…Preparing for a New Year
Regardless of when you think the year ends, September/October for Israel, November for the Cherokee people, December 31 in Western culture, and February for the Chinese to name a few, making the transition is an opportunity for incorporating the wisdom gained from this year just passing and using it to start fresh. …Details
Reforging Mythology
In this last week of the year, when things are winding down from the holidays, from the year over all, from all the doing and the being and the going…we have an opportunity to lean into the quiet and breath. When it is quiet we are able to attend to what is around us, what is in us, the quiet voices inside us with all of their wisdom.…Details
It’s In The Transitions
Sometimes I think life is like dancing. Sometimes it just flows and it’s lovely and we’re one with the music and the movement. It’s magic that we remember long after the moment ends. Other times it’s all we can do to watch our feet and try to keep on them. …Details
Some People Decorate In Themes
It never occurred to me that Christmas trees would be decorated in themes outside of businesses and the mansions of the rich where each room has a different theme and a tree to match. My experience had always been that trees were decorated in memories. …DetailsYou Control Your Experience
Being happy isn’t something you can will into being and positive thinking only gets you so far. But you are co-creating the experiences you’re having in this holiday season. You can choose to be harried or quiet, panicked or pleased, naughty or nice.…Details
The Time of Stories
The holidays are a time for story telling. We tell stories of Christmas, of the Hanukkah lights, of Jack Frost and the baby New Year, of the birth of Jesus, the coming of Krampus (or not), Rudolf and Frosty the Snowman. …DetailsHappy Solstice
I like to think of tonight as the pause. This is the moment between the breathing out and breathing in. It is the time between Fall and Winter. This is the longest night and tomorrow the light begins to last longer and longer again, step after step as we journey through our internal landscapes to Spring.…Details