Here is a photo of me, just off a dirt road overlooking the desert plane that leads to Monument Valley. Monument valley is known as an icon of the American west and many westerns were shot here amongst the stunning and haunting landscape forms known as buttes. My first visit to the area I saw and met many people not from North America. This area is managed by the Navajo people and visitors are allowed only in a few specific areas.
I have been to this area three times in the past 3 years. Each time I learned a little more from the people in the area. Navajo are pretty tight lipped about this special place, I was told Monument valley’s towering buttes are considered a holy land to the Navajo. The root of their language is actually Dene and they originated from the North West Territories of Canada. They migrated to this area I would imagine lead by their medicine people through dreams. Monument Valley is situated in the center of four sacred mountains, Mount Blanca (white shell mountain) eastern doorway, Mount Taylor (turquoise mountain) southern doorway, San Francisco Peaks (abalone shell mountain) western doorway and Mount Hesperus (obsidian mountain) the northern doorway. These places are going to gyrate and portals are going to open in the coming years. On one of my trips I did get to visit and meet some Hopi people and that was a huge honor.
These people are very connected to Earth’s pathways and nervous system and understand her changes. They know what to do and how to respond to what they are receiving from our mother the earth. It is through ceremony and respecting the medicine people and medicine ways that they live through difficult times. I am happy I traveled to those areas as I felt guided to do because now a connection has been forged that was not in my life before. I am very grateful to all the people I met there and all that I learned.
