by Katy | Jul 4, 2019 | awakening, body, earth, poetry, practices, relationship, seasons & cycles, self-care, The Feminine
From all quarters, life on this precious Eairth is desperately calling for the rising of the rooted Feminine—in both women and men. Eairth* and all her creatures are gasping for breath. We lose between 1 and 300 species every day (low to high estimates),...
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 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...
by Katy | Feb 14, 2017 | awakening, Enneagram, mindfulness, practices, relationship, self-care, The Feminine
It’s Valentine’s Day. How about a focus on real, everyday Love? Romantic dinners, heart-shaped gifts, chocolate, sexy lingerie—they are a fun way of expressing Love, but I’m talking about taking steps to choose and create Love in a simple, daily way. Today, can you...
