by Katy | Jan 28, 2020 | body, earth, Enneagram, mindfulness, personality, relationship, The Feminine
Image by by Larisa Koshkina on Pixabay “The purpose of life is not to transcend the body, but to embody the transcendent.” ~ The Dalai Lama That’s not what I tried to do most of my life! I tried to leave my imperfect-in-so-many-ways...
by Katy | Jan 2, 2020 | body, mindfulness, practices, ritual, seasons & cycles, self-care
It’s the New Year, and with the turning of the year, comes an invitation to create some new healthy habits! Putting habits in place means not having to think so hard—we can just do the things we need to do on autopilot. Perhaps you want to jump out of bed and...
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 | Oct 24, 2019 | awakening, mindfulness, personality, poetry, seasons & cycles, self-care, song, The Feminine
Cutting Loose by William Stafford Sometimes, from sorrow, for no reason, you sing. For no reason, you accept the way of being lost, cutting loose from all else and electing a world where you go where you want to. Arbitrary, sound comes. A reminder that a steady center...
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...
