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Jennifer Lighty

@aquaodyssey

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Word Dervish
Cultural Revitalization
Author of Piko: A Return to the Dreaming.

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Fall on Block Island 🍂🌊 There’s still so much to do after summer ends!

Spend your fall days:
🍎 Stopping by the Block Island Farmers Market
🪂 Parasailing or taking a banana boat ride with Block Island Parasail & Banana Boats
🏛️ Visiting the Block Island Historical Society
🍽️ Checking out what’s open and grabbing a bite at your favorite island spots
🧘 Taking a class at Elevation Studio
💆 Having a spa day with Drift Island Spa, CALM Co., Wave of Change Bodywork, or SOL Bodywork
💡 Visiting the North Light or Southeast Lighthouse
📚 Checking out the Island Free Library for new reads & events
🛶 Renting a kayak or paddleboard from Fort Island Kayaks & SUPs or Pond & Beyond Kayak

Fall is one of the best times to slow down, explore, and experience a different side of Block Island.

Looking for even more things to do and what’s happening around the island? Visit the Block Island Chamber of Commerce website for events, activities, dining, businesses & more! 🍁🦪

#blockisland #blockislandsound #blockislandri #blockislandfall

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Hey, hi! What a sweet little year 💌💌💌 grateful for all the faces & places that held this warmth

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Aloha fam! I'm incredibly honored to share this conversation with you… because it is truly a conversation I believe will serve us collectively.

I sat down about a month ago to record this with @aquaodyssey. We had no idea where it would go, but in light of where we are now it seems perfect.

Jennifer Lighty is a word dervish—a storyteller, writer, mentor, and bodyworker who helps ground the mythic dimension in modern life. She is a conduit to help rebuild the bridge between imagination, intuition, and logic so we operate from a sacred and holistic perspective.

Honestly, we touched on some hot button topics in this episode. It all started with a question about shame and emotions after Jennifer boldly shared her own story of initiation through a journey with depression. This led us to explore the roots of capitalism, colonialism, empire and the human-wide wound of separation from the Great Mother.

Other Topics Include:

✨  The Lost Art of Initiations
✨  Depression in Modern Culture
✨  the Purpose of the Human Experience
✨  The Wound of Separation
✨  The Wisdom of Fairy Tales - Portals to Magic

This conversation was thought-provoking, electrifying and insightful. Jennifer is an incredible wealth of not only information about our history and myths, but wisdom gained through a life lived in service to authenticity and truth. Her voice serves as a spark to light your own flame of remembering who you are and the Divine essence within. I truly hope you enjoy this as much as I enjoy sharing it with you!

Aloha Mā,
Kyra 🌺

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“Sometimes, you can see into your own heart when you gaze into another’s eyes. Sometimes when the heart’s defenses collapse, the soul is revealed. Collapse may be required and exposure may be necessary, but in the end, wind and water will reclaim the wall’s stones for the fire that birthed them.
Someday the physical will be gone, not just you and me, but the stones, the molten lava, even the water. Between now and then every moment is a new beginning on the path to aloha mã, and though we have choices, we can’t step off. Nothing is lost. The end is always a beginning.”

Returning to a special book authored by a magical Big island aloha MĀ sister @aquaodyssey

excerpt above from PIKO, A return to the dreaming

I’d been thinking (instead of feeling): This is my last day living in Hawaii… but this needs a reframe… because it is part of a ongoing journey, navigating change, wayfinding by the stars and the heart… aloha mā, self-reflective love, has helped me remember this.

What I see in you, in me, in the land and water… it’s all love. It is felt, embodied, shared and received freely. It connect us, and connects us with all that is within us and around us. No matter where we go, no matter where we are, the love is transportable. We are the ones we’ve been waiting for. We are the ones who are the vehicles of awareness and revolution of change. Our souls chose to incarnate for this journey, right here, right now. The endings, the beginnings. Trust the continuum of the wheel of change. It may usher you towards what your heart has desired for so long but may just now be remembering. 💞✨
#aloha #alohamā

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✨️ New week, new books! Don't sleep on these stunning #NewReleaseTuesday titles. We're also highlighting some of our favorite poets for #NationalPoetryMonth!

📚 Montgomery and Taggert Bookshop, Connecticut’s first romance-themed bookstore, is located at 26 Water Street, Chester, and open Mon-Sat 10am-6pm, Sun 9am-2pm, and every first Friday of the month from 10am-8pm. Find your happily ever after in Chester, CT!

📖 Looking for something different? We're happy to special order books—Let us know how we can help.

🚗 A free public parking lot is located next to the bookshop at 20 Water Street.

#womenownedbusiness #womenentrepreneurs #bookstagram #chesterct #shopindie #shoplocal #bookstore #pubday #montgomeryandtaggertbookshop #supportwomen #smalltownromance #cozyvibes #smalltown #connecticut #romancereader #womanowned #indiebookstore #romancebooks #romancebookstore #bookshop #rivervalley #newrelease #shopsmall

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Stumbled across this really cozy and ✨️magical✨️ bookstore @montgomeryandtaggert in Chester, CT! We met one of the owners, Elizabeth, and bought two really fantastic books 📚 PS - Swipe ➡️ to the end for a classic #BootsBlooper!

📚 Piko by Jennifer Lighty @aquaodyssey
📚 His Hideous Heart edited by Dahlia Adler

Boots was also super excited and couldn't wait to get her paws 🐾 on them!

Hoping to read at least one in the coming weeks ~ be sure to follow us for weekly book reviews and recs. Until then, stay paw-sitive and read on!

#cats #pets #petstagram #petsofinstagram #catsofinstagram #catlover #catlovers #catsofig #catsofinsta #bookstagram #books #booklover #bookhaul #supportsmallbusiness #chesterct

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Join us!!

All offerings promote CONNECTION, HEALING, and/or EMPOWERMENT.

A “love offering” or donation is requested to attend. Sliding scale of $11-33 - proceeds benefit youth.

A minimum of 2 RSVPs by the night before is required to hold the event. Once we have that, we will keep taking RSVPs until we have reached full capacity.

Hope to see you at Hennasphere this week! reserve your spot now.

#Hennasphere #awakeinloveproject #kailuakona #konahenna
#kona #hennasphere #meditativearts #flow #surrennder #everydaymagic #henna #hennaandchai #love #consciousshift #talkstory #connection #healing #empowerment #spirituality #psychology #youareloved #mooncircle #hennayourintentions #newmoonintentions #fullmoonintentions #fueledbylove #kainaliutown #ittakesavillage #temporarytattoosinkona #kainaliu

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Sad to miss the closing of Three Sisters. So much more than the best sandwich shop to so many. This place will have my heart forever and ever. Thanks for all of the memories ❤️❤️❤️ cheers to 25 yrs @briggybi love you

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Check out this new book, ‘Piko’ that my friend @aquaodyssey just published! 📕

This profound book is exceptionally raw, relevant & real for our modern day fast paced society where most of us have forgotten the ancient myths & how important they are to guide us towards a healthy future. 🙌🏽

The depth of wisdom and storytelling in this book is staggering. She deftly weaves in tales of ancient Goddesses & Gods. The story of Inanna is my favorite, of course. 🥀

The author weaves in her own personal stories, sharing her vulnerable core with her sharp whit and talented writing skill in a manner that will absolutely capture you. 🌺

Born from years of experience living on the Hawaiian Islands, soaking in the raw mana of her volcanic born ‘aina & also learning from one of my favorite friends, the incredible @pohala_hawaiian_botanicals , Jennifer shares Native Hawaiian wisdom in a rapturous manner in Piko. 🌋

Her writing is divine! Check out this excerpt that speaks to my soul:

“According to science, suffering happens in the brain, not the heart. Turn off the nociceptors and the brain can be hacked into without the body feeling pain. Anesthesia. It’s a pretty name. Like a Greek goddess or a Russian Tsarina executed in a basement.

Scientists say turn off the nociceptors in the brain and suffering will cease. But ghosts suffer. They have no bodies and they suffer. I’ve heard them. Remember the orca who swam for days, keeling her dead calf above the surface in the chilly Salish Sea? Suffering and pain are not the same. Suffering is not a product of fear. It is a gift of love.” 🐋

Wow, right⁉️

Please check it out in @aquaodyssey bio and be magnificently moved by this book as I am!

#piko #hawaiiauthor #newbook

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𝚈𝚘𝚞 𝚊𝚛𝚎 𝚐𝚘𝚛𝚐𝚎𝚘𝚞𝚜
𝚈𝚘𝚞 𝚊𝚛𝚎 𝚊𝚖𝚊𝚣𝚒𝚗𝚐
𝚈𝚘𝚞 𝚖𝚊𝚝𝚝𝚎𝚛
𝚈𝚘𝚞 𝚊𝚛𝚎 𝚠𝚘𝚛𝚝𝚑𝚢
𝚈𝚘𝚞 𝚍𝚎𝚜𝚎𝚛𝚟𝚎 𝚝𝚘 𝚜𝚑𝚒𝚗𝚎‼️‼️‼️

𝙻𝚘𝚟𝚎 𝚢𝚘𝚞‼️

#selfworth #selfworthjourney #youareworthy #youareworthyoflove #alohama #alohamā #taracoyote

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🌋 Big Island Transformation 🌋

I was just blessed up to spend 10 days on the magnificent island of Hawaii replenishing within the glow of Pele’s fire! 🔥

Wow, what a potent island she is with her raw power! I felt like I was pushed to the limit to grow, the fire is strong there. In many ways, I feel rebirthed again & transformed by the flames of growth! 🔥🌋🔥

It was such a joy to spend time with dear old friends like @decansea @jayalakshmimusic (check out her music! 🎵) @ranijoy.embodiedfreedom (thx for the fabulous face paint love!) so many more! It was a thrill to meet a new online friend @aquaodyssey and have her sign her newly released and epic book, ‘Piko’. Stay tuned for more about her book! ♥️

I was fortunate to attend two music festivals @manafest.bigisland & @blessfest at @kalanioceanside & @sundari_on_hawaii 🌺

Travel & music are indeed healing forces & I’m grateful to have experienced it all! 🌞🙌🏽🌞

#manafest #blessfest #bigisland

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Thank you to all of these precious fierce souls who have joined me on this podcast. It’s been a couple of years the making and with thousands of plays across streamlining platforms- just know that you matter, I see you and I’d love to meet you- you are VALUABLE.

Let’s weave magick together and uplift humanity.
Thank you everyone- humbled again by all of your greatness.
Deep Bows of Gratitude
@marnisuureynolds

#podcast #thegoldenthreadpodcast #podcasting #podcastersofinstagram #podcaster #podcastlife #podcastshow #healingjouney #higherconsciousness #togetherwecan #togetherwewillrise #werise

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