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If you’re feeling a little bit stuck, or cut off from yourself, or maybe too emotional or scattered, take a baby step and choose a practice or some inspiration from my blog to support you.

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the time of interim

by Katy | Sep 21, 2018 | awakening, mindfulness, personality, practices, seasons & cycles | 0 Comments

Autumn Equinox, Saturday the 22nd at 8:54 pm CT. We are in a time of interim. Between Summer and Fall. Summer's waning light. Fall's bright, crisp color not yet arriving. You are in this time of interim where everything seems withheld.* I am here again....

Scribing the Sacred

by Katy | Aug 24, 2018 | mindfulness, practices | 0 Comments

I’m thinking of all the ways we scribe the sacred into our lives.* Surely, when I write prayers into my dedicated prayer notebook, praying them as I do, I am scribing the sacred. And when I lie down on the floor to listen, move around, and rise back up in my...

there always, something sings

by Katy | Aug 2, 2018 | awakening, body, food, mindfulness, self-care, song | 14 Comments

"...in the muck, in the scum of things, there always, something sings." ~ Michelle Isaac from her song Something Sings I spent July 15th - 20th in the hospital in Ithaca, New York. A monthlong on-again, off-again headcold was brewing into pneumonia unbeknownst to...

bee balm love

by Katy | Jul 12, 2018 | awakening, body, poetry, The Feminine | 8 Comments

What should I do If love seizes me? Start dancing, of course! Sweep love into your arms and press her to your chest. When particles of dust [or flowers!] are touched by the sun they spread their arms and start whirling to a music no one can hear. ~ Rumi ...

Presence Including

by Katy | Jun 20, 2018 | awakening, body, mindfulness, practices, The Feminine | 2 Comments

Inhale. Sense of self. Exhale. Compassion. ~ Mark Nepo, The Book of Awakening, p. 198 Inhaling, feeling the back of my heart, my root, my feet, my sense of self. Exhaling, allowing my heart to soften and open, to include others in a wide, compassionate embrace. ...

the heart doesn’t try

by Katy | Jun 7, 2018 | awakening, mindfulness, practices, The Feminine | 2 Comments

I’ve been a practicer all my life... I’ve always been aware of how much there is to learn, to know, to grow into, to embody. And I’ve felt that if I just... learn how to listen more openly, or understand the relationship between my inner child and my inner rebel...

the feast in everything

by Katy | May 23, 2018 | awakening, mindfulness, practices, seasons & cycles, song | 0 Comments

The heart at rest sees a feast in everything. ~ Hindu Proverb Do you see the feast in this video? Cherry blossoms releasing from the tree in the wind. A flower blessing. An unexpected shower of beauty. A fragrant and soft caress. Or perhaps you experience the...

Weed or Wild Nourishment?

by Katy | May 9, 2018 | Enneagram, food, mindfulness, personality, seasons & cycles | 0 Comments

I’ve spent a lot of time pulling weeds. Starting with the most common ones—Creeping Charlie taking over the whole backyard when I first moved in with Dave, grass growing in garden beds, plantain, dandelions, and here in Minnesota, those purple bellflowers that...

Grounding–yin or yang?

by Katy | Apr 18, 2018 | body, practices, self-care, The Feminine | 9 Comments

Exploring and deepening my connection to the earth has been a big part of my journey over the years. I’ve always felt grounded. People have commented on my solidity, my steadiness, my ease with the physical world. Partners have found my presence stabilizing and...

return to the most human

by Katy | Apr 5, 2018 | awakening, goddess, poetry, seasons & cycles | 0 Comments

Return to the Most Human by May Sarton Return to the most human, nothing less will nourish the torn spirit, the bewildered heart, the angry mind: and from the ultimate duress, pierced with the breath of anguish, speak of love. Return, return to the deep sources,...

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