Monthly Archives: September 2023

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”

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”

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”