Nicot and AnnaBella doing acro-yoga in the Illuminarium.
Aloha Dragonflyers,
Hoping this newsletter finds you well!
OUR TEAM IS STELLAR
Off to the beach in Little Red Fred!
The expanded Dragonfly team (ten wonderful people now--give or take) has continued to be stellar, with interesting and talented contributing guests from around the world—all the way from from Madagascar to Austria, Egypt, Moldova, Germany, Canada, and Estonia, with Polish and Russian folks sprinkled in. Connect with us via Facebook. We intend to post frequently to share the fun with you. Jake is our ace media guy—making great video shorts for us.
OUR NEW 4 lb. PERMANENT RESIDENT
Martina from Austria with Kiko
We have a new puppy! Our in-house stud: Kiko! Since Chihuahua are clannish, both Baby Bat and Lucy love Kiko joining their clan. In due time, those of you who have fallen in love with our quiet, cuddly Chihuahuas may have a chance to have one.
DRAGONFLY RANCH: MERMAID CENTRAL
Chantel Durelli is planning mermaid retreats at the Dragonfly—with an eye on environmental awareness. Click here for full details about our first mermaid gathering in April. It’s all about having a fun mermaid vacation while learning to take better care of ourselves as we create positive change in our ocean’s eco-system. I'm pleased that Chantel is big on LAUGHING, as well as DOING!
Mermaid painting by my dear friend, Esther www.esther-szegedy.com Her whimsical art is available on line.
LOVED MY 3 WEEK SEATTLE FILM SCHOOL
July was exciting—living on a houseboat and learning about filmmaking. Classmates and teachers at The Film School were astounding. I learned how to make a film using the IPhone! In fact, I was inspired to make a touching video about my houseboat owner finding her birth family and hearing from her deceased mother via a poem channeled by her nephew.
Cristina, our songbird from Moldova, is working on turning Lynne's poem into a song but in the meantime here she is singing at my birthday.
I’m still digesting the training at The Film School that gave me tremendous insights, made me dig deeply into my own personality and expanded my understanding of compassion. I wish I could say I have finished writing my movie, TO DIE LAUGHING, but all I can say is that I now have more tools for when I have the time to write.
Our very fine teacher, Warren Ethridge, has agreed to come and teach writing skills during our 10-day cleanse April 9 to April 19. He can only stay for 7 days but that will be enough time for him to make us understand more about ourselves as well as about writing a good movie. Warren teaches us how to be authentic and make our characters authentic—all while keeping us in stitches with his New York humor.
CLEAN BURN SHAPE 10 DAY RETREATS
Our September CBS Retreat was successful. My dear classmate from The Film School, Shannon Sanquist, lost 10 pounds in 10 days and 4 inches around her waist—feeling energetic and not hungry. Jake edited the above video of Shannon who reluctantly (but kindly) spoke about her CBS success during her 2 month stay with us.
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Our gardener supreme, Joseph Dunsmoor (holding giant papayas left), has transformed his body using Clean Burn Shape since he arrived in July—losing over 25 pounds (mostly belly fat!)
Our next Clean Burn Shape retreat is Dec 4th. Let us know if you want to join us!
BUSY TIMES AT DRAGONFLY
In December we will be hosting 15 people from Damanhur, the unusual intentional community in northern Italy (where Joseph intends to visit soon.) Damanhur is on my bucket list--a connection that I hope to visit on my next trip to Europe.
HORTICULTURE THERAPY
Wonderful papaya fruit leather being
made by darling Lara from Germany.
The agricultural aspect of Dragonfly has expanded. Thanks to Joseph and our dynamite team, much of our 2 acres is planted or ready to plant. We are eating out of the garden every day! We have been dehydrating the monster papayas, combined with beets from our garden, into fruit leather—yum yum!
We hope to have more gardening experts on the team. We are looking for some mature, retired folks who want to eat organic food from the garden, love to work the land, have a good relationship with plants and soil, and want to be on our team. If this resonates with you, come for 3 months--or even longer if you like. Send your resume to info@dragonflyranch.com or call us at 808-328-2159.
CLIMATE CHANGE HERE
Our ocean is 3 or 4 degrees warmer this year. We experienced rain rain rain with flooding and lots of vines growing. The intermittent stream flowed routinely during the recent extended rainy season—more than all the years I have been here combined! While showing my high school friend, Lynn, around, I told her the stream starts quite suddenly. As if on cue, it started! I caught it on my iPhone.
DENGUE FEVER HIT KONA
My dear friend, Dr. Laura Moire, is an integrative physician who researched natural prevention and treatment of Dengue. She has created a spray that works better than DEET and a cure using the papaya leaf that is quite effective but bitter. She sweetens the bitter juice with anti-viral elderberry extract. On Sat. Dec. 5, from noon to 5, Dr. Laura is giving a free workshop at Dragonfly. See Dr. Laura's website www.PriorityCareHawaii.com
We are blessed to have no one affected by the mosquito-carried disease and, with Dr. Laura's remedies, we intend to keep it that way!
NO DULL MOMENTS HERE!
My dear mother used to say, “Never a dull moment at the Moore house.†I can safely say, “There is never a dull moment at the Dragonfly.†We are all working together improving the planet, ourselves, the quality of the Dragonfly and services offered--all while having lots of good fun! Guests have been extraordinary--and feeling extremely happy too. Of course, our 4 dogs and 3 cats keep us entertained.
Video of Lili, Lucy and Keiko.
WORLD-CLASS HEALING CENTER
I am seeing my dream of a world-class healing center become more of a reality all the time—with all kinds of talented healers joining our team. It is both fun and rewarding. We have more talented teachers wanting to give fantastic workshops here. We are also happy to host family reunions and wedding parties.
GO PRO IN LAS VEGAS
Dr. Lu convinced me that the Go Pro event with the amazing Tony Robbins speaking would help me honor the entrepreneurship that Orenda International has provided for me with network marketing. My corporate drop-out/yoga teacher, Shantdeep, and her friend, Purunshant, (both quite silly) attended Go Pro with me after we toured beautiful Sedona.
Left: Purunshant photographed Shantdeep jumping-- doing what Tony suggested before they heard him say: JUMP FOR JOY! - Right: Three of us being our beautiful selves in Cottonwood, AZ.
We all got very inspired by Tony Robbins reminding us that elevating our state of mind at any particular moment is always possible. Tony also suggested that we "Find a way to enjoy every fucking moment!â€
I feel grateful that the Go Pro event helped me grow as a leader--encouraging my friends to attend the Lift Off in Phoenix in January. I am passionate about helping more people ensure their vibrant health. At age 71, I give gratitude for feeling better than I felt 20 years ago—not to overlook the financial freedom with more ease than I ever expected to enjoy. If you want to know more this high integrity, soulful company, please take a look at Orenda’s newly improved products and website: orendaultimate.com/partner/40927
JOIN OUR DECEMBER 10 DAY CBS RETREAT
If you can attend any part of our Clean Burn Shape cleanse Dec. 4/14, it will be fun and easy as well as life enhancing--and we are making it extremely affordable! Verushka Normandeau will be teaching
- Yin yoga—restorative and restful stretching
- Emotional Freedom Technique (EFT tapping)
The retreat will also include:
- Our special tree-house-like lodging
- Fresh food from our organic garden with lessons in creating and preparing yummy low carb meals
- Orenda products for cleansing AND anti-aging supplements for the month
- Daily trips to the ocean (where the dolphins often play with us)
- Flower Essences for soul development
All of this and more for the special discount price of $200 a night for the 10 days (or $250 a day for shorter stays.)
Not included is transportation costs or extra services such as massage, tarot reading, EMDR, etc. If you wish to look at Orenda as a right-livelihood business, it can all be a tax write-off!
LIFT OFF IN PHOENIX—JAN. 15/16 You are invited to attend the Orenda Lift Off mid January. I’m hoping to get Will to go too—with a little tour of Sedona to follow. Let us know if you would like to join us.
WANT TO TRY ONE DAY CBS? CLICK HERE to order the tasty (1 vanilla Shape, 3 Burns and 2 Cleans) one-day sample pack. A $14.95 value along with support from an app now costs only $9.95 to cover shipping and handling. Give it a try. All you have to lose is toxins, weight and inches. I suggest you weigh yourself first as you will most likely eliminate some serious toxins in one day!
BEST WISHES FOR A HAPPY FALL!
Hoping you are all enjoying the cooler fall weather and having fun doing whatever you are doing. May all your holidays be joyous and the coming year be full of THANKS, love and life.
Sending Aloha BIG and LONG--with tremendous gratitude for all friends of Dragonfly.
Aloha nui loa,
"The only thing keeping you from getting what you want is Negative Emotions. Change those emotions to DETERMINATION AND DISCIPLINE--driven by gratitude and compassion." Tony Robbins
r gardener supreme, Joseph Dunsmoor (holding giant papayas left), has transformed his body using Clean Burn Shape since he arrived in July—losing over 25 pounds (mostly belly fat!)
You are invited to attend the 
