Medicinal Messengers I was introduced to animal medicine in the late 90s by a gifted healer versed in the ways of Lakota traditions. Immediately drawn to this native wisdom, its language was a familiar song in my heart and in my bones. She imparted stories of the messages and medicine offered up by the guardians […]
Suspended animation. A delicious moment of divine balance between light and dark, warmth and chill, completion and creation. The equinox crests this coming Sunday as autumn extends her harvesting hand with an invitation to pause, take a deep and nourishing breath, and prepare our transition into the next season. Suspended I’ve always had an affinity
I love imagining the equinoxes and solstices as magical portals through which we sail from one chapter to the next along our annual voyage around the sun. Today is the summer solstice where at 1:50pm PST we bid farewell to a fruitful spring season and say hello to the bright and energetic abundance of summer.
The equinoxes and solstices are among my favorite days of the year, on par with Thanksgiving feasts and Christmas festivities. This year’s spring equinox took place on the evening of March 19, officially escorting us out of winter’s reflective hibernation and into the bright, expectant season of spring. A stormy start. Planning a recent trip
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The inaugural Found Feathers: Your Sacred Invitation episode shared the inspiration for the series, based on my story of a found feather, a divine nod that communicated clearly that I had indeed been heard. A pristine and perfect red-tailed hawk feather had found me, in the midst of the wet mud, delivering up a message
I love the equinoxes and solstices, the mystical markers of reflection, transition, and closing up one chapter to begin another. This year’s winter solstice takes place on December 21, signaling the passage from autumn’s abundant harvest into the sleepy stillness of winter, and it wasn’t always one of my favorite passages/transitions. An aversion to stillness.
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The 14th century lyrical poet Hafiz spoke often of transcendent love and the boundless treasures available therein when we are open to receiving its precious gift. The mystical muse also extolled the riches of giving — of love, light, and hope — from one’s heart. As we transitioned from the long, warm days of summer
Equinoxes and solstices. The harbingers of transition and an invitation to consolidate one season and prepare for the next. Today marks 2023’s autumn equinox, the day that ushers us from the bustling, busy days of summer into the more measured, reflective wane of the fall harvest. An auspicious spring planting. This year, I launched my
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