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Song: Vamp Artist/Composer: Allie Gonino Directed by: Scott Simock Shot by: Daud Sani EP: Hollywood High available now.

"Little Black Submarines" Performed by: Allie Gonino Music Property of Nonesuch Records Artist: The Black Keys Direction: Matt Shouse Sound Mixing: Moon Canyon Studios, Los Angeles

Join me, @califormalawi, and @buildOn March 2nd at 5P PST for a 22 hour livestream event featuring live music & more! We’re breaking the cycle of poverty and low expectations, in #Malawi and #Oakland through education. Click the link in my bio to learn more 👆 #JointheMovement

The more you practice being alignment with yourself, the easier the struggle becomes. You really don’t have to try so hard. You just have to remain aware, and seize opportunities that resonate with your heart and soul. We have to show up and play our parts, and put in the work, of course. But the more we do, the better we get, and the better we get, the more we can enjoy the work. The struggle then isn’t so much a burden as it is a medium. Freedom comes not from resisting but from creating, practicing, trusting, flowing, building, and enjoying.

TWO WEEKS from today, @califormalawi will be hosting a 22 hour #livestream event, #Youand22, to raise the remaining funds for our education projects in #Malawi & #Oakland (Just $22 is enough to provide one child with an education.) 🤓💃 Join us starting at 5P PST on March 2nd for live music, improv, dancing, yoga (taught by me!), special guests, and more! We are in the final stretch of our campaign, and we’re asking you to share this event within your communities to help us reach our goal. There are currently over 32,000 people enrolled in @buildon schools across the world, thanks to people like you who have given generously. BuildOn is so much more than a charity - it is a movement; a movement to connect and enlighten the world through #education. Every #buildon school guarantees equal education for both boys and girls, in parts of the world where girls are often overlooked or devalued completely. But as the #AfricanProverb states, “Educate a man and you educate an individual; educate a woman and you educate a nation.” Educating girls and women needs to become a priority. We are no longer here to act as indentured servants. We are here to remember who we are and the power we inherently possess. We are here to make history, heal ancestral trauma, and create a harmonious future. I hope you’ll join me and @califormalawi March 2nd & 3rd. Link to the stream will be posted a couple days before the event. For more information on our mission, click the link in my bio! ♾ Namaste ♾

I know it’s a difficult pill to swallow, but the truth is, no one is coming to save us. Religion, specifically Christianity, makes it easy for people to shirk responsibility onto a non-physical being. “Just give it all up to God.” Okay. But what if God is consciousness? What if God is love? What if God only works if we work? What if God gave us all the tools and resources we need to save ourselves, but because we’re too lazy, or too insecure, or too entitled, or too comfortable making the clean-up someone else’s job, all we’re doing is making things worse? For hundreds of years, humans have believed and been manipulated to believe that we are separate from each other; by the color of our skin, the music we listen to, our religions, sexual orientation, gender, socioeconomic status. But we’ve never been separate. When you go to see a symphony play, you don’t go for the part just before the pieces, where all the musicians are tuning and playing in their own little worlds. It sounds like a cacophony of madness. But when the musicians play in harmony with one another, it’s beautiful. The same is true for life. While it’s nice to honor individuals who are great solo performers, the truth is, there really is no such thing. For any one of us to be successful, there needs to be a group that supports us. Self-made is not a thing. So while it’s fine to appreciate and love ourselves for who we are as individuals, our real power and greatness is most exemplified when we’re working together towards a common goal. This is why voting is so important. The two-party system is bullocks, but we’re at a very critical point in history. Your vote is your power. Your dollar is your power. It’s up to us to save ourselves. Now is not the time to be shy or passive. Speak up. Stand for something. You must choose. I hope you’ll choose to stand with the environment, with women, with the systemically oppressed, with humanity, with love, with Nature, with unity, with Truth.

Wise words from my favorite voice.
#BlackHistoryMonth

Thanks for my goodies @lowellfarms! I’m excited to try these herbs the next time I unwind. I love that they grow their flowers with only #organic fertilizer, and never use synthetic pesticides. They also offer #cannabis bouquets, (see last photo), and apparel, so if you’re looking for an alternative Valentine’s gift, I *highly* recommend sending one to the #herb lover in your life ☺️ Ęnjøy Rëšpønšïbły

You did me one proud miss @chelseajaymes, thank you for keeping me light and luminous!!! If you’re looking to spice up your life with a little color, give @salonbenjamin in #WeHo a call, and book an appointment with her! 🖤 *Plays “I’m Comin’ Out” by Diana Ross* 🖤

#BlackHistoryMonth: Duke Ellington African American pianist, composer, and conductor of jazz and swing music.

And maybe we’ll come to learn we never needed to prove ourselves to anyone.

New twist on an old favorite 💁‍♀️

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