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...
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, 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...
by Katy | Mar 29, 2017 | awakening, mindfulness, practices, ritual, self-care
do you feel it? it seems since the elections and the inauguration, we’ve been in a confused, chaotic, speeded-up world… i know it’s easy for me to feel like i have to learn more, do more, be more… we are bombarded by the outer world, with its...
by Katy | Mar 17, 2017 | awakening, mindfulness, practices, ritual, seasons & cycles, self-care, The Feminine
Spring is coming, is calling, is COMING! Seeds, long held in the cozy dark, nutrient-rich soil, are beginning to push up through the darkness toward the light. Winter’s hold is not so tight. The light is growing, is coming, is calling—don’t go back to...
by Katy | Jan 12, 2017 | awakening, mindfulness, practices, ritual
We’re just over halfway through my free, online, 5-Day Practice Presence for Life Journey. (You can still join until Friday January 13th here!). As we journey together, I continue to deepen my own inquiry into the connection between the ordinary and the sacred,...
