5th Consecutive GA&A (Huichol or Wixárika)

I am truly grateful for the rain because it is the life blood of our planet due to its continuous cycling from the atmosphere through the earth in to the sea and back again.

Affirmations:
Aspiration + Belief + Action ’= Results
I embrace my responsibility to my family.
I feed my passion to act in integrity with my most sacred and engaged self.
I respect and nurture my body, mind and spirit.

I embrace my resistance to change (shadow) and use it to empower me to reach my goals.

I am capable of amazing things.
I easily meet and overcome challenges.
I inspire others to take action.
I effortlessly reach my goals.
I am a success.
I am becoming the essential me.
I get a little fitter each day.

Actions:
To be more financially productive today I have: Done little, sent computer info to Bob, came up with Know & Go for The Gnomon joint venture.
To be more mentally centered today I have: Med 2min
To be fitter today I have: 10 push ups, 20 crunches
Weight 223.5 less 68.5 (stone) = target weight of  155lbs

The Huichol

The Huichol community is fundamentally a clan society whose highest leader is the wisest elder, called Kawitero (one who knows the way). 

The Huichol people are experiencing a turning point. They have been able to legally recover 10,320 hectares, with 67,000 still in dispute. Different factors have come together in this process, but the most important is that the community elders' territorial consciousness has been effectively passed on to the young people. "The world's indigenous population, calculated at 300 million, lives in areas that have 60 percent of the planet's natural resources. For this reason, the many conflicts regarding the use and destiny of their lands involving the interests of governments and businesses are not surprising. The exploitation of natural resources, petroleum and mineral, and tourism are the principal industries which threaten indigenous territories in the Americas. Today the efforts towards an inclusive society that respects the identities of peoples are part of a process that requires the convergence of those who understand the need to rethink the paradigms of civilizations in order to guarantee human and social sustainability in the long term.

                                        From: Cultural Survival   http://www.culturalsurvival.org

The Wixárika (they call themselves Wixáritari "The People") inhabit western-central Mexico, in the northern part of the state of Jalisco, on the backbone of the Sierra Madre Occidental, after a long ride on rough dirt roads you can arrive at the villages of Mezquitic and Bolaños.

Actually the name “Huichol” when talking about the Wixárika ethnic group is a derogatory ethnonym the Mexica people used when talking about them, long before the Spanish arrived, but through the years it has been adopted as their real name.

The Wixárika, term which actually means "seer", have remained totally faithful to their beliefs even in the midst of this modern technological era in which they are immersed. They struggle every day against adversities, trying to preserve their clothing, their rituals, history, language and art.

The Wixárika and Puerto Vallarta

http://www.puertovallarta.net/what_to_do/wixarica-and-puerto-vallarta.php

Village Tours in Puerto Vallarta

Discover Huichol arts and customs in the Sierra Madre Occidental

Visitors to Puerto Vallarta wanting to look beyond the beaches to get first-hand experiences of the state of Jalisco’s cultural wealth can take trips to nearby indigenous Huichol communities in the Sierra Madre Occidental. http://www.visitmexico.com/en_cl/visit/Visita-a-comunidades-en-Puerto-Vallarta-