by Katy | May 23, 2019 | body, earth, food, mindfulness, personality, practices, relationship, self-care
I recently heard the word “lifeways,” in reference to indigenous ways of living in harmony with the natural world. Something in it really struck me and reignited my desire to live in lifeways, in ways that are nourishing for me and the natural world. Now I’m...
by Katy | Apr 4, 2019 | earth, mindfulness, poetry, relationship, The Feminine
Friend, our closeness is this. Anywhere you put your foot Feel me in the firmness under you. ~ Rumi On vacation at Mar de Jade (Mexico) two weeks ago, my morning meditation was being on the beach with the rising tide of waves. Usually, I was the first...
by Katy | Mar 20, 2019 | awakening, creativity, earth, practices, ritual, seasons & cycles
Spring Equinox is Thursday March 20th at 4:59 pm Central Time. The earth has received the embrace of the sun and we shall soon see the results of that love. Every seed has awakened and so has all the animal life. It is through this mysterious power that we,...
by Katy | Mar 8, 2019 | earth, mindfulness, poetry, practices, relationship, ritual, self-care, The Feminine
Imagine coming into the presence of a baby. (Or, if it’s easier, a baby animal.) Eyes round and open, she is awake and alert, expressions flitting across her face. Would you ignore this luminous presence? Or would you take in her precious...
by Katy | Feb 14, 2019 | body, earth, mindfulness, practices, relationship, ritual, seasons & cycles
Love alone is capable of uniting living beings in such a way as to complete and fulfill them, for it alone takes them and joins them by what is deepest in themselves. ~ Pierre Teilhard de Chardin We are part of everything we see— this is the love that...
by Katy | Jan 25, 2019 | body, earth, poetry, seasons & cycles, The Feminine
Remember by Joy Harjo from She Had Some Horses Remember the sky that you were born under, know each of the star’s stories. Remember the moon, know who she is. Remember the sun’s birth at dawn, that is the strongest point of time. Remember sundown and the giving away...
