hard time making a living as a weaver. So I'll teach the weaving basics and then talk about taking an order, taking a commission, what to look out for, things like that.


My wife has written a book based on conversations that I had with my relatives in Spanish about the weaving industry. We recorded those conversations and I translated them into English trying hard to preserve a feeling of the words and the context. We hired a ghost writer to develop a narrative of those stories and Lisa wrote sections on the weaving styles. The book is a real way of learning how the industry developed up to my father's generation. In other words, there were things that happened that influenced the changes, and in documenting that I was documenting the history of my family's weaving.

When I was growing up there weren't that many books on Hispanic weaving. There were many books on Navaho weaving, which I looked at. But I always wondered why there weren't any Spanish books. I had a lot of shame about my tradition because there wasn't very much to look at. It wasn't until 1976 that the museum published a book [on Hispanic weaving] and I got to see old pieces, which sparked my mind to doing this.

In addition to teaching here in the studio, I have apprentices. I've had people who have had a second grade education, people with a sixth grade education, and I've taught them how to weave and the basics of designing.

NEA: What advice do you have for young weavers?

MR. TRUJILLO: Learn from each piece. Try something different in each piece. Research other traditions and try to incorporate them.

NEA: What has kept you weaving throughout all these years?

MR. TRUJILLO: I don't know. That's a hard one. Part of it is that I have to work -- I have kids, and I need to make a living. But more importantly, it's the enjoyment of being able to work at what I like. There have been hard times when we didn't have money to pay bills, couldn't even take my kids to McDonalds. I've experienced what it's like to have very little money, and I've experienced having more money. What keeps me going is perseverance. I just really want to accomplish something here, in my work, and try to make it a valuable tradition.

Weaving is a wonderful art. I consider it an art form, which it may not be considered in art schools. I think it's a means of expressing ideas in the same a way that painting, sculpture, or photography can. It's important for me to keep learning and expressing what I've learned.

Friday, December 11, 2009

Relax in Santa Fe!







After a beautiful day hiking, or experiencing the City different; wonderful spa, fabulous massage and facial, hot springs, where you will rejuvenate. You need to treat yourself like you deserve it!

Thursday, December 10, 2009

Buffalo - A symbol of abundance and manifestation.


Such a wonderful day today, cold and snow on the ground, blue sky, great client, and the buffalo came really close from us again. I called it the sacred tour, and indeed it was!
A symbol of abundance and manifestation.
The buffalo reminds us to give thanks for what we have, to respect all life forms and to honor the integrity of our own divine essence. It is a symbol of equality, sacrifice and service and can show us how to live in a state of understanding, acceptance and joy.
Buffalo is a powerful medicine to have and serves as a stepping stone towards healing our imperfections and reconnection with mother earth and father sky.
Photos
Buffalo are really curious, and just as I thought, after spotting one, I stopped the car, went out, and here they are coming. It is very impressive to see them so close, they look so powerful and so nice, their small eyes reflect so much kindness

Thursday, December 3, 2009

Santa Fe Film Festival!

Santa Fe Film Festival will close Sunday evening. Tomorrow is the showing of 'The Heart of Santa Fe' The film explores the city's fascinating treasures of art, history, faith, lore and legend! Definitely can't miss it!

In the context of Santa Fe's 400th anniversary, the film explores the city's fascinating treasures of art, history, faith, lore, and legend. From the ancient pre-history of native peoples to the famed courtesan Dona Tules in the 1800s, Santa Fe has been home to icons and characters of every kind and description. Through interviews with famous historians and out-spoken critics, using archival materials and historic reenactments, the film explores the drama that has unfolded on the Royal City's stage since time immemorial. From the depths of the Cathedral Basilica's catacombs to secret sects in remote mountain villages, never-before-seen footage takes the viewer across space and through time to reveal Santa Fe as repository of a sacred collective memory; portraying the essence of a culture that is centuries in the making and enduring in its legacy.

Snow Days and the beauty of Santa Fe!


Hello everyone!

Yes snow fall on the beautiful Santa Fe, which brings the city to a peak of magic! Holidays lights shine and bring joy all over the town at night, and the snow brighten our mornings! Especially with a beautiful sky and the sun shinning. It is cold but so enchanting. By the way do you know that New Mexico is 'The land of Enchantment'! Well, it's a well deserved name. So many beauty, art, stunning landscape, history, and wisdom.

Many Airlines have great deals, so grab your ticket and come experience the magic of holidays in New Mexico!

Wednesday, November 4, 2009

Carlsbad Caverns



Well after the extraordinary pure beauty of White Sands above ground, not far from Carlsbad Caverns, let’s dive…underground. A new world is opening in front of us. It is sometimes oppressive to be underground, space is limited, there’s no natural light, and it’s so easy to get confronted here BY our fears, especially if you are claustrophobic. So will you let your little voice and your brain govern you? Or will you step forward to face the amazing beauty and natural work of Mother Nature?


This is how Carlsbad Caverns is described:

“ ... a limestone cavern known as the Carlsbad Cave, of extraordinary proportions and of unusual beauty and variety of natural decoratio

n; ... beyond the spacious chambers that have been explored, other vast chambers of unknown character and dimensions exist; ... the several chambers contain stalactites, stalagmites, and other formations in s

uch unusual number, size, beauty of form, and variety of figure as to make this a cavern equal, if not superior, in both scientific and popular interest to the better known caves ... ”


—Proclamation 1679-Oct.

25, 1923-43 Stat. 1929


There are more than 300 known caves beneath the surface. The park contains 116 of these caves, formed when sulfuric acid dissolved the surrounding limestone, cre

ating some of the largest caves in North America.


Beyond the beauty of these caves, there are great teachings. First in its formation, obviously it t

akes hundreds and hundreds of years to create these stalactites and stalagmites of limestone, from drop after drop. (Average growth rate of a stalactite is 0.13 mm

(0.005 Inches) a year). So it gives us an interesting approach of time.


We as 21st century humans are running after time, so often. We are afraid of not having e

nough time…but how do we utilize this time, which is given to us? Do we use it to create beauty and harmony around us? Can we look at these caverns of splendor as an inspiration to create beauty and harmony in our life?

Another teaching comes with the story of the discovery of the caves:


Jim White is the cowboy credited with being the premier explorer of Carlsbad Caverns. He began to explore the cave as a tee

nager in 1898, using a handmade wire ladder to descend 60 feet into the cave. For more than a decade, he couldn't convince many locals that there was much to Carlsbad Caverns.


Yes it takes effort, patience and perseverance to discover what’s hidden. But sometimes, the most precious things are hidden, or far, or difficult to access; are we going to give up because it takes effort or because o

f some fears? Then aren’t we passing by marvels that will bring beauty and harmony in our life?


These caverns are an inspiration for us to go deep within us to find the pure jewels of our own wisdom, inspiration, instinct, power, beauty,

love, and let’s share that with others.

Stalactites are formed by t

h

e deposition of calcium carbona

te and other minerals, which is precipitated from mineraliz

ed

water solutions.

These stalactites are like eve

ry little thing that Life has ‘precipitated’ in our life, and that leaves marks and traces!


A stalagmite is a type of c

ave formation that rises from t

he floor of a limestone cave due to the dripping of minerali

zed solutions and the deposition of c

alcium carbonate.

The Stalagmite could be what we build from what we receive. But we don’t have to be

passive in this process. If we k

eep in mind beauty, harmony, patienc

e, and perseverance, we can build such beauty within that it will shine out.

Monday, November 2, 2009

White Sands the pure marvel of New Mexico

Rising from the heart of the Tularosa Basin is one of the world's great natural wonders - the glistening white sands of New Mexico. Here, great wave-like dunes of gypsum sand have engulfed 275 square miles of desert and created the world's largest gypsum dune field.

First time I went to white sand, it was the end of summer, and I was really amazed by this white desert. Although it is a desert and a ‘moving one’ some plants succeed to survived. Yes it is moving like with any dune, the wind is a huge factor, and make the landscape changed and moved, which of course become a big problem to maintain the paths and roads within this exceptional area.

Here, again you are confronted to the immensity and the very long work of time through the landscape.

When in this desert, you are definitely called for meditation and rejuvenation. If you are looking for some inspiration, it is a fabulous place to reconnect with nature and , by simply be in the moment, enjoying this unique site, immensity, and calm.

Even in the middle of the hottest summer days, when touching the sand, about ½ inch under, it is cold; the sand is such a pure white, that it deflects the sun heat. So be careful, don’t get lost and stay to late in this fascinating beauty, or the cold will get you at dusk…

This white sand is almost pure gypsum. Gypsum is different from many other rocks because it is readily soluble. This Gypsum comes from the surrounding mountain, and the rain dissolve the Gypsum to gathered it in ‘Lucero Basin’, in a shallow lake, which during the hottest months evaporates. A crust form on the lakebed and most of it form beautiful crystals called Selenite.

These crystals are extremely soft and fragile, the wind and the rain break them apart into smaller and smaller pieces, which soon become sand.

White Sands

Few more pictures from White Sands. Stunning landscape which inspire meditation...and relaxation. Notice how the plants succeed to survive in these harsh condition!








Friday, October 30, 2009

Pure White


Amazing New Mexico trip in November!
White sands, Carlsbad Caverns, Roswell and the Bitter lake Wildlife Refuge, Fort Sumner and Bosque Redondo, Santa Rosa with its beautiful lakes and a particularly scenic stretch of Route 66.
4 days & 3 nights: November 19,20,21,22, 2009

Price Per Person based on 2 persons traveling – $539.50 + tax

Price Per Person based on 1 person traveling – White Sands $729 + tax

25% due on confirmation of booking


Includes: -

1 night, Alamogordo, Nm

1 night, Carlsbad, Nm

1 night, Roswell, NM

Parks & entrance fees.

Transportation from Santa Fe, Nm & guide

White Sands national monument

Lake Lucero

Carlsbad Caverns

Bitter lake Wildlife Refuge

Route 66 Museum

Bosque Redondo Memorial

Travel planning and itinerary services

Excludes:

· All meals

· All activities not mentioned above

· Photography permit fees (when required)

· Gratuities

· Items of a Personal Nature



Tuesday, October 20, 2009

Tribute to the ancient...



Tribute to the ancient: http://bit.ly/dPTLA
Discover the culture of the ancient & their great knowledge and wisdom.
Join me for 3 days in the Anasazi culture in Chaco Canyon, Bitsi Badland, Aztec ruins and Mesa Verde




Chaco Canyon is a major center of ancestral Puebloan culture. When visiting Chaco Canyon you are facing a major culture, knowledge and wisdom. Structured have been oriented to sola lunar and cardinal directions. Which reveal the level of high knowledge and culture of its inhabitants.
Kivas are serene place probably dedicate mostly to ceremonies.
Rediscover your inner wisdom through the Indian wisdom.






Tuesday, October 13, 2009

Buckskin gulch, Vermillon Cliffs, Az.


Buckskin Gulch is an area in Vermillon Cliffs, in North Arizona. We did this hike on a very nice day, it was around 90 degre temperature. Pretty hot. We got an incredible dark blue sky. But the most incredible was really the landscape, not very lush but stunning by the sandstone and the different tint and colors.
It was difficult to walk fast, beacause I wanted to photographed everything, and enjoy each different 'paysage', landscape, roch.




This hike is not a very difficult one, it takes about 3 hours to arrive to Paria/Wire Pass. It's very sandy, so you have to have good shoes to walk comfortably. and I really recommend you to wear pants! lots of spiny thistle, ouch!
After an hour, we just didn't pay to much attention but our legs looked like....hedgehog.

Before stopping for lunch we just took some time to take them off!




After a pretty long walk in the sun, we were really happy to reach the Paria Canyon and walked in the shade of the smooth beautiful rock.
It was slightly muddy, but nothing annoying.

This part of the hike was totally different from the beginning, and we like it as much!

We were happy to finally reach the crossing of paths, were we stop for lunch, and admired the petroglyphs




Petroglyphs were numerous in this area, include some more recent, with signature...










We didn't want to go back through the same way, so we took Wire Pass, which is much shorter, but again, amazing rocks and landscape!
This time, we even need to do some climbing because the paths between the canyon is extremely narrow, about shoulder width sometimes, and boulders are blocking the way. But nothing impossible!
Very pleasant hike.

And to finish the day we enjoyed our hotel, where we take some time enjoy the swimming pool and the Jacuzzi to relax our muscles, and be prepared for another hike the next day...



Saturday, October 10, 2009

Albuquerque Balloon Festival - last day tomorrow



Tomorrow october 11th will be the last day of this great Balloon fiesta. Mass ascension begin at 7 am.

If you want to experience how to be surrounded 360 degre by balloon of all shape and colors...then this is the place!



International Balloon Fiesta


the Albuquerque international Fiesta ends tomorrow, don't miss it!

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Tuesday, October 6, 2009

Vemillon Trip - Southwest- travel heart


Awesome trip in North Arizona! Vermillon Cliffs, north coyotte butte, the wave!
Talking about inspiration...wow! very few people there so we have been able to enjoy at the most.
And the south butte, well we were just our little group of 4! But I have to say that the wind was blowing at 35mph average....so rough condition, but stunning. Such a great trip!

Tuesday, September 22, 2009

Buffalo Dance2



Santo Domingo again, same dance the Buffalo dance

Buffalo Dance



Santo Domingo, one of the 19 pueblos from north New Mexico during its annual Arts & Crafts show, also bring dances from the Hopi (a tribe more from Arizona, but New Mexico have a lots of Hopi arts that you can see all around).
This is the Buffalo Dance.

Monday, September 21, 2009

Rodeo de Santa Fe, Nm


For me the main interest is mostly before the show. I love to watch the preparation and everyone getting ready and verifying all the details, the kids are so proud and impatient as well as impressed.
The Cowboys tide their boots, prepare all their accessories to ensure the best grip, they pray and receive blessings before taking big risks!
My favorite part is definitely the
Mutton Bustin. It's fun and also intense to watch these little kids tight to the sheep. Most of these junior cowboys are very young, between four and six years old. (How impressive it must be to ride a sheep bigger than you!)

They are holding the sheep with their arms and legs around the animal's body.


These kids are very serious about it and some even after rolling on the side, or even under the sheep most of them continue to hold tight, refusing to let go.


This makes me think of someone holding on to their dreams. Even if it's hard, even knowing that you'll fall, you'll get right back on, you'll do what it takes to realize your dreams.


I saw a rodeo live for the first time last year. It was very hard for me to understand why someone would take so much risk, to the point to risk his life.

I had the opportunity to talk and to spend some time with the cowboys, I used it to questions them. The rodeo is their dream, and it naturally became their life.

They had to live it fully. I realized that unless you are ready to give it your all, to go in the arena of life and experience, you will not come near your dream.

You might fall and get hurt but you must be willing to try again and again until you achieve your dream and live the life you've always wanted.

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Wednesday, September 16, 2009

Santa Fe the City Different

About 45 to 1 hour drive from Santa Fe, NM these mountains consist of a broadly circular ridge surrounding the Valles Caldera, a supervolcano, that shaped New Mexico and modify dramatically its environment between 1.1 and 1.4 million years ago. Leaving behind a group of mountains, canyons and mesas (mountain with flat top - Mesa is table in Spanish), these mountains are such opportunities for recreation outdoors activities.

Valles Caldera

In the Jemez, pretty much any outdoor activities are possible and so enjoyable. Mountain bike, horseback riding, hiking, fishing, hot springs.

And if you are not into outdoors activities, driving around and through the Valle Grande is just stunning! You are definitely going through so divers landscape. Many time it's just breathtaking! You could easily think that you are jumping from one state to another due to the change of environment in such short distance.

Jemez Monument

All seasons are enjoyable in this area. In the winter it's not always drivable! due to the snow condition on the road. But believe me if you get the opportunity to drive around in winter it is surrealist, and so beautiful! Then you can stop in the Jemez Village to get warm in the hot springs surrounded by stunning mountains views, or take some time to visit Jemez Monument, a 17th century mission ruins surrounded by Indian habitations.




Before returning you couldn't help to stop at the breathtaking area of Jemez Pueblo, where the native american held ceremonies and Pow wow. The red rocks are so stirring.
Jemez red rocks

Whenever I pass by I can feel the power and history of these inspiring rocks, and I am always moved by the spirit of the mountains.

Saturday, August 29, 2009

Visit France and rejuvenate!

This is some of the places and arts, you'll get to see and get to be inspired by during this amazing trip to France!
Enjoy!

Bandelier National Monument

Here's another beautiful inspiring site to come visit in Santa Fe. Bandelier is a prehistoric site, origninaly created by a major Volcano, la Calderas, which is responsible for the majority of New Mexico Shape & Landscape. But mainly Bandelier is a major site about the Anasazi Indian, ancestors of Indian Pueblo.
Very inspiring, by it's landscape as well as by it's history.

Wednesday, August 26, 2009

Indian Market 2009

The biggest event of the year in Santa Fe! Indian Market. Many beautiful arts. I enjoyed arts as much as talking to the artists.
My very favorite object was a pipe made by Argus Dowdy. An incredible Artist, passionate and dedicate to this beautiful art!

Tuesday, August 11, 2009

Art, History and relaxation!




After the exploration of Medieval art & history, you will relax in one of the best hotel in the heart of the medieval city!