Standing on an edge, we can feel our hearts race. Our mind calculates several pros and cons of what to do next. Maybe our breath quickens and palms sweat as we contemplate what it takes to move ahead upon our path. We work hard to plant our intentions and cultivate our dreams. It is not easy to create the change we wish to experience.
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Preparing and Harvesting
It is so quiet this morning that it seems like a gift. Of course, there is a symphony of birds all around me, but it’s the mourning doves that I am taking comfort in. Their coo feels like a bit of a balm to the rawness that I have been feeling the last few weeks.
Read MoreLessons From Lavender
Last spring, my beautiful and enormous lavender plant almost didn’t make it through the winter. It wasn’t a particularly hard winter, but somehow it didn’t fully survive. I had to trim her back 85% – 90% and was crushed to see her so thin and fragile.
Read MorePressure
I spent some time with the flowers in my garden in the early morning. Everything was so quiet in the golden light. The pops of color against the green made my heart smile. Watching the bees dance from flower to flower to the music of their buzz was hypnotizing.
Read MoreHonoring the Sacred Within
I was up early this morning. As I laid still in the faint waking light, there was a feeling that ran through me. I am not sure if it was the lingering whispers of a dream or the comfort of twilight, but I was able to simply be in the moment.
Read MoreWhispers from the Willow
With the difficult days that we are experiencing, it is important to reflect and seek insight from our allies. May this meditation bring you what you need.
Read MoreA Blessing Upon My Body
In light of what is going on in our country, I thought I would take a moment to pause. I have been angry. I have been experiencing rage, sorrow, shock, fear, powerlessness, and pure defiant determination.
Read MoreWe Are All Connected
There is a thread that weaves its way through all of us, binding us together. It is not visible to the human eye, yet we feel it every day. We feel it when we think of those we love. We feel it with those we are in conflict with.
Read MoreThe Power of Dreams
How often do you daydream? How often do you whisper love, care, and inspiration into your own soul? Have you ever allowed yourself to sit in the lap of the Goddess, the Great Mother, to weave your story, your dream into life with her?
Read MoreThe Only Way Out Is Through
The decent into the gorge was a steady and steep decline. The once bright, golden morning sun that warmed me is now filtered through the lush canopy, allowing a chill to settle upon my skin. A cool breath of a breeze reaches up from the forest below. The bending the tree branches whisper to the residents that a witch walks among them this day. Was it a welcome? Was it a warning? I felt their presence. I felt their eyes. I felt their curiosity as I made my way along the slow and twisting path.
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