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 | Dec 4, 2019 | body, earth, mindfulness, practices, seasons & cycles
Breathing in, I know that I am breathing in. Breathing out, I know that I am breathing out. I’ve been practicing with one of Thich Nhat Hanh’s breathing gathas* every morning lately. It feels good to have a quiet morning practice that is about connecting with...
by Katy | Nov 15, 2019 | awakening, body, earth, goddess, mindfulness, practices, seasons & cycles
Stepping outside with a task in mind, I move with intention toward its completion. Subtly and completely, my perception shifts, and instead of allowing my mind to dictate the doing, my body opens—to the front and sides and back— adding a fullness and a...
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 30, 2019 | body, creativity, earth, practices, seasons & cycles, self-care, The Feminine
Autumn Equinox was last Monday, September 23rd at 12:50 am PT. This is the time when the dark and light hours are approximately even and marks the turning into more darkness as we head toward the Winter Solstice. Why mark this transition at all? In a...
