over the past several months, our youngest child, evan, has developed a special friendship with a beautiful soul who works at our local whole foods store. she frequents many of our household conversations. though we all know her name; most-oft, we simply refer to her as ‘evan’s girl.’ he lights up when he sees her. they almost always exchange a hug. last weekend, she told evan that she will soon… Keep Reading
‘the universe recreates itself around our picture of reality. if we continue to replay our old tapes, we tend to reproduce them as well.’ -eric pearl *** i love my first thoughts in the early morning hours. often, i wake up singing. very rarely do i wake up and immediately begin mindfully taking stock of the day’s on-goings. almost always, there is something magical a’brew– something that makes me want… Keep Reading
‘look for something that brings forth within you a feeling of love. seek that which uplifts you. seek opportunity to offer that which uplifts another. seek a feeling of well-being. know that your value can only be measured in terms of joy. acknowledge your absolute freedom to do any of these things or not do any of these things, for it is without exception your choice in every moment of… Keep Reading
be still. the trees that surround the plants on the ground …all are on-course. they have been called to this place. you have been called to this place. to invite and to allow. to open and to close. to know and to be known. to be placed out and to be taken in. to ask and to answer. to hear and to be heard. listen. all comes to life, and… Keep Reading
i treasure the little events in our lives that stir up a story—or part of a story—wishing to be told. this morning, the perfect event presented itself—the perfect ‘stirring’ followed—and, now, what i feel will be one of the more important stories that i share in this space will be told… *** as i’ve written before, there are a handful of more prominent growth inducing energies that i often pick… Keep Reading
there was the stretch of time where both gods and goddesses were revered—were both held as wise, intelligent, powerful and possessing traits, unique and traits of each other. then, there was the stretch where the goddess was so effectively taken out of the picture, swept under the rug as unimportant next to her divine masculine counterpart. following, there played out a stretch of struggle to regain equality amongst the genders—a… Keep Reading
today, i was cleaning through/out my notes from various conferences, workshops, soul-work sessions, etc. that i’ve collected over the past several years and began reading back through a few. i came across one barely legible sheet with an insensitive seeming ‘blah, blahhhh’ written half way down the page and catching it spiraled me into a reflective few minutes wrapped around the ‘whys’ and ‘hows’ of something so crass being there… Keep Reading
the house is old and always in need of repairs. the screen door needs replaced… the window ledges need scraped and a new coat of paint. with each ripple, the water issues an insistent invitation. …and, with each step, fragments of clothing find new resting spots in the tall green grass… the cool embrace welcomes me, one foot at a time… i watch clouds of muddy magic drift up and… Keep Reading
i don’t recall being ‘regular’ during the first several years of my cycle. it could have been just an initial bodily adjustment curve, or that i dabbled in birth control for a small stretch during my younger years, but it wasn’t entirely out of the norm for my body to skip periods altogether or for them to considerably vary in duration and/or intensity. it wasn’t until i began the practice… Keep Reading
Like many others coming through during this time, I feel an enormous responsibility to live my life in a way that emanates a deep reverence and love for our planet. Often at the fore, in both my mind and heart space, is awareness of the role that we’ve played, and continue to play, in shifting her—our Earth—as well as ourselves, as part of her, out of balance. There were a… Keep Reading
this post is neither going to be about making out or baseball.;) you never know where inspiration is going to come from in the day-to-day. my inspiration, on this day, came from a link that my friend, emily, posted online. in one sweeping sentence, the link led to a write-up entitled “30 things to stop doing to yourself.” quickly scanning through the list, i didn’t immediately resonate with any of… Keep Reading
i believe in the lively-green leaves of deeply-rooted dandelion. i believe in the restorative power of a black-as-night brew of nettle. i believe that i can, at times, hear my feet screaming out to touch the earth. i believe in the innate intelligence of water. i believe in the healing power of cuddling—and of laughter. i believe in the calming properties of coconut ice cream. i believe in colors—especially blues… Keep Reading