by Ariana Saraha | Mar 27, 2019 | Musings
: : A STORY : : As a child, all through primary school, I was provoked and teased for my emotions – somehow I hadn’t learned to suppress them like everyone else had, so they were still very alive, easily called to the surface. . . . . . So in order to protect myself I... 
by Ariana Saraha | Nov 6, 2018 | Musings
This is not Palo Santo. Nothing against that beautiful plant, but it doesn’t live here, and I realize I don’t even know what it looks like! A quick google search turns up almost exclusively pics of sticks for sale. But palo santo isn’t a stick ~... 
by Ariana Saraha | Jun 18, 2018 | Musings
(aka, losing our marbles…) TRUSTING THE WILD MIND: A LISTENING PRACTICE… I was thinking about wild mind last night, remembering how vital it feels to slip out of rational, plotting, methodical thinking, to let the mind wander and expand and take journeys... 
by Ariana Saraha | Jan 6, 2018 | Musings
If like me you’re feeling pretty wintry and less outwardly festive in this new year, may I recommend a good documentary for these dark days? I recently watched “Ken Burns: The West,” and WOW ~ heartbreaking and beautiful and intense! …to learn... 
by Ariana Saraha | Nov 1, 2017 | Musings
I like to think that going into the wilds is like coming home, returning to a place that makes sense in a real way. For it is here that herbs and flowers grow, here where clean waters flow… Perhaps there is some element of escapism at work as well, but perhaps... 
Ariana Saraha is a singer & musician based in the mountains of Colorado with a passion for pathos, primordial beauty, and the natural world. Whether writing, singing, or drumming, her mission is to invite us into the much wilder world beyond the trappings of civilization and the accepted meanderings of the mundane mind. She is working on a new album, From the Wild, and a book of musings to accompany it.![Raise your hand if you used to come to the Beltane fire parties I threw in Boulder 🖐🏼 {If you came, you would remember without a doubt ~ for the invitation came by phone: I called 300 people by hand (from my landline! 😭), and you all thought I was joking when I said we would get naked and leap the fire 🔥 But everybody came, and there was never a clothed person left standing. Even in the rain. We leapt hand in hand, two by twos and threes, sometimes more, sometimes solo. We shared and sang and uttered prayers. Some snuck off under the trees to make love. We played music late into the night. We embraced our aliveness wholeheartedly, unashamed. You all were glorious adventurers ~ thank you for joining me! 👏🏼} If you missed those times, let’s do it again someday! 🍑 #NeverTooOld #NeverTooLate (And in case there was any question, yes, I got naked and barefoot and jumped this fire. Multiple times.) .
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