By Rhonda Fabian

Filiz is coming home. In the great scheme of things, it is a small story, but for the several thousands of us who follow her posts and blogs, it is one of those moments that must be noted, honored. For the last five years, Filiz has been, in the truest sense, a citizen of the world. It’s not so much that she left her community behind, more that wherever she goes she creates community, or more precisely it springs up around her. She lives ‘from the gift’, meaning that she shares her wisdom, her energy and her talents freely and by the alchemy of sharing finds places to lay her head, break bread and create her sacred spaces of learning, healing, and celebration. Wherever Filiz lands, women soon gather, circles form, hips shake, bones rattle, and drums rhyme their way into the sky.