by Katy | Jun 20, 2020 | awakening, earth, mindfulness, practices, seasons & cycles
It’s Summer! We are celebrating more light, more warmth, and more time outside (for those of us with Covid restrictions lifting). But really, the Summer Solstice (June 20, 2:43 pm PT) represents not only a time of peak light, but the beginning of the turn...
by Katy | May 1, 2020 | earth, mindfulness, practices, seasons & cycles
Today, May 1st, Beltaine or Beltane, is a cross-quarter day that marks the approximate halfway point between Spring Equinox and Summer Solstice. It is a time of celebrating the growing light. Tradition has it that great bonfires were lit on hills to bring the...
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...
