Ximena🦋

Today on this sacred day, 11-11-25, I honor and celebrate my 14-year wedding anniversary with my beloved @ximenacho . On 11-11-11, we entered our sacred union officiated by my late grandmother, Ma Jaya at Kashi Ashram. Today we complete this sacred cycle with the final day of our 11 days of honoring this angelic magnificent soul on the very sacred land and dock where we were married 14 years ago. For us, 11.11 was never just a date. In numerology, 11 is a Master Number: a portal of manifestation, intuition, and connection between worlds. A reminder that love is timeless, that spirit speaks in symbols, that our sacred union is eternal. And today, as part of this completion, I will spread her ashes in the same Ganga pond where my grandmother’s and father’s ashes rest, along with so many who came to Kashi for their final journey. Ximena Carolina Cho, Sharada, as she was know by my grandmother means the goddess of beauty and music. Kavia “seed” fertility” as our Kogi indigenous brothers and sisters call her, my wife, my soul mate, my teacher. A soul who transformed me and everyone around her with her presence who softened me with her grace, and continues to guide me with her brilliant light. Her Soft Power lives on in the river she loved, in the great grandmother Oak trees, in the music she danced to, in every heart she touched. Our love didn’t end. It changed form. She walks beside me now in every step I take toward healing, toward service, toward building a world that honors the Earth — the same Earth she cherished as her own body. On this 11.11, I honor the sacred alchemy we shared, the lessons she left, and the love that continues to manifest through every moment of my life. Ximena, my angel… Thank you for the gift of your life, your teachings, your beauty, your courage. Thank you for choosing me in this lifetime. Thank you for continuing to guide me from the realms beyond. I will honor you today and forever and know we will meet again soon. Aho, my love. 11.11 forever. #1111 #XimenaCho #QueenOfHearts #ManifestationPortal #DivineTiming #Numerology #SoftPower #LoveIsTheLegacy #SacredUnion #RegenerativeDying #EternalConnection #TonyCho

Burning 🔥 Man 2025 “SOFT POWER RISING” in honor of my beloved @ximenacho queen of hearts 💞 I didn’t know how going to the burn after many years and just two months and 11 days after the ascension of my queen @ximenacho would be for me, but I followed my heart ❤️ intuition and accepted the incredible generosity of my dear soul family @christianamusk @kimbalmusk to come together in the dust and celebrate LIFE and DEATH in the most uplifting and regenerative way imaginable. The last time I went to burning man was without Ximena although she was physically alive and yet I felt so much more connected with her spirit and essence this burn 🔥 than ever before. It was quite exceptional, powerful and transformative. Ximena’s SOFT POWER is unifying our global community in ways I never thought possible and her spirit is speaking to so many including many who never met her in the physical form. Thank you 🙏 to my dear sister @mariayatriki and Camp Felicitas for holding space for the most exquisite gathering of pure LOVE 💕 and deep connection with soul family from around the GLOBE 🌎 Thank you 🙏 to @allenhulsey @beartopia for your incredibly healing ❤️‍🩹 sacred songs @christianamusk for the most powerful meditation 🧘 channeling our beloved Ximena and for the @elyse.io for co creating the beautiful altar at the temple. DEATH can be positive. It can heal. Ximena is teaching us all so much through this process. Thank you to my brother @iamnickmennell for the honor of speaking and sharing Death as a Sacred Teacher during our talks at Playa Alchemist & Camp Felicitas. It is SO insane that we DONT speak about DEATH, our most sacred act of our existence at all and yet there can be SO much beauty and magic in this process if we prepare for it and embrace it as our most sacred teacher. Thank you @ximenacho for the gifts you continue to share with me and so many of our beautiful chozen soul family. Thank you 🙏 to each of you who have showered me with so much love 💕 and support. I feel so held and so loved 🥰 I can’t express the profound level of gratitude 🙏 I feel. AHO #softpower #burn2025 #deathpositive #communityismedicine

Today I celebrate my 47th birthday 🎉. My first in 17 years without my beloved @ximenacho by my side in physical form, but she is with me more powerful than ever before as my greatest spirit guide illuminating my path for my next trip around the sun 🌞 my next brilliant chapter filled with so much LOVE, abundance, peace, ☮️ ease, joy and amazing health. This morning I had a very powerful meditation where I sat in sacred circle with 7 of my ancestors including Ximena. Each one came to me individually and offered me a gift to guide my path and support me in this next great evolution of my life. Ximena bestowed upon me the great gift of LOVE ❤️ PRESENCE and kindness as she always did. I had a perfect morning connecting with friends and family, working out 🏋️ getting some sun 🌞 and am ready to embrace this new life and year with passion, immense gratitude, intention, love, and deep connection with soul family. Tonight I am humbled to share a keynote @deep.culture conference festival here in Nashville sharing my experiences and journey in regenerative living and dying and integrating the many many lessons I’ve been learning from Ximena and so many teachers. Today I’m deeply grateful for the infinite gifts of love, light, wisdom, community and deep authentic real friendships. Man do I have a renewed sense of hope and optimism for humanity!!! It’s only just the beginning. Time to climb my next mountain as we walk each other home with grace, ease, courage and compassion. AHO. #solarreturn #leoseason🦁♌️ #naughtybuddha💜 #regenerativeliving #regenerativedying #rebirth

This year I am making a very important pilgrimage back to the desert of Nevada, black rock city for the annual gathering of the global burning man community to honor and celebrate my beloved @ximenacho queen of hearts 💕. I haven’t been back in more than 6 years and I can’t imagine a more healing ❤️‍🩹 and incredible opportunity to come together with my soul family to celebrate and honor the extraordinary life and legacy of my beloved. The first time I went to burning man was 2012 the same year my grandmother, the guru, who adopted me at birth had passed only 5 months after she married us on 11-11-11. It was a powerful and cathartic experience where I was able to deeply grieve and connect with my grandmothers soul in the temple. I return 13 years later carrying the memory, ashes and legacy of this great angel who left way too early. In fact I feel as though I am being carried by her angel wings now on my back reinforcing my phoenix 🐦‍🔥 wings to lift me and our community and collective purpose higher and higher. On August 27 at 4:44pm local time we begin the ritual, honor the four directions and process together in community to the temple where my dear sisters and priestesses @elyse.io @christianamusk @mariayatriki will co create an incredible ritual + altar and our dear amazing @allenhulsey @elilight9 @_lemurian_ will offer their healing ❤️‍🩹 sound frequencies to the community, desert and our beautiful radiant luminous @ximenacho ! If you are at the burn 🔥 this year, please join us in honoring this exceptional goddess and her extraordinary legacy of love, light, compassion, earth care and people care. Please RSVP in link in bio AHO #ximenacho #burningman2025 #queenofhearts❤️ #communityismedicine #thetemple

@ximenacho and I lived a life filled with love and adventures even during some of our most difficult moments. I reflect back on one of our last mini vacations together for our anniversary, Nov 2023, the same year she received the difficult news of her recurrence, yet she continued to glow and shine ✨ her light, like the brightest star in the universe. This past weekend, nearly 2 years later, I had the opportunity to go back to these sacred healing aqualine waters with some of my closest friends - brothers really - whom have really been there for me through my darkest moments. We cried We laughed We held sacred space for Ximena and ourselves We released some of my beloveds ashes into the big blue ocean and sky Mother Nature healed us while we healed each other. We were present We were love 💕 Thank you 🙏dear brothers for holding me, lifting me up and allowing me to heal So much love and gratitude always and forever AHO #queenofhearts #earthwarrior #ximenacho

Ximena lived with fierce softness. She moved through the world as a healer, a visionary, and a guardian of the sacred. She reminded us that nature is the ceremony, that peace begins within, and that true power is rooted in love. Over the next few months we invite you to join us in honoring her light and legacy at one of the upcoming Celebrations of Life. These gatherings will serve as acts of devotion, of collective healing, remembrance, and of recommitting ourselves to the mission Ximena held so dear. ☽ August 27 – Soft Power Rising Temple Ceremony at Burning Man, Black Rock City, Nevada For the first 11 days of November—from Día de los Muertos (11/1) through 11/11—we will honor Ximena while the veil is thin. A sacred window to connect with the ancestors, celebrate her radiant spirit, and dance wildly between worlds in remembrance and reverence. Miami Gatherings ☽ November 1 - Dance with Spirit at the AHO Festival in Miami, Florida @thehubmia @todoelmundodiceaho ☽ November 2 – Waves of Light Official Celebration of Life in Miami Beach, Florida A Weekend of Remembrance @livechozen ☽ November 7–9 – Safari Weekend Tribute ☽ November 8 - Seeds of Remembrance ☽ November 9 - Artisan Love Market Visit our link in bio to view her Living Altar and RSVP. Beneath the radiance of this Full Moon in Capricorn, we are reminded that legacy is built not only in grand gestures, but in the quiet, consistent devotion to something greater than ourselves. Capricorn teaches us about endurance, about holding steady in the face of deep emotion, and about building structures that last. As we stand together, rooted in @ximenacho ‘s memory and reaching toward the future, we carry her light—with grounded hearts, clear vision, and the sacred discipline to walk this path not just for her, but with her. Together, we rise. Together, we carry her light. 🤍 #XimenaCho #LiveChoZen #CelebrationOfLife #NatureIsMedicine #FullMoonCeremony #QueenOfHearts #SacredFeminine #InLovingMemory #CCRL #RegenerativeLiving #AHO

Querida Ximena, Your presence was a profound gift to everyone blessed to cross paths with you. I’m forever grateful for our instant connection and hermandad — how we bonded through our curiosity and reverence for the natural world. After my first visit to @livechozen , you invited me to come garden with you — and in those days together, we listened to the earth (and the owls 🦉), shared deeply, and brought the fairy temple to life along one of the trails. I still remember how you urged me to see @nsevhealing when I was dealing with that lingering cough — you even took it upon yourself to book the consultation so I could get it properly treated. That’s the kind of care you gave so effortlessly, always tending to others with such loving attention and generosity. I’ll always carry the memory of your kind smile, your sweet laugh, and the way you joyfully hummed while we worked in the garden. You created a sense of home wherever you went — making others feel so seen and held. You and @_tonycho_ built something truly sacred at @livechozen — a living legacy of devotion to the land, to each other, and to a community rooted in spirit and regeneration. Your divine union, courage, and service continue to inspire us all. My heart is with you, hermano. Radiant Queen, thank you for all the beauty you wove into this world. Your spirit lives on in the whispers of the trees and the stillness between the stars. May your essence keep blooming across realms, just as you did here — with grace, love, and radiant light. 🪽 #XimenaCho #QueenofHearts

My Dearest Ximena, Our paths crossed at an intersection, a tender time for my heart, and what would soon begin your own tender health journey with cancer. Through it all, you carried yourself with boundless love, grace, and poise. An otherworldly thread wove through our connection, our bond, allowing us to share a deep knowing, a felt sense across a multitude of topics – the dance of life, the pulse of the world, the nuances of our inner realms, spirituality, energy, and the very heart of love. It was intense, it was intimate, and it is a sisterhood that arrived with arms wide open, holding one another in such a warm embrace. Our friendship has shown me what a true sisterhood feels like: to be seen, heard, loved, understood, and with no judgment – a reflection of sorts, with such subtle insights that guide me quietly, caringly, and with your sweet humor and laughter. Beyond all this, we share a profound love and connection to Mother Nature. You, my dearest Ximena, are an Earth goddess, a fierce warrior, and you embody the very spirit of the wild and the free. You birthed a network of humans, all connected by your spirit and a sacred place: ChoZen. Your voice, your messaging, your wisdom, your dedication, your devotion to educate, to spread love through heart-centered practices, song, dance, and ritual, will continue to be a bridge, bringing epic humans together to inspire, create, connect, and grow. You and Tony truly understand the meaning and power of “planting seeds.” And now, as you journey into the ethereal realms, your radiant light illuminates our collective path, guiding humanity forward. It has been a sacred privilege to stand by you, to reciprocate the profound comfort and love you offered me three years ago, holding you so tenderly through this past year, these recent months, weeks, and your final days. Your essence, @ximenacho is palpable everywhere, a beautiful echo of your legacy and the boundless love you pour into Tony, your cherished husband and partner. Deep Bows to my friend @_tonycho_ I am in awe of your incredible strength, your unwavering capacity to navigate it all. (con’t in comments) #queenofhearts #earthwarrior #ximenacho

Ximena Carolina Cho June 6, 1978 - June 17, 2025 🙏💕🌎🌅 With a heavy heart full of immense gratitude for the magnificent life we had together, I share today the passing of my beloved angel on earth, Ximena Carolina Cho. 🌷✨ After an 8-year heroic and inspiring journey with breast cancer, she peacefully transitioned in the comfort of her sacred temple home in Miami Beach, surrounded by close loved ones and family as she had manifested. She was the most inspiring, courageous, loving, compassionate, elevated, and exemplary human being I ever met. 🌿💖 A fierce advocate & defender of Mother Earth 🌍, she touched the lives of all who were blessed to know her. Her impact on this planet has yet to be fully known and understood. 🌍🌻 In spite of her difficult journey, she radiated regal grace, courage, and fortitude, inspiring everyone who witnessed her. Just a week after her 47th birthday, we watched our last sacred sunset together from our balcony, planning her ascension to the celestial realms, where she will now be dancing among the angels, saints, guides, and all our ancestors, watching over us and teaching us to aspire to be the best versions of ourselves. 🌅🌙 Now she is the sunset and the sunrise forever. May you rest in peace, my esquisite, divine, angelic queen. Our love knew no boundaries. Always and forever, your soul mate, forever partner, husband and student. 💞👑 Forever in service, Tony Cho Information on celebrations of life and memorial services will be forthcoming. I do so appreciate the outpouring of love and support and kindly request that people refrain from calling me during this sacred moment of transition. Feel free to send messages and emails and share this post with the world. AHO and blessings to all. 🙏✨ #queenofhearts❤️ #warriorgoddess #ximenacho #angelonearth😇 #earthwarrior — 🌺

Today we celebrate the heart and soul of our community — Ximena 💫 Your light, wisdom, and grounded leadership continue to guide ChoZen into deeper harmony with the Earth and each other. Thank you for being a beacon of compassion, truth, and sacred feminine strength. To honor this special day, we’re sharing a moment of reflection from Ximena — a reminder that we are all children of the Earth. Happy Birthday, Ximena. With gratitude and love, The ChoZen Team 🌿 #chozen #livechozen #natureismedicine #foodismedicine #communityismedicine

Loneliness is one of the greatest public health challenges of our time — but it doesn’t have to be. At @livechozen , we believe the best medicine isn’t found in a bottle — it’s found in community. In shared meals, deep conversations, collective rituals, and the simple act of being present with one another. Regenerative living begins with reconnection — to nature, to purpose, and most importantly, to each other. Mindfulness isn’t just a solo practice. It’s a shared one. When we create spaces to slow down, listen, and co-create, we remember what it means to be human. So maybe healing doesn’t start with “what’s broken.” Maybe it starts with who you choose to gather with. #humanconnection #loneliness #cometogether #mindfulness #togetherness #chozenretreat #communityismedicine

It’s a great honor for us to receive a Visionary Earth Steward Award from @caminantesdelanuevatierra and @miamidadecounty for our work at ChoZen Center For Regenerative Living (CCRL)🌱 CCRL is a bioregional hub that restores ecosystems. It sits within one of the most biodiverse lagoon systems in North America protecting over 10 thousand species of flora and fauna including 26 endangered species.  ✨Join our movement and learn more via link in bio! Let’s protect Mother Earth together 🌍