Category: Practices, Rituals, Blessings
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Immersed in birdsong {practice}
Sat quietly immersed in birdsong – well, more like bird conversation – this morning. Feeling the boundary between skin and earth and air dissolve, I floated there, both all and nothing, in the quietest peace I’ve felt in months. Years, possibly. There is something so extraordinarily potent in surrendering my individuality only to become more…
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Communicating without words {practice}
I’ve been immersed in non-language communication for weeks. It makes staying connected with other people a bit challenging. The world is such a word-filled place. We’re such a language-centric species. Switching back and forth is bemusing. And… The richest conversations I experience happen between my body and the living world. No words. Simply a generous…
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From Gaia: 5-18-22
A wise friend recently commented that reading these conversations from Gaia requires stillness. It makes sense. I know I need stillness to participate in them. So, if it feels right, perhaps invite yourself to pause, invoke whatever stillness means for you, and then dip yourself into these words. See what happens. —Tracie Listen for the…
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You are. And that is enough. {practice}
The truth is, you are a pulsing, moving, flowing explosion of LIFE’s juicy creativity every moment of every day, even on tired, crappy mornings or stressed-out crazy ones. Tuck that in your heart and use it to keep perspective. Because, truly, we all lose if you aren’t fiercely being who you are, doing what you…
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What reminds you that you’re alive? {practice}
Wherever I am, whether it’s a shopping mall or a local park, I notice how I look for places where people are not, and go there. How often I am literally off the beaten path. How I simply have to be in the places that other people don’t go. Today, I am on a muddy…
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The beauty of small things {practice} {poem}
May you find beauty and wonder in small things today in the blessing of a blade of grass a tight-furled bud a tiny quartz crystal the whorl of tree bark the feathers on the face of a bird each of these things are miraculous in their own way perfectly balanced designs from the intelligence of…
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When worry is all you can think about. {practice}
Have you ever noticed how our minds can become a haven for all the worries? And when we’re overflowing our worries seem to attract other people’s “stuff” until, well, things are downright messy in there? (HSP folks, I’ll bet you know exactly how this feels.) When I need a good attic clearing, I use this…
The EcoAudient Crone 