Huaco Silbador-Peruvian Whistling Vessel - Jaguar Color:Orange Alangudi in India and in

Alangudi in India and in Kadavul Temple in Kauai

many of us are looking to the wisdom of nature for guidance--especially when it comes in the form of spirit animals

Basil: creative and inspired

This sturdy mestana cloth is hand woven and features traditional Peruvian Andean motifs in its vertical bands

and wooden striker -- all in a beautiful handmade orange lokta paper box stamped with an image of the Svadhisthana on the lid with string and button closure

Huaco Silbador-Peruvian Whistling Vessel - Jaguar Color:Orange Alangudi in India and inThis chambered hollow clay replica of a pre Columbian whistling vessel bears a zoomorphic form, likely of a jaguar, on its front chamber. Sculpted by ethnomusicologist Jose Vitancio Humeres of Peru, it is a replica of an original design. "I think the sounds these instruments make were to create positive energy," says Vitancio Humeres. Constructed of two chambers, as well as a system of air ducts and aqueducts, the vessel is filled partially with