ALUNA TEMPLE MAGAZINE EDITION No5 'ALCHEMY' | Page 50

K: In my experiences its half-half, if you can imagine, you are breathing
right now and sometimes you tune into it and you consciously breath and
sometimes you are being breathed by life. You can have your attention
anywhere and you still breathe. You choose how deeply you are going to
breath, take a sigh or hold your breath. It’s a bit like that with the circle.

There are times I consciously do something and sometimes Life is doing
it.
There’s a heightened state of awareness. I can be aware of the subtleties of
my voice, the guitar, the group energy, one person getting really excited, the
other wanting to take off. And I am tuning into all of it. I’m being present.
I am observing what’s happening and I see that all my past experiences come
together in that moment when I hold space.

I am in a much
surrendered state,
when I play music.
I get out of the way,
allowing life singing
through me.
Heart Mandala © Shenteh Photography

S: Was there a Vision, when you were younger, did you see yourself
holding circles like this or it was a mosaic of life that unveiled it for
you?
K: Yes it was a vision but it wasn’t really clear. I didn’t really know what I was
doing, but I was sure what I wasn't. There were about three times when my
music started to take off and opportunities arose and I recognized it wasn't
what I came here to do, so I turned away from success in that way.
I knew I will be doing something more meaningful, something that is a deeper
expression of myself, but I didn't know what it was, I just knew what it wasn’t.
That's why I say: be honest with yourself, have the faith to turn away
from a pattern that comes from the past or from your parents and trust that
your heart knows what your destiny is. I believe that’s the only real

success. It’s not always about being a movie star or a rock star.
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