Frida Kahlo in my heart!

in many ways, I have been feeling disconnected from myself lately. 

how? when all I have been doing is spending time with myself. 

the thought. I am not where I want to rises. 

where do I want to be? 

Mexico!  I am reminded of Frida Kahlo, and for the first time in my life. 

I understand her work. 

I have seen it a thousand times, studied it, read about her work.

I have lusted over her work, like a demented artist - who wishes - 

I wish I could make something so beautiful as her work.

I am sitting in my beautiful Brooklyn apartment. The sounds of the garden, hood, fireworks as my backyard. 

but I wish my life was different. 

that's what her work was about - wanting - dreaming -conjuring -

 and existing in a plane that is not the reality of your life. 

The suffering from the extension of our hearts from loving men or women at the cost of existence in this world. 

so when the heart finally breaks- the world we wished for exists.

Capture Dances x Denisse Monge

Denisse Monge X Capture Dances

Collaboration and Imagination.

Capture Dances workshops are designed to create a fun environment for movers, photographers, and other artists to create spontaneously. Visit www.capturedances.com/
Photos were taken in Wyckoff Manor by Denisse Monge.

Sacral Chakra | Svadhistana | Claiming Our Personal Power

The Sacral Chakra is all about embracing our personal power! It is an embracement of our sexuality, sensuality, and creativity. The Sacral Chakra is all about feeling, desiring, and creating. .
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Name: Svadhistana Sacral
Location: Lower Abdomens, sexual organs, and pelvis.
Element: Water 🌊
Color: Orange 🍊
Sense: Taste 👅
Sound: Vam.
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Journal Prompt: Personal Manifesto.
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1. In love, I want to feel like?
2. In money, I embrace my creativity by?
3. In my personal power, I claim myself as?
4. In my creativity, I create what ? .

Sacral Chakra Beginner/ Intermediate Flow

Sacral Chakra Flow
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Includes Surya Namskar with Lakshmi goddess. .
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Sacral Flow includes Kali Ma goddess with a cross-legged crow. .
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May 15th is via Zoom 1pm
Join Zoom Meeting https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82844421271?pwd=cHVXTm5OVDlVVHZRQklaeGN4WVVYUT09

Meeting ID: 828 4442 1271

Password: sacral


Sliding Scale $11 to $22
Venmo:dm6designs
Cashapp: $itsdenissemonge .

Brian Monge | Movement Artist

My brother Brian Monge is a beautiful movement artist based in Miami,FL.
IG: brianxmonge

What the Chakra? ❤️💛💚💙💜Root Chakra

What is a Chakra? Why do we need to know the Chakra System?

During this series, “What is a Chakra? “ My intention behind this new series is to provide educational self-healing tools.

Chakra Discussion / Root Chakra Meditation

What the Chakra? Is designed to explore discussion/meditation/movement of our chakra system.
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What is a Chakra? An energy center within different areas of our body. We call into balance the energy within our bodies, mind, heart, and spirit. .
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Mūladhāra (Root Chakra.) Element: Earth 🌍
Sense: Smell
Sound: Lam
The right to be here!
This chakra explores our survival needs and the question this chakra pose is “Do I Belong Here? .
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When out of balance? We might feel disconnected,restless, depressed.
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When in balance? We might feel motivated,connected and procreative. .
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Affirmations for Root Chakra
I am here.
I am safe.
I am connected to my body.
I trust divine Mother Earth. .

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Root Chakra - One -Hour-Flow beginner-friendly. Sliding scale $11-$22- registration- link in bio.
Register via Website.. . You are invited to a Zoom meeting. When: May 8, 2020 01:00 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada) Register in advance for this meeting: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZ0kfu-spzIrH9L_fOaW5mJw9hR1PXlbsCFJ After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.
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p.s. - if you are an essential worker during this time- all my classes are on me.-thank you .
#rootchakra #rootmeditation #chakrasystem #iammybody #mybodyiasacred #muladhara #mūlādhāra #healing

Root Chakra Beginner Friendly Flow

MINKA Community Photo Sessions | Sliding Scale Photos

MINKA Brooklyn

We are a community-led center for wellness and harmonious living. We strive to create an inclusive environment where all people can heal and thrive. We believe in the magical existence of human beings: we are here to hold space, so you can remember how to harness your inherent brilliance. Here we gather, learn and better ourselves as a community. We welcome all who strive to shed old skin and glow anew from the inside out through many forms of exchange. These may include a cultural, informative, experiential, and energetic exchange. 

Minka Brooklyn healing sessions are offered at a sliding scale almost if not all our sessions are sliding scale. During the open house, I offered sliding scale portraits.

We did a tarot reading and based on the tarot card you pulled- we created a portrait.

Ashley Menestrina
January. 2020
Minka Brooklyn

Elyse And Daughter
January.2020

Sangeet Raj
January.2020
www.royalmothering.com

✨Denisse Monge Presents Spirit Portraiture ✨

Denisse Monge 10.19.2019  

Spirit Portraiture.003 
Location: Brooklyn, NY
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 Imagination is more important than knowledge. For knowledge is limited, whereas imagination embraces the entire world, stimulating progress, giving birth to evolution. - Albert Einstein 


Thank you! Thank You! Thank You! 
 2019 has brought me so much abundance in creativity, love, money, and movement. I am so grateful for all the beautiful souls that trust me to hold space for them in the process of being photographed. I know first hand that getting your photo taken is a very vulnerable experience. All of the fears of our insecurities come out and we fear that we are portraying our flaws rather than our authenticity. My intention behind spirit portraiture is to create a healing experience for the person in front of the camera. To be able to let their spirit- their natural state of being- bloom, flourish and shine. 

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Khadijah Abdul-Mateen & Zakiyyah Abdul-Mateen from
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Harlem, NYC March.2019

"Intergenerational healers, trauma-informed mental health specialists, daughters of the earth, and students of our breath. We are committed to the complete liberation of our people. "Khadijah is my friend and she is so powerful." so when I found out that she was a twin- I remember thinking wow this woman is gorgeous and there are two of them on this earth! lol, I knew I had to photograph them. I am so glad they chose the work we did together to be the photos for unveiling for their new project. I love this photo because it reminds me of my siblings and our interactions. Fun, light and powerful. 

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Ashley Menestrina April. 2019
Manhattan, NY
Our friendship is super unique. We met one day officially and we haven't stopped hanging out ever since. You inspire me to be free and relentless! To give everything I got to the world and to stop playing small. Travel the world, dance your heart out but most importantly just keep creating! Follow @ashleymenestrina 

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*This photo went viral on VSCO
Brooklyn, NY April.2019 
 

 Every time I think of you, I think of this moment, of this day. I know and trust that everything happens the way it is meant too! “When we love, we always strive to become better than we are. When we strive to become better than we are, everything around us becomes better too.” ― Paulo Coelho, The Alchemist 

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Jordan Catherine Pagán from Ostara Apothecary
Prospect Park Brooklyn, NYC May.2019

This year life brought me Jordan once again lol. I had met Jordan the summer of 2017 but I was not paying attention or the time was not quite right. Jordan is true to her Capricorn nature- she pushes me and gives me the nudge I need to follow through on my word. Working with her has been a blessing for me because she holds me to it. I can't wait for future collaborations the earth brings us.

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#lotuslovepride Laughing Lotus X K.Deer

Manhattan, NYC June.2019I want to give a huge thank you to Amanda Valdes- as content creator for Laughing Lotus- she trusted my vision for this campaign. Laughing Lotus is so FUN, HAPPY AND QUEER! I wanted to capture that in the street of Manhattan!

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Ali Cramer Modern Ayurveda - Rituals, Recipes & Remedies for Balance
Manhattan, NYC August.2019

I am so grateful to Ali, I felt so nervous during this photoshoot because I have so much respect for Ali Cramer as a teacher and human, she is phenomenal! When she told me the picture I took was going to be her author photo for her first book; I was shocked and extremely grateful!
Buy her book, take her class and GO.ON.DUTY.

Priya Handa | Tricia Ben-Davies | Stephanie Moreno
Minka Brooklyn Brooklyn, NYC  August.2019

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Aki Baker 
Minka Brooklyn Brooklyn, NY August. 2019 

There aren't enough words to describe Aki but if I had to pick one- it would be MAGIC. 
Aki makes people believe in the magic of being a spiritual being in the human experience!
*Photo for Minka Gofund me Campaign 

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Kristin Eley
September. 2019 Brooklyn, NYC

Thank you for letting me in your space -for trusting me. Kristin Eley Debut EP- LITTLE YELLOW ROOM available everywhere! Listen HERE!