At a Holotropic Breathwork Class, while I was engaged in a series of breathing exercises done to music, a truly astounding thing happened to me. I felt an energy build up in my chest and move to my throat and then my mouth; it was an energy that I had not previously experienced. Suddenly, a foreign language flowed from my tongue. I had no idea what I was saying, but knew that this was a true language with significant content.

Many people offered guesses as to what the language was, but none could identify the origin. I began an exhaustive search, as I had to solve the mystery. I spent the next four and a half years mailing tapes around the country, trying to find someone who could tell me what I was speaking. I could not explain how, but I knew that this was a true language; someone was trying to get a message across.

I was blessed to find a man named Ipupiara who worked at the Smithsonian Institute. To my utter exhilaration, he was able to translate my language. As it turns out, it is the language of an indigenous people living in a tropical rain forest of Northern Brazil and Southern Venezuela in South America. They are known as the Yanomami, a tribe that had no contact with the outside world until the mid 1950's. They believe that their fate is tied to the fate of our environment. After receiving the translation of many of my tapes, I have discovered that I am speaking prayers, ancient chants, prophesies, poetry, and prognostications. I have also learned that two other dialects come through at times, Canamari and Tucano. My tapes have been played for the Yanomami people and they have danced around the recorder and rejoiced at the spoken words. The lastest tapes of the Canamari language has been a break through as well, for it shows the languages continue to emerge offering new messages for different tribes.

Through my four years of work as a research medium, my mediumistic ability to receive communication from the "other side" has been confirmed time and time again. Further validation from my regular private readings substantiate this as well. My exploration of this beautiful language has also had significant impact on my life. One thing I have learned is the fact that these "gifts" come in many forms and defy logic as we know it. The fact that this gift of language was communicated to me at a time when this ancient civilization is facing extinction is especially meaningful. It is my wish that these experiences and the words of this tribe will offer healing to others and serve as a reminder to be "a more Earth honoring people."

The Journey Continues . . . .

As my path moves forward, it becomes ever-changing with new roads to walk as well as exciting opportunities emerging before me. It has always been one of my greatest wishes to finally get the chance to meet the man who has altered my path by his amazing wisdom of language. Ipupiara, also known as Dr. Bernardo Piexoto, a Shaman from Brazil's rainforest, is that man who is familiar with the dialects of my languages.

On June 9, 2006, after more than ten years, I was blessed with the opportunity to finally meet Ipupiara. I will always hold in my heart the journey I traveled and the friendly folks I met along the way. I have faced many challenges, as everyone has, but I feel I have come out of them with a newly enlightened wisdom and a stronger heart. Ipupiara truly has a blessed heart, he has given me so much in sharing his time and love for his people to help me learn about these languages that are a part of my everyday life. Although it may seem quite odd for someone to be speaking a language they don't understand, I have learned to accept this and to find personal ways to help me bridge an understanding at times through my own experiencing of it. It is an open door to find new opportunities of what exist and how far we can stretch past what we felt were human limitations.

None of us can be sure of what the future holds, but I am excited about the new possibilities now before me. I will forever be grateful to Ipupiara and the Universe for their guidance.

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