by Katy | Apr 26, 2017 | awakening, body, collage, mindfulness, poetry, practices, The Feminine
May a woman’s heart be a vast open field upon which wild horses can run. ~ Tibetan Buddhist saying My New Year’s theme for 2017 is Free Heart. While i knew clearly that this was my path for 2017, i needed time to understand more and to live...
by Katy | Mar 9, 2016 | awakening, body, collage, Enneagram, mindfulness, practices, self-care, The Feminine
Spring in Minnesota at the beginning of March! How Lady Grey’s Garden tea never ceases to amaze and delight me! Finding the perfect pink down sweater marked way down at REI. The spark of new life as fire is created in the woodstove. Getting bangs and opening my face...
by Katy | Jan 15, 2016 | awakening, collage, goddess, mindfulness, practices, ritual, seasons & cycles, self-care, The Feminine
This year I spent about three weeks really focused on learning from the past year and getting clear about how I want to live into this New Year. I’m so grateful for this practice…there were many years I didn’t feel like I could take the time—or that it would make any...
by Katy | Oct 20, 2015 | awakening, body, collage, Enneagram, mindfulness, personality, practices, relationship, seasons & cycles, self-care, The Feminine
A couple of weeks ago I was having a really HARD time letting go. We were innsitting for the first time in a year, so I was feeling a bit rusty on all the procedures and protocols necessary to run the Inn. This new website was supposed to be live, but it wasn’t...
by Katy | Sep 12, 2015 | body, collage, Enneagram, food, mindfulness, practices, self-care
Did you know it takes more than studying, memory games, and mental gymnastics to have a happy, healthy brain—and a healthy life? We need nourishment in our lives and mental practice is only one form. Do you think more clearly after a good night’s sleep? Are you less...
by Katy | Jul 17, 2015 | body, collage, mindfulness, practices, seasons & cycles, self-care, The Feminine
Summer! Sun! Everything greening and growing and blooming and blossoming! Nature is exclaiming her fullness, her lushness, her LIFE!!! (Exclamation points seem to be called for here. My fingers can’t help but type them.) Sunflower turns its face toward the sun,...