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Noa Lakshmi is a beloved astrologist, yoga teacher, and author among a worldly yet interconnected spiritual<br />
community. So when she and her partner were popped in Pennsylvania for 119 pounds of cannabis<br />
in September 2017, people from across the globe began clamoring to see what could be done to support<br />
their release.<br />
<br />
<br />
she shares the depths of how she has been navigating the experience.<br />
-<br />
<br />
are exploited and transported in and out of the States every day, yet Noa and her partner have been accused<br />
and penalized for the charges of delivering plants on one account. Her perspective is rich in trusting<br />
the highest aspects of the self in the face of systemic targeting and adversity.<br />
So glad to hear from you Noa,<br />
and so grateful that you are<br />
free!<br />
Thank you, Lauren. The case<br />
is not closed yet, but the funny<br />
thing is that no matter where we<br />
<br />
I would love to start with your<br />
healing work and your relationship<br />
with cannabis. Are<br />
you able to speak to that at<br />
all?<br />
<br />
story. I have much appreciation<br />
for the plant itself because I<br />
appreciate plants in general, and<br />
<br />
<br />
medical perspective, a spiritual<br />
<br />
partake in the plant myself on a<br />
<br />
my healing work.<br />
So what happened?<br />
It was an opportunity that was<br />
presented to us. We were in<br />
Oregon where I have lots of<br />
friends that do grow this plant.<br />
My partner and I were up there<br />
this summer after the eclipse<br />
and we ended up staying a little<br />
bit longer when the opportunity<br />
was presented to us to transport<br />
some product across the coun-<br />
<br />
in how I ended up in that situation.<br />
And you were pulled over for<br />
just cruising in the left lane?<br />
Yeah, that was the reason for<br />
the stop. Apparently in Penn-<br />
<br />
<br />
more than 2 miles in the left lane<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
share more about that when the<br />
case is closed, but that was the<br />
reason for the stop. Though we<br />
<br />
just an excuse to pull us over.<br />
What parts of your personal<br />
experience are you interested<br />
in sharing with the cannabis<br />
community?<br />
<br />
my personal experience…I feel<br />
just as a human community, we<br />
can all relate to the unexpected,<br />
the unpredictable, the hardships<br />
that are brought to us, into our<br />
lives – especially the unexpected<br />
ones.<br />
<br />
still the possibility that I might<br />
need to be back there…The sys-<br />
ed<br />
right now with people that are<br />
sitting in jail for even just smok-<br />
<br />
is being sold to anybody pretty<br />
much, and tobacco, cigarettes,<br />
things that are a lot harsher and<br />
a lot more destructive than cannabis<br />
are being sold in stores<br />
while cannabis is still being<br />
treated as this horrible drug.<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
that the plant itself, cannabis,<br />
is really asking for us to stand<br />
together in this and bring some<br />
change – which has started<br />
already.<br />
<br />
With the legalization of cannabis,<br />
there comes a lot of warning<br />
<br />
mass-produced, the sacredness<br />
of the plant is like anything else<br />
– just like we see with the food<br />
industry being demolished. So<br />
<br />
attention to.<br />
J17
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