Come hang out with Amy!
Many thanks to everyone who came last Friday -I was abuzz with Good Vibes all night! Hope to see you back here this Friday!
-Amy
Be sure to tune in on Friday at 3:00 PST/6:00 EST/CLICK for Your Timezone
Where? www.AmyWalkerLIVE.com
Here is last week’s broadcast, in case you missed it!
Do YOU have a question that you’d like Amy to see and possibly answer during one of her Friday LIVE shows? Here’s your chance! Submit your questions to LIVE@AmyWalkerOnline.com and tune in Fridays for her live answer!
Amy Walker LIVE on Friday!
Ladies and Gentleman, Boys and Girls of all ages! Coming to a computer screen near you
Tune in for a Live Interactive Vlog Experience with Amy Walker -uniquely fun, entertaining, and inspiring! Each week, Amy will perform a new Something (song, writing, comedy, monologue, etc.) and open it up for discussion with You. Then a Q&Amy, a sing-along, and whatever she’s inspired to add. See why Amy has captured the hearts of millions of viewers in over 165 countries on all 7 continents…
WHEN: Fridays at 3:00 PST/6:00 EST/CLICK for Your Timezone
WHERE: AmyWalkerLIVE.com
Do YOU have a question that you’d like Amy to see and possibly answer during one of her Friday LIVE shows? Here’s your chance! Submit your questions to LIVE@AmyWalkerOnline.com and tune in Fridays to see if your question gets chosen!
Amy’s TEDx Talk -complete videos
Part 1:
The Talk:
Expanding Your Identity to Embody Your Potential.
is about Expanding Who We Think We Are to include Who We Want to Be, so we can Embody Our Potential.
It follows my Personal Journey from awkward teen, to Actress, to spear-heading the ground-breaking ConnectedFilm Project. And it’s packed with colorful, fun observations on the journey of being Human.
May the videos bring you Joy, Inspiration, and Fulfillment!
Vibes to you, and all you Are,
Amy
Part 2:
Part 3:
Reverence for Enough
Hello, Friends!
While we’re waiting for TED vid #3 to be edited by the fabulous TEDx folks, I thought I’d share with you a musing from my journal about
FOOD.
It’s a personal, honest look at my relationship to food as a middle-class American in this day and age, with a new outlook for Positive Change.
I wrote it as a “Prosem”, as I like to call prose with Poetic Flair, and since I cannot get this page to recognize the special formatting (GRRRRrrr!) I’ve uploaded it as a Google Doc.
I’ll paste it with bland, Cardboard Formatting here, but to be honest, the shape of the lines is part of the fun, so check out
Enjoy! Vibes to ALL,
~Amy
I realized in Dance Class this morning
that the Western World is now run by generations
who, for the most part, have never had to ration.
Never been asked to
Do More With Less.
The Vietnam War was the first “Bread and Butter War”,
and now they tell us:
Help fund the War on Terror:
SHOP MORE!
Help save the Economy:
SHOP MORE!
Be Healthy:
DRINK MORE WATER than the rest of the planet;
EAT MORE of whatever health food product we’ve scientifically engineered;
SPEND MORE, CONSUME MORE
to contribute to society.
I say:
Let This Generation herald the Dawn of a New Paradigm:
The first to have infinite access to
Infinite Possibilities
Infinite Potential
Infinite Abundance,
and choose
Enough.
Choose Balance.
Choose sharing
-like they do on Sesame Street.
Let one basket of “loaves and fishes”
(or chips and fishes!)
S t r e t c h
and be Enough for here and now,
rather than building another MacDonald’s
next to each Sacred Site,
lest we ever go to meditate or pray and find
we want Fries With That.
I have dreamed of a Heaven
filled with Infinite Delicious Foods
and Mountains of Decadent Desserts
all miraculously Calorie-Free!
…To be able to eat and Eat with no consequences.
I’ve experienced binges where I switch off
the consequence-tallying part of my brain,
trying to taste That Heaven.
But in that state of semi-conscious Consumption,
I cannot actually TASTE much.
I get so involved in eating,
that the sensory experience of
Savoring
the flavors, textures, juices,
crunch, smooth,
dark, sweet…
is Numbed.
Almost non-existent.
ALL
of my most incredible food memories
involve
Slow, Deep, Present-
Reverence and Gratitude
for the Ecstasy of Beauty I’m inviting into my
Body and Being.
Times when it’s so delicious and Gorgeous,
that I can hardly eat it because I want to
Stare, Smell,
Bow Down to it,
Laugh, Cry, Dance,
SWIM in it,
SING to it!
I was in New Zealand four years ago,
on a road trip alone,
and after cooking simple meals in hostels, for Days,
I wanted a Cuisine Experience.
I took a chance on this little restaurant
out some side street in charming Wanaka
-Frenchies, was the name of the place.
Their Vegetarian Daily Special looked promising.
I was the only one there for dinner,
but my slick, dapper, British, tall-drink-of-
Waiter
was tip-tops.
I’ll glide over the details of a sumptuous, yet simple
grilled veggie wrap,
where the medley of flavors and colors,
and the delicate crisp of toasted tortilla
Demanded Reverence.
My usual utilitarian speed
slowed to Mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm.
Dessert?
Well…
the Pecan Tart.
“Gaaaaarghlehglehgl”.
The Darling little Shiny French Chef
brought it out himself.
a Masterpiece worthy of la Louvre.
Set in a pond
of mint Crème Anglaise,
graced by swirls of strawberry sauce
with white hearts amidst their red ribbons.
And the tart itself…
Golden, crisp, Bronzed Perfection of Pie,
with a heart of fresh strawberry,
crowned
by a curl of dark chocolate,
set with tantalizing tastefulness on top.
I was stunned.
Edified by the effort
of Gracious Beauty before me.
No camera for pictures.
But it filled my every sense with Momentous Memory,
as I slowly savored every sliver.
I even wrote “Merci Beaucoup!”
in the remaining sauce,
for my Chef in Shining SmileyCheeks.
Yes,
Food can be that Transcendental.
But my experience could not have been
Improved
-it would not have been proportionally
Better-
to have been served a Larger piece.
Indeed, if the Entire Pie
had been placed before me,
I would not have been able to Relax
and Savor.
I probably would have started shoveling it down my face
like a bucket o’ popcorn
at an Action Flick.
I hazard that I was Only able to enjoy it because it was
Limited.
1 slice.
It gets harder when you don’t have someone serving you the
Appropriate Portions.
I don’t know about You, but
I’ve had it drilled into me that you Eat
Everything in Front of You.
Looking at rabbits, sheep, and
Nature in general,
I can see why we’ve developed that desire.
It’s a tough world out there
…where we once came from.
Long Ago.
And with a pantry full of Easy Food,
there’s not much to stop me from
Eating it ALL!
RIGHT NOW!
While I still can!
Who Knows what tomorrow will bring?!
But I don’t actually live “Out There”.
Sure, I’ve had lean times -ho-boy!
Had 17 cents in the bank account for 6 weeks while living in NZ.
Gave my last 50 cent piece to a busker who had no idea that
at that moment,
he had more money than I did.
But I’ve never had to Really Worry about
when I’d get my next meal.
And so, I’m making a commitment
to my Body,
my Spirit,
and my Relatives, in every form, who Are Hungry,
to get back to
Reverence.
Gratitude.
Savoring.
This is probably
Not the last meal I’ll ever have.
I’ll have another one in a couple of hours.
It only has to keep me going until then.
And just because veggies and fruits are
Good For Me
(and DELICIOUS!)
and have loads of Fiber and relatively few
“Calories,”
Doesn’t mean it’s best to
Eat Tons and Tons of them.
“Free Calories!” I used to think.
But I’ve realized that eating a
Massive Volume of Good Food
is actually
hard on my body,
which still has to Process
everything I put into it.
I no longer desire
a Heaven of Mass Consumption.
I’ve seen its destruction in my body
and the body of the earth,
upon which we All depend,
and I’m choosing
a Different Dream.
One I can live here on earth,
Now,
with You.
I’m choosing
Reverence for Enough.
Having Enough,
and Reveling with all my senses,
as I invite it into my grateful body.
There is Freedom
in Less.
Less to Buy means
I don’t need to make as much money.
Less to Need means
more for others.
Less to Do
means I can Revel in Being.
Means I can Fill Up with
GRATITUDE!
…which is 100%
Calorie-Free.
TEDx Talk series Part 2: Expanding Your Identity
Part 2 of my 3-part TEDx Talk on Expanding Your Identity to Embody Your Potential.
Vibes of Beauty and Expansion to you!
~Amy
TEDx Talk series, part 1: Defining Your Identity
As promised:
Here’s Part 1 of my 3-part TEDx Talk on Expanding Your Identity to Embody Your Potential.
This was my first time co-hosting an event -as well as giving my own TEDx Talk in 3 parts, so it was pretty intense. The whole experience was a trial-by-fire example of what I was speaking about:
Accepting an opportunity to become more than you thought possible, and figuring it out as you go!
Thank Goodness for Cliff Hillis, my fearless co-host (and awesome musician), who had my back the whole way.
The entire event was tremendously well organized and inspiring, thanks to Event Coordinator, Kirsten, and the entire staff & crew.
We were at the historic Colonial Theatre in Phoenixville, PA, where they filmed “The Blob” way back when, and I absolutely fell in love with it. Right down to the cattywampus, SpinalTap-esque backstage. The wonky floors and narrow halls and rooms were like walking in a fun house inside the head of a drunk vaudevillian. LOVE IT.
Stay Tuned for parts 2-3. We’ll post them as they’re edited by the TEDx team.
VIBES of Inspiration and Joy!
Amy
TEDx Talk and Connect-Up in September
Amy will be the co-host and a keynote speaker
at the TEDx conference:
“MindBlender: Welcome to Ideaville.”
WHEN: Saturday, September 24, 10am-3pm
WHERE: The historic Colonial Theatre of Phoenixville, PA. Learn more and Book Tickets…
TED is an organization dedicated to “Ideas Worth Spreading”. Amy’s talk will focus on Expanding your Identity to Embody your Potential. (Yes, it will absolutely include ACCENTS. How Else could I talk about Identity?!)
The event will be filmed and the videos posted to the TED website: http://www.ted.com/
Stay Tuned for details.
CONNECT-UP LIVE with Amy
and the ConnectedFilm Team!
WHEN: Sunday, September 25, at 2pm EST
ONLINE: live streaming from ConnectedFilm.com’s home page. Open to ALL!
WHAT: an interactive discussion with Amy and Core Members of the ConnectedFilm Project.
We’ll discuss personal empowerment, leadership, film production, and uniting the world! (little stuff)
Hope to see you soon!
Vibes to you and All you Do.
New 21Accents Website!
Introducing the new 21Accents.com
Your online resource for the kaleidoscopic world of accents and voice.
Long Gone – Levi Burkle (feat. Amy Walker)
“This song was recorded by Levi Burkle and Amy Walker at Soundtrap Studios. A fun little side project for the both of them. Levi came up with the tune and Amy embellished it into a fine piece that is evident the moment you hear them sing together. It is somewhat of a country love song, about someone who once was in love but is having trouble moving on.”
- Levi Burkle, description from CD Baby
Listen to and download the song by clicking this link!
Amy Walker LIVE in August
August 27, 2011 2:00pm EST / 7:00pm GMT
Streamed live from the AmyWalkerOnline homepage!
» Interact with Amy
» Sing along to “We Are Connected”
» Q&Amy with live text and video questions
» Much, much more!
Amy Walker LIVE – Trailer
