"This painting depicts several important experiences I’ve had in dreams and visions related to the Moondance - such as meeting with the Mexican Grandmother Tonalmitl and encountering some of my spirit animals.
Grandmother Tonalmitl, who was vital in reviving the Moondance tradition in Mexico, appeared to me in a shamanic journey. In the vision, I was kneeling in front of her and she was holding a bowl of water where I could see the Moonlight reflected. She invited me to look into the water and suddenly I saw a white rabbit jump out of the bowl! Next to us was a deer, with its beautiful energy expressed through golden sparkles in its antlers, and he invited me to dance!
I had no more doubts. The message couldn’t be clearer - especially since the rabbit and the deer are two of the main symbols of the Moondance. The call was strong! I had to go to the Moondance… And I did!
The Moondance is a deeply spiritual ceremony where, for four nights, the women fast, participate in sweatlodges, dance under the full moon and sing sacred songs while dressed in their traditional white robes. This ceremony is a prayer for Mother Earth, for Peace, for the Four Elements of Earth, Air, Fire and Water, for our Ancestors, and for the Spirit Guardians of the Seven Directions: East, North, West, South, Sky, Earth and Center. The men also have an important role to play since they hold space for the women, take care of the children, watch over the sacred fire, prepare herbal tea for the Moondancers… In short, we wouldn’t be able to do it without them.
This is all about balance - balance within ourselves, balance between the Masculine & the Feminine.
I’ve been a Moondancer in Austria for six years now, and I'm now one of the Cantos women leading the prayer songs on the Huehuetl, the big ceremonial drum.
If you’d like to know more about the Moondance, please visit www.moondanceaustria.com. The work is ancestral and crosses all cultures.
The Moondancers are on the path of becoming Medicine Women, and it’s up to us to integrate and transmit what we’re learning and experiencing, so I'm happy to share this painting here with you.
UNITY & PEACE IN THE WORLD."