Reflections on my journey with Mama Earth and Grandmother Moon
Wisdom from Grandmother Moon "If you ever want your soul to dance in the clouds, you will at some point have to juggle lightning and taste the thunder."- Christopher Poindexter, from "Remington Typewriter Poetry" It may feel like we are doing just that at present — juggling lightning, tasting thunder. In this time of initiatory… Continue reading Let your soul dance in the clouds
“If you look deeply into the palm of your hand, you will see your parents and all generations of your ancestors. All of them are alive in this moment. Each is present in your body. You are the continuation of each of these people.” — Thich Nhat Hanh As we in the Northern Hemisphere approach… Continue reading MoonDay Musings: Ancestors
Our beautiful moon, Luna, is in the first quarter of her cycle around the Earth and half-way to the luminous Full Moon coming on July 18th. In the early days of her Cycle each month, in the New Moon, we have an opportunity to start a new journey, to plant new seeds, to manifest and… Continue reading Quarter Moon Wisdom: How will you BE?
Foraging in the urban environment in which I live can be challenging.... but so rewarding! Besides the treats I bring home for use in the kitchen or in herbal earth medicine preparations, foraging activities bring me closer to Mother Earth and her cycles of birth, growth, death and regeneration. It also connects me with my… Continue reading Getting closer to Mother Earth – why I forage
In our busy lives, it's important to create balance ... taking time for quiet or solitude, for rest or meditation, to renew our connection to Source, to sustain our energies. Some do this by observing the Sabbath... For others, it's staying at home but surrounded by Nature, as in these words from poet Emily Dickinson.… Continue reading An orchard for a dome
Is it time to reclaim the word "witch"? Is it time for practitioners of this ancient ancestral practice to "come out of the broom closet"? It's a word — and belief — that has been embraced by some... yet mocked, feared, ridiculed, and worse, by others. But for many practitioners, it simply represents an earth-based… Continue reading Is it time to come out of the broom closet?
Today Grandmother Moon started another new journey at precisely 12:31 PM, May 6th, Pacific Time. Such a powerful week - a New Moon, a Super Moon, meteor showers and Beltaine! The New Moon in Taurus This New Moon in Taurus, an Earth Sign, is strongly associated with the energy of Spring and fertility, the Divine… Continue reading Rewild your Self on the Taurus New Moon
Today, our #EarthPrayer group is contemplating wildness. Wildness comes in many forms... the wildness of Nature and the wildness in our hearts and souls... I've always felt I was a wild woman at heart... trekking the world, experiencing its beauty and wisdom, connecting with the Standing People and our animal allies... walking in the mountains… Continue reading My wildness, my sanctuary
TIP OF THE DAY: 🌳 Be a tree 🌳 with this Oak Tree grounding and centering meditation. Use this meditative exercise to relax, connect with Mother Earth's grounding energy and nourish your chakras. Many cultures consider the Oak to be a sacred tree (the Druids included it in their sacred three along with Ash and… Continue reading Tip of the Day: Be a tree
Grandmother Moon has almost completed her monthly cycle and today appears to us as the Waning Crescent aka the Balsamic Moon. Balsamic may seem a curious adjective to describe the Moon, as most of us associate that word with a type of vinegar! But the word actually refers to the health-giving properties of balsam: restorative,… Continue reading Rest and restore during the Balsamic Moon
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