ALUNA TEMPLE MAGAZINE Edition No2 'HONOURING LIFE' | Page 32

ARTIST OF THE SEASON MELISSA SHEMANNA (Healswille, AU) ? Honeybee Dakini at The Honeybee Temple ? Visionary Artist ? Yoga Teacher www.honeybeetemple.com.au [email protected] My Gratitude is omnipresent, for this is a wonderful community to share with. I shall introduce myself... My name is Melissa Shemanna. Melissa means honeybee... and it is this beloved Bee and the consciousness that it holds as a super organism, that I am dedicated to, in the magic and the mystery of its beauty and practicality. The Mystic bee fills her room with honey this is the essence of the spiritual Nectar of Life! And my heart sings at the potency of this wisdom that fills my heart. As a Mother, Visionary Artist, Yogini and teacher of yogic/ tantra practices, lover of nature, and cultivator of spiritual nectar. My alignment is to open, receive, give and share through my paintings as a way of communicating through an Omni language that is inclusive to all! The Honeybee Temple began just after the 2009 fires in Victoria which affected and cleansed through my life in many ways, the old was purged into the new rebirth. In a nutshell, Omniculture (the art/cuture business that I lovingly began when I was 19) had to fold into the ashes and like a phoenix, The Honeybee Temple arrose. It was a new vibration for full potential. Essentially it is the Hive of multifacteted creativity, where it can serve as a platform for community giftswisdom- arts-healing-honeybee medicine-longevity practices-spiritual activity porthole and really the place where spiritual nectar be can be alchemized into honey! Honeybee Medicine - Oil on Canvas, 2009 The Honeybee Temple is an ongoing organic project that grows with me as I grow. 32