Joy!

Joy, my joy!I feel deeply  I see clearly       I hear softly          I cry openly   I receive completelythrough the floods through the falls, there’s a Sunniness in my soulthat passes all understandingWhat will we say sweetheartwhenwe get to the end, then? How did we fit it all  into one    Human heart? this one little    Human Life?So much  [...]

Living Gratitude

It occurred to me in words that we are all just growing into ourselves, supported by a magnificent field of Grace. All I ever had to do was be open to receiving it.   A few weeks ago I had the honor of holding space for two people I love dearly, who are falling in [...]

Grandmother Imaginings

“So listen, I am imagining. I imagine that I awaken here on Sacred Mother Earth and marvel that I am alive and part of Creation  I imagine that Creation has given me a body that I  respect and love. I imagine that I will learn with my physical existence as long as I inhabit my [...]

Where fear and yearning meet.

All fear comes from a forgetting of who we are- when we forget life isn't happening to me, I'm creating it. When we forget I'm not a tiny powerless thing in the universe, the whole universe is in me! When we forget the darkness is here simply to help us remember, we get scared. And when we remember life is here to make us conscious, not happy- we can again embrace the arising with the acceptance it needs. We can give our fearful inner friend the hug it needs- because what it needs, is to be seen and held.

an outline for mornings

-open eyes (no alarm) -resist checking your phone/email/clock etc. -smile at being alive -smile at whoever lies next to you -rub your palms together (activate nerve endings and wake up the body) -place them on your eyes -stretch/roll/sigh...you're alive! and you have a body! -roll to the right and sit up in steps -express your gratitude: [...]