“You look like you like to make people smile. Know any good jokes?” “No, but I know some bad ones.” “Let’s hear one.” “Knock knock.” “Who’s there?” “To.” “To who?” “To whom.”… Read More

“I’m a troublemaker, I’ve been arrested 6 times. Last time Dick Cheney came to town I was there protesting and they arrested me instead of him. Can you believe that?” “I can actually. What brought you to San Francisco?” “I came here because I knew it was where I wanted to die. The older you get the more ready you are. Read More

“Would you mind if I take your picture?” “Would you mind if I give you a hug?” ‬… Read More

“We own some land in Colorado. We really wanna create something on that land that can help a lot of people. We know that growing organic food is important. There’s such good sustainable options that’s better than paying for rent and electric in the city every month. We want to be around like minded individuals that are connected to the Earth and moving… Read More

“I came down here to bring a sacred tree ceremony to Envision. The project is called Arboluz. The vision is to create an interconnected web of trees all over the world that have been honored in ceremony and consecrated. Every ceremony is specific to the location it’s in. The goal is to use these trees as conduits and portals for global… Read More

“What’s one of your favorite things about Ayla?” “Oh man…that’s such a long list. The energy Ayla beams is such an accurate representation of who she is beyond that. I really like how’s she’s able to carry that lightness on stage with her and model that. She’s just a really soft, sweet lady and it’s awesome for the world to be able… Read More

“Along with your tours you help organize a lot of conscious community building things, like this festival, or permaculture action days, what part of that is your individual calling and what part is inspired by being together?”Him – “I feel like the independent stuff we do has been inspired by the love that’s in this relationship. The things that motivate… Read More

Her – “We met on a dance floor.”Him – “At Ecstatic Dance in Oakland. We both have a lot of love of movement and community. We really connected on the dance floor. Those meetings were really fun and high energy. It was like, ‘Oh. Who are you’?”Her – “David was in this phase of monkey conditioning so he was… Read More

“I’ve been here 10 years planting and gardening. For me, if people help me, I help them. I happy.”‬… Read More

“When I talk about western medicine I hear things from the hippie community like ‘that’s just science, use your intuition’. There’s a place for that, but once you’re sick, really sick, I think there’s room for western medicine. Instead of trying to drag the western system down, why don’t we just amplify what we have to offer in these naturalistic communities so we… Read More

“I’m an osteopath and the best way to support health in general is through our communities and through food. I support the healing potential in each individual often through hands on touch by tapping into source within each of us. I’m also a doctor and take care of people in ICU and deliver babies. It’s hard for me to hear certain hippie viewpoints… Read More

“I used to work in Ghana as an herbal specialist. I tell you that because when I walked by you earlier I noticed you. When I saw you this song from Ghana came into my head.” “Yeah, us connecting definitely feels serendipitous. Do you have any idea what my sickness is?” “It definitely felt like a power struggle in your… Read More

This is Amanda – “I first started doing healing work with animals when I was very young, like 5 years old. I also started learning about herbal medicine then. My desire as a small child was to help people. I love culture and traveling and always want to learn different modalities for the toolbox. In my astrological chart my career is in Chiron,… Read More

I woke up the other day feeling weak and sore all over. Shooting pains have been coming out of my spine and I’ve been throwing up everything I’ve tried to eat. It’s been going on long enough that it’s starting to affect my mind. I went to sleep in a really dark place last night feeling scared that I couldn’t keep going with… Read More

“I became a vegetarian about 6 months ago and – you know what, you smell like bacon. I don’t see any bacon…but just between you and me…do you have any bacon?” ‪… Read More

“Plants communicate. Under the ground their root systems all connect to each other. If I start munching on one here, another over there will send alkaloids to make it not as delectable to me, the predator. The psycho spirituality of plants is an individual experience but you’ll meet other people that have the same experiences. When learning about plants you’ll meet people who… Read More

“I consider myself a witch. I’ve been studying plants for 15 years and I’m starting to feel really confident. I commune with plants because plants are the communicators to different realms. It goes back to ancient practices with shamanism and witchcraft. I believe in magic because magic is just focused intentional prayer that creates change.” “Biophlia is the love of life… Read More

“I grew up in Philly and it’s a wonderful city but it was making me too angry to be there because there’s so much poverty and disconnection with the earth. I used to live in this old apartment complex with beautiful oak trees and ivy. There were some landscapers that convinced the super that some of the trees were dying and… Read More

“You try my empanadas, best in Costa Rica, they my home recipe!”… Read More

“I moved here from Nicaragua 20 years ago.” “What do you like to do for fun?” “What?” “For fun? You like to cook…or dance or…?” “Who me?” “Yeah…you.” “Nothin special.” (Then she started laughing hysterically)… Read More

“I’m 88, born and raised here. My parents were both from Panama. They lived till 91 and 94. Me and my wife had 10 kids before she died 23 years ago.”… Read More

“I worked hard all my life. I even worked in DC for about 12 years but now I can’t do much because of me knee, so I just live off my pension and take it easy.”… Read More

“The real adventure is about to begin. Are you ready?”… Read More

“I’ve been to Hawaii…Costa Rica…India…France. Hawaii was my favorite because of the dolphins and whales.”‬… Read More