Solstice blessings 2024

Solstice blessings 2024

  Solstice Blessings     When you lose your footing May the earth hold you   When your heart is aching May the waters soothe you   When life feels overwhelming May the air lighten you   When your thoughts are darkening May the fire...
Four openings to summer solstice

Four openings to summer solstice

  Do you tell yourself that you hardly have time to breathe as the year winds up and you get busier and busier? What if you could listen to nature’s invitation? — If you could attune to the season and find grounding and respite?   Four ways to open to...

Make time for trees

Have you ever sat in silence in a forest?   If so, you may have noticed how full of change it is. The moment to come is different from the moment just passed. Wind stirs the air and shakes the leaves, creating sounds that shift and change. Light comes and goes,...
Celebrating spring 2024

Celebrating spring 2024

  Here we are in the full leafiness of spring, the season that brings an infusion of new life, regeneration and joy.   Can you feel it? Does it make you want to sing, dance, make love, run, walk, or laugh? Or do you feel tired, tossed around a little from...
Finding balance at equinox

Finding balance at equinox

Do you get frustrated — wanting to plan a weekend away and once again the weather is choppy?   Wanting to take a long walk but the winds turn you back? I find some of my frustration comes from an expectation that spring will turn into summer at any moment. But...
A contemplation on cuttings

A contemplation on cuttings

    As spring struggles to shake off the vestiges of winter chill, are you feeling impatient? You know that warm weather and outdoor walks are waiting in the wings. But it seems like a long wait for spring to become established. You may be longing to leave...