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 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 20, 2019 | awakening, earth, practices, ritual, seasons & cycles
Winter Solstice occurs this year on Saturday, December 21st, 2019 at 8:19 pm Pacific Time. This is one of the most celebrated turnings of the year in the Northern Hemisphere as it indicates the beginning of the return of the light as Eairth begins to...
by Katy | Mar 20, 2019 | awakening, creativity, earth, practices, ritual, seasons & cycles
Spring Equinox is Thursday March 20th at 4:59 pm Central Time. The earth has received the embrace of the sun and we shall soon see the results of that love. Every seed has awakened and so has all the animal life. It is through this mysterious power that we,...
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...