Rachel Reid Wilkie: Poet / Musician / Truest Sister / Hostess with the Mostest

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The scene:
We are sitting together on a rocking bench in the “secret garden” backyard of Rachel’s LA home, surrounded by a high wall of ivy and a loaded lemon tree. Though this is an idyllic oasis in the middle of the city, we are made very aware of what’s just over the wall as we hear sirens and industry and later are surrounded by helicopters. As well as a gorgeous birdsong. The contrast really emphasizes what humans normalize constantly. Join us in the garden as we “create” our life together to share with you.
Highlights:
+ We share the high of coming from a 4-day spiritual retreat in Joshua Tree
+ First pony at fourteen, falling in love with the care and freedom
+ “Mini Muscle” the naughty and very fast pony
+ Harnessing things often creates resistance and reaction
+ Releasing control, choosing trust
+ The liberation of traveling further outside your village
+ Viewing “The Arts” objectively, then embodying “The Art of Being”
+ Creating your life with intention, being a co-creator every second
+ Meditation and yoga practices for a mindful creation of life
+ XI: a new poetic musical collaboration
+ Turning personal poetry into public spoken song
+ Creating improvisational recordings together on the fly
+ “Woman” was made from one improvised take
+ Telling the story completely - creating music videos
+ Six-track album launched in September 2021
+ First professional live performance
+ Lifelong recurring nightmare of being unprepared to perform
+ The genre of poetry vs. the genre of spoken word
+ The divine transmission of writing poetry
+ Never edited any poems with the human intellect
+ Your past self communicating to your future self through poetry
+ The interpreter becomes the deliverer/translator
+ Living in a “golden triangle” - rotating homes every few months or weeks
+ Growing up in a village in nature and craving the anonymity of the city
+ Land that embraces the individual vs. land that embraces the group
+ Macro-dosing on mushrooms for intentional spiritual journeys
+ Surrendering and allowing is the ultimate strength of a person
+ You can’t helps others if you’re broken inside
+ Preparing yourself to contribute to others’ journeys
+ Not editing ourselves for others
+ Removing all considerations to focus on self work
+ A dad who encouraged independence for all women
+ Unconditional love and selflessness for others
+ When do you surrender independence for love?
+ Having stability and support to grow
+ “Kindness,” “being unoffensive and soft,” setting boundaries
+ Suffering silently and martyrdom - thousands of years of oppression
+ Cultivating compassion - the new artistic endeavor
+ Over-zealous self-reliance is a lack of trust and self-confidence
+ Everything is intertwined
+ Doing a shamanic journey session to heal your young self
+ Gratitude prayer can purify the energy of water
+ Neglect is worse than hatred
A taste:
“Please don’t dump your luggage in the middle and ask others to fix it.”
“Trust begins with yourself. […] It creates a natural calmness and confidence in your self-reliant capabilities, but it also creates a calm, trusted confidence in your community.”
Favorite daily ritual:
Morning gratitude ceremony blessing the Japanese

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