by Katy | Jun 19, 2021 | body, earth, mindfulness, practices, ritual, seasons & cycles, self-care, song, The Feminine
Here, in the Northern Hemisphere, on June 20th at 8:32 pm PT, we are at Summer Solstice again. Eairth* has awoken in flowers and flourishing plants and new leaves. She is bearing fruit and food and warmer days filled with light… Here we are with the...
by Katy | Mar 18, 2021 | earth, mindfulness, seasons & cycles
Spring Equinox, falling on March 20th at 2:37 am PT in 2021, is a great time to revisit what it means to balance. It marks a time when the days and nights are approximately equal, in the midst of the changing from dark to growing light. Equinox Round by...
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 | Sep 21, 2020 | awakening, earth, seasons & cycles, song
Autumn Equinox occurs on Tuesday, September 22nd at 6:30 am Pacific Time this year. While Solstices give us an experience of full-on light or dark, Equinoxes invite us into a threshold of changing light. Because of this, there is an uncertainty, a not knowing...
by Katy | Jun 20, 2020 | awakening, earth, mindfulness, practices, seasons & cycles
It’s Summer! We are celebrating more light, more warmth, and more time outside (for those of us with Covid restrictions lifting). But really, the Summer Solstice (June 20, 2:43 pm PT) represents not only a time of peak light, but the beginning of the turn...
by Katy | May 1, 2020 | earth, mindfulness, practices, seasons & cycles
Today, May 1st, Beltaine or Beltane, is a cross-quarter day that marks the approximate halfway point between Spring Equinox and Summer Solstice. It is a time of celebrating the growing light. Tradition has it that great bonfires were lit on hills to bring the...
