Thanksgiving 2025- A Poem for you

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Nov 272025
 
Thanksgiving 2025- A Poem for you

Reading Time: 3 minutes Thanksgiving 2025 Poem by Maria Mar     What could I ever freaking be grateful for this terrible year?   Surrounded by extreme cruelty and inhumanity, facing a fascist coup intent on stealing our freedom. My nerves on edge. My heart in sorrow. What. Could. I. Possibly. Be thankful. For?! SILENCE. In the next breath, I am grateful for speaking my truth out loud. It has returned me to myself—to my center. SILENCE. In the next breath I am grateful For my center, my self-loyalty, My capacity to face chaos, destruction and cruelty And remain in a space of clarity, creativity and kindness. I am not my enemy. I am not trapped in the circumstances That tyrants build for me. I am a creator and I transform myself Anew to meet and change those circumstances. SILENCE. In the next breath I am grateful For the millions of Americans who are courageously defending our democracy, who are fighting for our freedoms, who are standing for our diversity who are preserving our humanity with their bodies and their voices, with their rapid [Read more.]

Big, Brave Waves of Freedom (Poem)

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Mar 072025
 

Reading Time: 2 minutes Walk in Beauty Series Big, Brave Waves of Freedom (Poem) Below enjoy the dramatization of my latest poem. This poem came to me as a sacred download in the middle of a sound-healing journey during my Radical Nourishment Gathering under the facilitation and sound-healing of Deborah Brodey. I thank Deborah and the women on my RSN group. You keep me sane, in harmony and strong as we walk through this darkness into the light of an evolved democracy and humanity. Make sure to join a support group that keeps you walking in beauty!   RESOURCES: You can obtain the PDF with the text of the poem and watch the Video tutorial for doing the ChiDance movements with the poem at the Artchemy Atelier Free Library here. Search the POEMS section. Go to: https://storyloversclub.newzenler.com/courses/artchemy-atelier-library/buy MORE RESOURCES: Signup/waiting list/ for my 2025-26 upcoming books   Weaving New Worlds from Old Wounds  In this beautifully illustrated book with art in full colors I share my journey of shamanic initiation through the vehicle of art. This will come out in 2026 in both digital [Read more.]

Holiday Book Gift Sales: The Tao of Trees

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Nov 212018
 
Holiday Book Gift Sales: The Tao of Trees

Reading Time: < 1 minute Holiday Book Gift Sales Ends November 27, 2018. Catch it now! The Tao of Trees Poems to reconnect you to the natural world and your Sacred Self. Give this beautiful illustrated poetry book as a Holiday Gift to a loved one… or to yourself. Beyond its pages, this book is a gift of mindfulness, serenity and beauty to heal and uplift us in these difficult times. Read more and catch the Holiday Sales here. Holidays 2018 Sales When you buy this poetry book right now, you get $5 off from the book PLUS VIP Invitation and free seat in the New Year Tao of Tree Poetry Reading and conversation with poet-artist-shaman Maria Mar Valid only from November 20 to November 27, 2018 Limited number of books available for this sales. Offer only good at Author’s Gumroad online Store and only for the purchase of The Tao of Trees paperback. Read more and get the Holiday Sales Discount here Send to Kindle

Art and poem: Celebration

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Nov 212018
 
Art and poem: Celebration

Reading Time: 2 minutes Thanksgiving and the Holidays Celebration During these holy days, I want to join you in a celebration of life, love and the beauty in this world. So here’s a poem and art illustration from The Tao of Trees to remind you of the magic of love and the power of gratitude. This is poem #3 and it’s in The Path of Beauty, one of seven paths in the illustrated poetry book. Celebration Yesterday I did not see this tree. I was in a hurry and walk past it. After all, it was just another tree like the many lining my path. Now I stop in wonder. Rain drops hang from the naked limbs, like diamonds glittering in the fingers of creation. Like fairies, they twinkle inviting me to play and pray; filling me with gratitude. This trunk is no longer ordinary. Father Winter’s dazzling garland has transformed this humble tree into a celebration.   From The Tao of Trees, by Maria Mar(c) The Perfect Christmas Gift The Tao of Trees Poems to reconnect you to the natural world and your [Read more.]

Do you Need to Create a Chrysalis?

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May 192015
 
Do you Need to Create a Chrysalis?

Reading Time: 4 minutes Do you Need to Create a Chrysalis? I want to share with you the magic of my most recent shamanic performance that took place on Sunday, May 17th in New York. I just emerged from my ceremonial chrysalis and did a magical Butterfly Dance. This was an in-depth ceremony for me as well as a shamanic performance and journey for the women in the audience. I first wrote a poem and then danced it. The poem was a shamanic journey through the process of creating my chrysalis, feeding on it to become my dream and finally emerging as my embodied potential. “But what is this chrysalis?” you may ask. In nature, the chrysalis is the new skin that the caterpillar builds in order to nurture and protect its transformation into butterfly. The Sacred Feminine School of Wisdom teaches us that women also need to create a chrysalis to nurture and protect our transformation. Throughout time, there have been different ceremonies, rites or special places for women to do this, from the Moon Lodge to the Red Tent. If you are [Read more.]

Dream Express Oracle-Dragonfly

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Apr 142015
 
Dream Express Oracle-Dragonfly

Reading Time: 2 minutes Dream Express Oracle Dragonfly This is the Oracle I use to play in the Book Signing Party for my novel, Angelina and the Law of Attraction. Read more below. CLUE: Dragonfly, so tiny, illuminates the vast dark night. And so does your Soul! This is an Water Card, connected to emotions, soul and psyche Dream Express Oracle My new inspirational fantasy novel is out, and I am celebrating through fun Book Signing Parties both locally in New York and globally online. Here’s a preview of the Dream Express Oracle I am using to present this magical story to those who attend the Book Party. Card:Dragonfly Chapter: No 8- Dreamboro Plaza Synopsis: Angelina finally accepts her Shadows and how they have distorted her perception and trusts Dragonfly Diva’s guidance. As she surrenders her resistance, the “N” train stops and they exit the wagon. Angelina finds herself in utter darkness. Then she falls into a vision where she meets her DreamSelf, the person who she is in the future if she reclaims the Dream in her Soul. That exquisite vision breaks Angelina’s [Read more.]

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