This new moon is teaching me to tell the people I love that I love them. To hold them near and to be generous with my heart. There are many unknowns in life, many more than there are givens somehow. I am writing with a tender heart, feeling grief and empathy for dear ones who are suffering deeply. I recognize the fierce impermanence of this life, remembering the paradox of our strength and simultaneous fragility…
Read MoreHere is an example of what Self-Observation can look like: I am on retreat. I’ve just meditated, breathed, observed, and processed my dream from the night before. I stretch and make some tea. The whole day is ahead of me and I have a thought. Only five days left and what do you have to show for yourself? That thought is then proceeded by more commentary. You still have this chapter and this chapter and this chapter to write...
Right now I feel a feverish high. So much is in the air. Like sparkles in a snow globe, my life is full of things to celebrate yet you can’t quite see what is happening, momentarily. My body is a vessel for process and goodness, a process I am in. Have you ever rebirthed yourself in every area of life all at once? I thought I did this already. 5 years ago I experienced such radical upheaval that it felt like a wildfire moved through my soul, but I missed some key pieces that were unconsciously lodged inside my mind…
Read MoreI have a Dragon
inside of me,
Made from pain
and memories
Her fiery
dungeon breath,
My impending,
imminent death…
Read MoreI recently found out that my cousin lost her life to addiction. Lost her life. What is more precious than our very breath? Perhaps that which is beyond the breath, that which is greater than this physical existence...maybe, yet isn’t our life the most beautiful gift we could ever receive? And now she is gone and there are no more breaths. I am sitting here in deep reflection…
Read MoreOn the entrepreneurial journey I have learned so much and I still feel like a toddler of sorts. I may be walking but the road is a long one and I am still learning how to use many of my still-forming muscles. Everyone talks, laughs, or cries about how difficult it is, and truly, it really is…
Read MoreThis Summer Solstice was like no other. Surprisingly, basking in the Teton glow was not the highlight of this most brilliant day of the year. It was the coming together of two hearts ready to commit to a life of choosing each other that changed everything for me…
Read MoreI have a particular writing style, some of you may enjoy it, others have strong opinions around the ways in which I share. One friend, in particular, does not love how I write in the context of “we” in that it assumes I am speaking for both he, I and everyone else. I have thoughts on this…
Read MoreDamn right I’m enthusiastic! Even, or especially, in the midst of great challenges, life is an adventure. I’ve been on a three-week road trip without my car and I’m surfing the synchronistic intraweb of life. Ok, well, maybe taking a few days off this past week has something to do with it. Amazing what some sunshine and R&R can do for you if you’ve been pushing the edge since pre-pandemic. I feel a rebirth coming on, can you feel it?
Read MoreSoon, traditional therapy will have a slate of offerings including poison of toad, psilocybin, and synthetic constituents such as MDMA (created to mimic nature’s sassafras) to open the heart center. In fact, many clinics are already pioneering this work underground while legislation is catching up. In other words, modern-day accessible psychotherapy is about to get much more colorful and multi-dimensional which could literally change the collective mind forever…
Read MoreYou may have heard of the total lunar eclipse portal that we have entered into as of this morning. This is not an ordinary moon cycle indeed. Nope, this one will rock you, us, and the world in some way if we dare to notice. This is not for the faint of heart, as this will grab us from the inside and force our inner vision into seeing what we may not want to see. Are you ready for this?
Read MoreAfter glancing from side to side, I rest my eyes on the first word of this question. What exactly do I mean when I ask this question of others? It is perhaps the number one greeting amongst friends, family members, and even at times amidst strangers. And yet, where are we going with this inquiry? Is there a true desire to know the “how” of the human being before us? What is “how” about anyway? It certainly isn’t why, what, when, or who…
Read MoreWhen you read this, what comes to mind? It is a strong question and when I ask myself this, I almost don’t know where to start. Are we talking about the subtle realms, irritations that weave like mycelium from the present moment all the way to a deeply ravined origin of the past? Or pointing to something on the macro scale such as climate change or the current mental health crisis that will become more and more apparent as time ticks on? Is there a difference?
Read MoreMay is Mental Health Awareness Month. I am deeply passionate about this subject, as everything that we do, who we’ve been before, who we are now, and who we are becoming originates in the fertile ground of our mental health. How is yours? Have you been nurturing this realm of your Being lately? Did you know we are in the midst of a global mental health crisis and that it does, and will continue to, impact your life?
Read MoreSpending a significant period of my life with Tibetan Monks taught me a lot about life, purpose, the efficiency of time, finances, illusions of spiritual grandeur, commitment, power, and simplicity to name a few. One thing they would often share is that to be able to live a strong spiritual path, one needs these three things: money (or resources to live), time (to practice), and most importantly our health…
Read MoreWhat do I do with this relentless vision that moves through me like a force of light and wakes me up in the middle of the night consistently as a loving nudge to keep going? Keep going…
Read MoreOn this New Moon in Aries, a day of initiation, growth, and blessings upon our courageous acts - I feel inspired to share with you a glimpse into an offering from cielawynter.com called Clarity Sessions. The following is an example of how one of these sessions would begin and a transcription of what is possible…
Read MoreThis time of year is always a very significant marker of death and rebirth; both on the cosmic stage demonstrated with such elegance by Jesus and his disciples and as well for me on a personal level. Five years ago this week, I went through an intense psychological death-- I left my homes, supposed marriage, livelihood, community, and a hefty layer of my false identity.
Read MoreThe winds of destiny can be fierce and at other times breezy. They can pulsate between cold to cool and warm to hot depending on the moment of life being lived. The exchange of temperature creates an intense rotation that often marks that of a tornado; a powerful vortex of energy that eradicates what is in the way or that which has been before now.
Today expresses a full Libran moon and the scales of cosmic balance are in full effect. The lunar glow is a semblance of the brilliant light from the Aries sun in conjunction with Venus and Chiron. In other words, Love is in the air and the deep penetrating fiery light within it will dredge up any hurts, traumas, and wounds ready to meet this moment in courage for healing.
Read MoreToday marks the spring equinox. This day is a living paradox of mystery and science, that which is enigmatic and yet clearly makes sense when studied through measure. The very practical notion of the sun crossing the celestial equator, as well as the vibrant metaphor of an expressive rebirth following a long internal winter season. The flowers bloom through the snow and our animal nature is stirred towards procreative efforts. While the energy is that of moving forward and rising up, we are simultaneously shedding layers of dead weight of what no longer serves us. What are you leaving behind?
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