Turtles are out, all about us. Often a vision of yin-like stillness basking on a rock or fallen tree, in river or pond drawing a ‘sustenance’ from the heat of the sun. So necessary to their ectothermic reality requiring external heating to balance internal metabolism. I can see in their slowness and one persevering turtleContinue reading “Turtle Yin”
Butterflies Rising
Walking the streets, I have been searching for Monarchs amid the purple Asters, yellows of Brown-eyed susans and pinks of Echinacea, and faded greens of Milkweed pods. Appreciating that some flowers were planted purposefully to nourish the many pollinators of our world, in what I like think is a small sign of ‘conscious evolution’ ofContinue reading “Butterflies Rising”
Ephemeral Fall
Belly to the Earth No.5 – moon
As we move into the darkening, cooling ‘yin’ time of the year, beneath the waning full moon, it offers a reminder of the usefulness of engaging more with weaves of slowing reflective energies even as we engage with the many purposeful doings of the fall; school, harvest, closing out the garden, settling into the pulseContinue reading “Belly to the Earth No.5 – moon”
Belly to the Earth No.4 – sun
Saluting the sun as the days shorten into the fall, yang energies waning as with the shift to yin. It was during the first yoga, dance and sacred music festival of Bhaktifest in the Mojave Desert over a decade ago that I followed the guidance of Shiva Rea as she led us through her practiceContinue reading “Belly to the Earth No.4 – sun”
Belly to the Earth No.3
Recently I taught an outdoor yoga class in a small green park in Victoria a past home, on the traditional territory of the lək̓ʷəŋən (Songhees and Esquimalt Nations) People beside the Salish Sea. All which I name as influences that long shaped my practice of yoga and mindfulness in “bringing my belly to the earth”Continue reading “Belly to the Earth No.3”
Belly to the Earth No.2
Bringing belly to earth…in yoga, has taught me much about learning to see what is right in front of my nose, with the awareness as well that I am touching the entire universe in that moment. Bring belly to the earth, intention, noticing…then, most commonly in my yoga practice, pausing, beginning to inhale, engaging legs,Continue reading “Belly to the Earth No.2”
Belly to the Earth No.1
In the warming of summer I am moved to laying belly onto the earth, be it beach, or soft warm rock, urban park or forest. Pausing. Between immersions in water, listening to the sounds of the festival in the park, taking a break during the hike in the forest or, just because its summer, bellyContinue reading “Belly to the Earth No.1”
Practice: Green Beads Walking
Walking shares with making and working that crucial element of engagement of the body and the mind with the world, of knowing the world through the body and the body through the world. – Rebecca Solnit, Wanderlust I have my paths of walking (and cycling) – to library, and coffee shop, food stores and riverContinue reading “Practice: Green Beads Walking”
Bird Bells
Flickers, glimpses, a flash, snippets of song or long call. Small bells, reverberating ringing vibrations stirring consciousness of beauty, interbeing, wonder, awakeness. A meditation bell to bring us into the moment. Bringing us into our practice of mindful being and action. Inhabiting home. Birds sighted, and often heard (*numerous times) so far in 2023 ….besideContinue reading “Bird Bells”