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 | Nov 16, 2018 | food, mindfulness, practices, self-care
Tea after water when I first awake. Tea as a meditation. Tea on a walk through the neighborhood. Tea while I work. Tea in the afternoon with a creativity break. Tea shared with friends. Tea in the evening before bed. I wrote this post on the airplane on...
by Katy | Oct 11, 2018 | body, food, mindfulness, practices, seasons & cycles, self-care
Our bodysouls are always doing their best to move toward their fullest, wholeness in any moment. Even when we get pneumonia unexpectedly, when our bodies have pain we don’t understand, when we feel exhausted… In the Diamond Approach, we call this...
by Katy | Aug 2, 2018 | awakening, body, food, mindfulness, self-care, song
“…in the muck, in the scum of things, there always, something sings.” ~ Michelle Isaac from her song Something Sings I spent July 15th – 20th in the hospital in Ithaca, New York. A monthlong on-again, off-again headcold was brewing into...
by Katy | May 9, 2018 | Enneagram, food, mindfulness, personality, seasons & cycles
I’ve spent a lot of time pulling weeds. Starting with the most common ones—Creeping Charlie taking over the whole backyard when I first moved in with Dave, grass growing in garden beds, plantain, dandelions, and here in Minnesota, those purple...
by Katy | Feb 1, 2018 | awakening, body, food, practices, seasons & cycles, self-care, The Feminine
magnificent trees, their root structure spreading horizontally twice their height. icebergs, 90% of their mass underwater. deep sleep, providing the substrate for your body to integrate, heal, and grow. real, nourishing food, feeding your...