Happy Autumn Equinox! Autumn Equinox 2021 falls on September 22nd at 12:20 pm PT. It is the balancing point between light and dark, the approximately equal day and night before we tip toward darkness. When I think of balance these days, I think of how out of balance we humans have gotten with Eairth,* how … Continue reading “Autumn Equinox–Earth-Based Practice”
Autumn Equinox occurs on Tuesday, September 22nd at 6:30 am Pacific Time this year. While Solstices give us an experience of full-on light or dark, Equinoxes invite us into a threshold of changing light. Because of this, there is an uncertainty, a not knowing as we move into the turning. This is especially true … Continue reading “The Call of Autumn Equinox”
My intention is to blog once a season about Life Practices in order to share what I am practicing in my life, and to suggest opportunities to join me, as well as ideas to use in your own practice. Autumn Equinox occurs midway between the longest day of the year, at Summer Solstice, and the … Continue reading “life practices: autumn equinox”
My intention is to blog once a season about Life Practices in order to share what I am practicing in my life, and to suggest opportunities to join me, as well as ideas to use in your own practice. Autumn Equinox, or Mabon, occurs midway between the longest day of the year, at Summer Solstice, … Continue reading “life practices: autumn equinox”
My intention is to blog once a season about Life Practices in order to share what I am practicing in my life, and to suggest opportunities to join me, as well as ideas to use in your own practice. Autumn Equinox occurs midway between the longest day of the year, at Summer Solstice, and the … Continue reading “life practices: autumn equinox”
Autumn Equinox was last Monday, September 23rd at 12:50 am PT. This is the time when the dark and light hours are approximately even and marks the turning into more darkness as we head toward the Winter Solstice. Why mark this transition at all? In a busy life, it can seem like just one more … Continue reading “Welcoming Fall”
Autumn Equinox, Saturday the 22nd at 8:54 pm CT. We are in a time of interim. Between Summer and Fall. Summer’s waning light. Fall’s bright, crisp color not yet arriving. You are in this time of interim where everything seems withheld.* I am here again. This time with learning how to listen more deeply with … Continue reading “the time of interim”
Remember with me for a moment what it was like for our ancestors, for some of us, even as close as our great-great grandparents… As the Autumn passed, the days grew darker and darker. After the harvest celebrations and the fields gone fallow, people cozied up together, sharing the warmth and the light of fire as … Continue reading “New Year, New Light, New Practices!”
We’ve passed Autumn Equinox, Halloween, and now Thanksgiving is coming, and after that the Winter Holidays and the New Year!!! Every year, it feels like time begins to move ever more quickly just about now, doesn’t it? Here in Minnesota, the second half of Fall is here. Overnight, the cold and graying blew in–we went … Continue reading “#15daysofgrateful”
The light is changing and dark is coming faster in the eve and staying longer in the morn. Once again, the trees are dropping their leaves, returning them to the ground. Plants are flowering and fruiting, putting the last of their energy into ripening and celebrating, giving their all. Autumn Equinox is Friday, September … Continue reading “Season of Celebration and Regret”
Nourishing Wholeness 