This 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 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 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?
Read MoreThis new moon in Pisces feels like it is drawing a long bath to soak my inner world into. The culmination of so much change, loss, transformative and confrontational conversations, acceptance, and the relentless reality of the mundane all appears to be added into this whirlpool. I contemplate while releasing the tears from my worn heart. I weep for the past and for the future in this present moment, and let. it. go.
Read MoreIs it ok to feel this way? Yes, yes it is. I feel let down in this moment and while I take a peek into the many strata of this emotion, I explore my relationship to this enigmatic space of feeling disappointment. What am I to do with this? Does it nestle up with my grief? Or snuggle up to my sadness? Hmmmm, it is a bit of a mystery as to how I can allow myself this expression of reality without having to make it better. It just is.
Ours. Ultimately the integrity in question is always that which is the most intimate of all. Despite any impulse to look outside ourselves for the wrongdoing of the moment or the action of another, regardless of what is provoked from within us, the journey of reclamation of power begins at home.
Humans are the stewards of vast realities created by ourselves. These realities have an immense impact upon everything touched, spoken to, loved, or unloved. Inside of each of us is a world of worlds and our current state of consciousness can only access so much of this information at a time. The majority of the inner workings of who we don’t know ourselves to be remain unconscious yet completely active under the surface layers of our psyche.
Read MoreIf only I was a Monarch Butterfly, it wouldn’t be a question of whether to dissolve from my previous state into another or not, it would simply be so. And the invitation is here for us humans as well. The problem is etymological - we just don’t have a socially accepted vocabulary for (or a scientific method to prove) that which is so organic and naturally occurring in our psyche, if we allow it.
Read MoreThe natural inclination to withdraw from external stimulus arrives with the North winds upon the cusp of autumn and winter. As this year has proven to be anything but “normal,” it is quite possible that we could even overlook this very personal invitation to reflect.
Just because we may find ourselves in lockdown or hunkered in doesn’t mean we won’t be seeking to distract ourselves. For many, our senses are nearly numb with controversy and the holidays will look vastly different than in previous years.
Read MoreDo you have time to fret, waste, or to be distracted? No, we don’t have time for this. To numb out, escape, or fall prey to conspiracy? No, definitely not. To complain, point fingers, name call, or blame? Nope, not that either. How about to wallow in self-pity, luxuriate in self-importance, or sit back and watch while the fabric of the world as we know it comes undone? Even if it is time for a bit of undoing, still the answer is no.
What about time to be distraught? Unsettled? Or challenged? Yes, yes we do have time for this. We don’t want to remain here forever, however, we can accept that this is a natural state of internal affairs to meet the unsettling challenges externally.
Read MoreWe are each a living, breathing, pulsating, life-force that compliments all of the other living, breathing, pulsating, life-forces on this precious planet of ours, Earth. We are the same. We are each as unique as it comes; ultimately as diverse as anything ever seen or known before and there is only one of you. We are different.
Read MoreHow could we not be? We’re in the dog days of a summer that feels like it’s just beginning and yet school and the election are just around the corner, winter is coming, and a looming unknown remains in nearly every area of life. A Leo new moon (feels like a full moon) has arrived and with it the fierce nobility of the creative fire beckons us to express! Now the question…in what ways will we choose to express ourselves and from where?
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