by Katy | Jun 6, 2019 | awakening, body, mindfulness, personality, poetry, practices, seasons & cycles, The Feminine
I trust what this body knows breathing in, breathing out the way home. I trust the ground, which I can stand upon– the earth that rises to meet my feet and gives gently beneath my weight. And I trust that ground which I cannot stand upon– the falling away...
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 18, 2019 | awakening, creativity, mindfulness, personality, The Feminine
In preparing for my upcoming SoulCollage Facilitator’s Training, I have been rereading SoulCollage Evolving by Seena Frost. She includes a long list of archetypes that may be guiding our individual lives—Great Mother, Warrior, Creator, Healer, Compassion,...
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 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...
