Manifestations of Me

I am in my late 20′s, a mother of two young girls, a very creative and spiritual person and blogging was a dream of mine, before I really knew what blogging was. I connect deeply to Native American heritate, African heritage, Latin America and indigenous rights and populations. I have a nomadic spirit, a passion for veganism and sustainability. I advocate for family-friendly culture, natural health, earth-friendly living, encouraging intuitive growth and karma yoga.

From a personal perspective, I love living in an RV and plan to travel soon. I love being a creative person. I love my 6+ year journey in raw eating, I’m dedicated to free and alternative education, dreaming, nature and cultivating a culture for true health and equality for all in a diverse, holistic way. I want to eventually live in a tropical environment because I feel like humans are healthiest in a tropical environment. I intend to do everything I can to honor myself, my culture and ancestry and the earth I live on, while supporting and spreading information about justice. I call this The Aniweda Dream.

As a mother I try to encourage compassion, creativity, intuition, empowerment, self-esteem, personal responsibility for health, multiculturalism, knowledge and respect for all types of humans and other beings. I teach my children English, Spanish, sign language, Muskogee(Creek), German, Sanskrit, Portuguese and French. I’m not fluent in all these languages, but sharing these languages has been very successful and encouraging. I breastfeed until the child-led weaning takes place and I support early infant elimination communication.

There are great things and horrible atrocities that were and are still done in the name of The American Dream. I educate myself about what is going on around the world and I have always felt like a global citizen. Although I grew up in the deep south where everything was “black and white”, I always felt close to my own multicultural heritage and an interest in global interests, concerns and unity. I rebel from labels by my very nature. I back away from the simple, neglectful stereotypes and restrictions that mainstream culture promotes and I’m happier because of it. I embrace diversity. People very rarely believe I’m from this country and I take that as a compliment, I don’t want to be seen as an American, or some other limiting categorization. I’ve been called Universal, and I really connect to that sentiment.

On a professional note, I’m a freelance writer. I write poetry and articles, as well as blogs and other types of writing. I’m a breastfeeding counselor and a minister. I also completed a Kundalini Yoga Teacher training. I teach, coach and counsel people on their health, spirituality, lifestyle and parenting. I spent most of my working life as a nanny and continue to do alternative nanny work. I’m happy to write and promote natural, sustainable, vegan-friendly, kid-friendly products, services and goods.

I use a few spiritual/pen names. I use them because they evoke and manifest different outcomes in my pursuits. It might also be noted that I like to be a little complicated.

Featherstory Aniweda- I was given this name in the dream time during a Spirit Walk I took in 2009 throughout the Southeastern US, mostly Florida and Asheville, NC. During this time my little family had a powerful communication and connection to each other through channeled information and recognizing subtle energies. During this time I lived mostly in the wilderness, off-the-grid and took on the ideas of spiritual poverty.

I consider this my spirit name and during that time I took my intuitive gifts very seriously and cultivated a spiritual practice unique to my cultural heritage and my personal history. I had many memories of living moments and dreams and connected deeply to the natural world. When I use this name I honor my life as a student, lover, supporter, helper and child of the world. The Earth itself; Turtle Island-North America has its influences printed all over my spirit and life. I honor that with my life, I document it with this blog, and I share its symbolism in using this name. I also use the Muskogee(Creek) version of this name in my writings, meditations and affirmations. Here’s more information on Aniweda: http://www.flamuseum.com/culture/vnewetv.htm

Siri Mera Kaur- is a pen name I use in my writing, I also use it for yogic purposes. The name is Sanskrit in origin. I learned a lot of Sanskrit mantras and learned a lot about the language through Kundalini Yoga teacher training and Kundalini Yogi mentors, as well as other yogi sources. I have used the name to publish poetry. I was given the name Siri through the www.3ho.org website and I decided to keep the name Mera as a reference to many different influences from my past and ancestry. My given name includes Mera and though I had a nickname that I was called, there were people who called me Mera. I always really liked the name. By high school I asked some of my friends to call me Mera and in college I introduced myself by the name. Once I started writing on webforums a lot I thought it important to give an alternate name other than my legal name, because of paranoia with identity issues that arise over the internet. I basically stopped using my given name and really settled into being known as Mera. I later learned what my given name meant. My mom made the name up, but I don’t believe in accidents. My name is of Egyptian origin. I’ve since seen Mera in other languages in North and East Africa, as well as Asia and the Middle East that sum up many of the important aspects of my spiritual life, past and ancestry.

My creative blog is http://www.aniweda.wordpress.com

and my website is www.fruitaliniyogicare.webs.com