Tag: elements
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The Earth Within
If you pay close attention, there is a pulsation to the earth. It isn’t quite a heartbeat… It’s more of a sway, an ebb and flow. I used to think it was kind of sad, or even a sign of brokenness, that I have usually felt closer to plants and animals than people. I love people (I…
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The language of plants, and how to listen
The scientific field of plant communication is fairly contentious. The early research, perhaps best known through The Secret Life of Plants, divided the community firmly into two disparate camps. The word communication is at the heart of the issue, antagonized by the human supremacist perspective that seeks to measure all other life through the lens…
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Terrain of the Body
In the last newsletter I shared the idea of internal wind, and some of the ways that interrogating the supremacy of the mind can lead to greater peace with life’s ebbs and flows. We are living in urgent times, and discernment is necessary to conserve our energy and put it to effective use. As my salsa teacher used to say, “When the…
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Wind of the mind
At the end of June I was on retreat at Menla. The experience of the land there was pretty incredible, but what struck me the most was the wind. It ripped through the valley many times per day in powerful, smooth currents that rustled the leaves and carved through the bands of energy. I used to have…
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Death and Afterbirth at the bottom of a Lake
With startling synchronicity I found myself facilitating a dreaming circle while simultaneously participating in one. (I suppose when I saw the title “Earth Dreaming” I could’ve anticipated it, but I read that more figuratively so it came as a surprise.) In this circle we are inviting the Earth to communicate through our dreams. And the night…
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Held in a state of suspension (and tension)
On Tuesday March 19 at 11:06pm EDT we reach the exact midpoint between the solstices, with equal hours of day and night. As we cross this invisible threshold we begin an acceleration towards the height of summer. As with the solstices, often our bodies hold the echo of this marker in time, feeling its effects…
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Finding your center as the veil grows thin
As we cross the threshold of the equinox, we find ourselves in a potent portal of release and connection as we approach the winter solstice in the Northern Hemisphere. The days are shorter, the veil between the seen and unseen realms grows thinner, and we have access to the potent energies of release and “completion.”…
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Queering Energy, letting it be what it is
Energy itself is neither positive or negative. The first time I heard this, it was stated as “there is no such thing as negative energy” and I found it very triggering. Maybe part of that was the lack of nuance in how it was conveyed, but mostly it was the response of the reiki teacher…
Inward Vision 