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...
by Katy | Jul 4, 2019 | awakening, body, earth, poetry, practices, relationship, seasons & cycles, self-care, The Feminine
From all quarters, life on this precious Eairth is desperately calling for the rising of the rooted Feminine—in both women and men. Eairth* and all her creatures are gasping for breath. We lose between 1 and 300 species every day (low to high estimates),...
by Katy | May 23, 2019 | body, earth, food, mindfulness, personality, practices, relationship, self-care
I recently heard the word “lifeways,” in reference to indigenous ways of living in harmony with the natural world. Something in it really struck me and reignited my desire to live in lifeways, in ways that are nourishing for me and the natural world. Now I’m...
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 | Dec 6, 2018 | awakening, body, practices, self-care
“For what makes you come alive can keep you alive, whether you are paid well for it or not.” ~ The Book of Awakening, Mark Nepo, p. 399 I’m just back from my last training session to become a Full Voice Coach! What a rich and beautiful time,...
