Aloha Kākou,

These days feel both sacred and uncertain, don’t they?

Just two days ago, an earthquake off the coast of Russia triggered alerts across our islands. Tsunami warnings sent people evacuating here on Kaua‘i and throughout Hawai‘i. The waves didn’t come this time—but we still felt it. That flutter in the chest. That remembering.

The floods of 2018. Hurricane Iniki. The not-knowing.
It lives in our cell memory.

These moments strip away everything non-essential.
They remind us what truly matters.

This is why we gather.
To remember.
To heal.
To grow.
To be in community.

A Message from Auntie Anita: "The Center is Everywhere"

Last week, at our July new moon ceremony, we received something rare and deeply resonant from Auntie Dr. Anita Sanchez, Nahua (Aztec & Toltec) Elder. Auntie Anita always speaks truth with such gentleness that it lands directly in the heart.

She told the story of losing something precious: a mountain lion-shaped stone that had lived on her mountain for nearly 50 years. When it mysteriously disappeared, grief came like a wave. Then anger. Then that aching kind of loss that makes you question everything.

But in the darkness, something else arrived. A remembering.
A sense of hope—not as a concept, but as a living energy that needs tending.
And then, the felt presence of our beloved elder Joanna Macy—who had crossed to the spirit side just days before—wrapping her in a love that held both the grief and the grace.

In that moment, Anita found forgiveness.
Not just for whoever took the stone, but for herself—for forgetting, even briefly, that hope lives in us.

She brought us the vision of Black Elk, who saw a great hoop with many smaller hoops inside. "The circle has no edge,” he said. “There is no circumference. The center is everywhere.”

She reminded us too of what her Quechua elders taught her: that Pachamama is not just “Mother Earth.” It means the sacred presence of the earth, the sky, the universe, and all time.

Her story is an offering.
To feel what’s real.
To forgive what needs forgiving.
To remember who we actually are.
And to keep walking, together.

Click on Auntie Anita’s photo above to hear her full message.

August New Moon Ceremony

Date: Friday, August 22nd, 2025

Time: 7:30 AM Hawai'i; 10:30 AM PT, 12:30 PM COT, 1:30 PM ET, 6:30 PM CET (Confirm your local time here)

Inspired by Pacha K'anchay, Mamo Lorenzo Izquierdo Arroyo, and Kumu Hula Puna Kalama Dawson, we gather in response to a global call from the Council of Indigenous Sages of Colombia. Their invitation aims to synchronize Indigenous ceremonies across the globe to raise the frequency on Earth and harmonize humanity's relationship with the natural world.

All are welcome. Please feel free to share this invitation with your beloveds.

Support this Sacred Work

These New Moon ceremonies are freely offered to all. Your donations help sustain this work—supporting the technology that connects our global circle and nurturing the creation of educational resources that preserve and carry Indigenous wisdom forward.

Every contribution is a thread in the blanket of peace we’re weaving together across the world.

August New Moon Ceremony

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Every time we gather, our circle strengthens the preservation of ancestral wisdom, supports the protection of sacred territories, and creates bridges of understanding between traditions.

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With gratitude for the wisdom that flows through all things,

Prajna, Greg, Olivia, Jared, and Kaiāulu’s Council