by Katy | Dec 16, 2020 | earth, mindfulness, personality, practices, ritual, seasons & cycles
We live in a culture of polarities that encourages us to construct polarities in our lives: good vs. bad, what I like vs. what I dislike, warm vs. cold, comfortable vs. uncomfortable, relaxation vs. work, etc. One polarity that arises this time of year is...
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 | 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...
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...
