YEAH YEAH YEAH!!!

EXCLUSIVE - Last month we at Drowned Madonna told you that Madonna had a meeting and a dinner with Warner in New York to discuss possible release options for her new album, and we told you that Madonna wanted her album to be released this year, alongside October-November, so that she could tour next summer. We also told you that there was going to be an exclusive listening - 3 songs - to only Warner executives.

Drowned Madonna has learnt that this listening has already happened. As we told you, Warner executives have heard 3 tracks so far. One has HIT written all over it, and it wasn’t "Candy Shop".

They also talked about a TENTATIVE release date, which is due on October 29, 2007.

Furthermore, as we already confirmed on our community, Madonna is IN TALKS with director Chris Applebaum to direct a video.

Post Scriptum

I am freakin' sun burnt. I look like a roast pig on a rotisserie stick.

Going back home

In the lounge, at LAX, about to board my flight back to my Imperfect Island. Looking forward to it, though I will be challenged to create the space I need to expand fully.

Shivahom!

Imperfect Husband, behold, I'm coming soon.

Je t'aime.

IY.

It's all over...

It's over now...

We closed this chapter in our Life yesterday. We did an improvised Kirtan as an opening to our morning practice, with you mats laid out in a mala around an altar dedicated to Ganesha. We danced, I rocked the house apparently (many people said so - I just launched my African beat moves :p) and finished in a long sweet stream of jai rade jai rade rade jai rade jai sri rade. Our inner song, the one to sing to ourselves when suffocated in a Prana-deprived environment. We create the rhythm of our lives and expand the Prana where it is lacking.

We closed the practice with 27 rounds of surya namaskar, as an offering to ourselves, our loved ones, the World and the Planet. Sweet, meditative. I was focused like I have never been in a mala of namaskars...

After some time on the beach with my buddies, we met on the grassy patch next to the bitch for some more thoughts sharing and a sweet ceremony where Shiva individually signed each one of our certificates, and placed a mala around our necks with a blessing. I miss her. I miss her energy. She rushed out, but I managed to grab a hug and tell her a sweet word. She acknowledged our connection, and I felt like crying... I miss her already so much... I know it will be a challenge to sustain that energy without her, but I must achieve it.

The day before, we had gone to the Self-Realization Fellowship Lake Shrine, opened by Paramahansa Yogananda (Autobiography of a Yogi), where the ashes of Gandhi are located. Most amazing place, in the middle of Malibu. So heavily charged with Prana and meaning. I loved it. We took this as an opportunity to reflect on our Sva Dharma (Purpose in this Life), and I identified mine. I knew already quite well what it was, but this place gave me an incredible clarity, which allowed me to firm it up and word it up. After that, we went for a most amazing hike up the mountains behind pacific palisade, for a time of reflection. We were given material to formalise our meditation into a native Indian prayer arrow. While most people decided to take it with them, I felt the urge to live it there in the mountains. I had such a deep moment, I am so grateful that Shiva planned this for us.

Finally, we went to the beach with the whole group, and had an amazing time playing with huge huge waves for an hour. Perfect end to a perfect day. Of course, by the time, I was baked like a muffin (sun burnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnt) but happy :)

And it is now all over, which is a good thing. The challenge starts now. Will I be able to sustain the Energy? Will I be able to remain truthful to the inner truth and the Sva Dharma I have become intimate with? Will I have the strength to make my mark on this world?

Now is time for a last walk on the beach to Santa Monica before I leave for the airport...

Shanti.

IY

Photos, YEAH! Spanda Spanda

Look for Spanda in the web dictionnary. I love that word. Key word of Shiva's sutras and Tantra Yoga.

Me and my delicious mentor Coral. What a star in the sky:










Morning practice today, and my trance in utkatanasa :)

Sahaja, sweet Sahaja

Ooooooooooooooooooooooooooom

Om purna madah purna midam

Purnat purnamudacyate

Purnasya purnamadaya

Purnam-eva-vasisyate

Om Shantih Shantih Shantih

That is whole/perfect

This is whole/perfect;

The whole becomes manifest;

Taking away the whole

From the whole,

The whole remains.

Om peace peace peace

Beautiful beautiful beautiful practice today. I had it all planned out, fire practice, and it did not happen. As I woke up this morning, I felt water in me, and let it rise. So I ended up doing a beautiful Sahaja fire practice with water surging at every corner. It was amazing. I was totally in the space, for 2 hours, moving around smoothly, breathing deeply, loving each breath, letting Shakti breathe me fully each time. I went into very nice arm balances, handstands... but the most delightful instants were these spontaneous movements, wave-like, arising through my skin and pores, surging to the surface from within, like lava out of the sea... I felt so free, so whole, so present... Mhhhh. The whole room had a beautiful energy today, everyone started oming in the end, a sea of oms and chants. I let a mantra rise out through my voice, and it was beautiful. Bliss... Shiva did not come to me, but i did not want her to today. I was in my space and did not want to be disturbed. She distributed As at the end of class, and I did not get one. I think it was for the 200hours certification people who needed a little boos of confidence, so it's cool.

Om Namah Shivaya.

Love and peace and bliss

IY.

Mood stabilisers please

Well days follow each other and are certainly different.

After that day where all amazing asanas seemed to come to me, I had a horrible day. We started with our first self practice. I chose an 'evolutionary' sequence (meaning something I really don't like, i.e. back bends...). And surprisingly it went great. to the exception that all the energy locked in my heard got released (which I need), which set me up for a moody day. Besides, Shiva TOTALLY ignored me, as she went from mat to mat, and skipped me totally. So much so that at the end, as she was working on someone on the mat next to me, she said: so Franck, what did you do today? She had not looked at me at all!!! OH MY GOD that made me go crazy. I felt resentful, heartbroken and hurt the whole day. I love her so much, have so much respect for her and receive so much from her... and she doesn't seem to care. So anyway, I was moody the whole day, also because no one was expressing a fancy for me in the group, and I want to feel attractive, which I did not. So anyway, that made me even more pissed off and just made the day hell.

Even my imperfect husband could not help, though I am not an easy one to cheer when I am down. Sorry darling :)

But today I wake up, feeling better, check my email and BAM! Great news, I have been promoted to Managing Teacher in my new studio. YEAH, triple YEAH!

So just to say that one should not dwell on one's misery, cause it does not lat (generally :p).

SHIVAHOM!

Off for the second day of Sva Sadhana, Self Practice. I will be on fire, in a pool of water today.

IY