by Katy | Dec 26, 2017 | awakening, mindfulness, practices, ritual, seasons & cycles
Remember with me for a moment what it was like for our ancestors, for some of us, even as close as our great-great grandparents… As the Autumn passed, the days grew darker and darker. After the harvest celebrations and the fields gone fallow, people cozied...
by Katy | Dec 14, 2017 | mindfulness, practices, ritual, seasons & cycles, self-care
“We are often tired and imbalanced not because we are doing too much, but because we are doing too little of what is most real and meaningful.” ~ Marianne Williamson Moving into the holidays, we do get tired and imbalanced. Most often, we ARE doing too much—...
by Katy | Nov 30, 2017 | awakening, body, mindfulness, practices, ritual, self-care, The Feminine
I taught a class on practicing gratitude just before Thanksgiving. (Scroll down for the video!) We explored how we can’t just assume an “attitude of gratitude,” but we can practice to be present, to open our heart, mind, and body to more gratefulness. When we...
by Katy | Aug 11, 2017 | awakening, body, practices, ritual
We begin in the name of Allah. Alleluia, Lord have mercy, Christ have mercy. There is no God but God. Sacred, Holy, Heaven here on earth. Just four of the many chants/dances we began with our first night of the Dances of Universal Peace retreat with Sufi teacher...
by Katy | May 25, 2017 | awakening, body, mindfulness, practices, ritual, seasons & cycles, self-care, The Feminine
I’ve been practicing bowing recently. When I was researching possible publishers for the book I’m working on, I stumbled upon a book called Bowing by Dahn Yoga Education. I was intrigued and ordered it. When it came, I devoured it in one sitting and started...
by Katy | Apr 14, 2017 | awakening, Enneagram, mindfulness, personality, practices, ritual, self-care
Come, come, whoever you are Wanderer, worshiper, lover of leaving Ours is no caravan of despair Come, yet again, come. ~Rumi Both Passover and Easter are about freedom. The brain, on the other hand, likes patterns it can repeat, which makes it easy to fall into...
