by Katy | Dec 20, 2019 | awakening, earth, practices, ritual, seasons & cycles
Winter Solstice occurs this year on Saturday, December 21st, 2019 at 8:19 pm Pacific Time. This is one of the most celebrated turnings of the year in the Northern Hemisphere as it indicates the beginning of the return of the light as Eairth begins to...
by Katy | Dec 4, 2019 | body, earth, mindfulness, practices, seasons & cycles
Breathing in, I know that I am breathing in. Breathing out, I know that I am breathing out. I’ve been practicing with one of Thich Nhat Hanh’s breathing gathas* every morning lately. It feels good to have a quiet morning practice that is about connecting with...
by Katy | Nov 15, 2019 | awakening, body, earth, goddess, mindfulness, practices, seasons & cycles
Stepping outside with a task in mind, I move with intention toward its completion. Subtly and completely, my perception shifts, and instead of allowing my mind to dictate the doing, my body opens—to the front and sides and back— adding a fullness and a...
by Katy | Sep 30, 2019 | body, creativity, earth, practices, seasons & cycles, self-care, The Feminine
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...
by Katy | Sep 12, 2019 | body, earth, Enneagram, mindfulness, personality
Wildness “the spontaneities of life”* “the ultimate creative reality of earthly being”** “a subjectivity that is aware of its vibrant place in ecosystems and human community”* What is it to allow the truly wild creative impulse that exists deep...
by Katy | Aug 21, 2019 | body, earth, Enneagram, mindfulness, poetry, practices, song
Turn as the earth and move, turn, Circling what [you] love. Whatever circles comes from the center. ~ Rumi Your sacred center. What does that phrase evoke in you? Your sacred center. Where is it? Is it some place in your body? With a...
