A Ceremony for Releasing Winter's Grasp
We are in our final week of Winter’s grasp, and in our last traipses through the landscape of the element of Earth this time round the...
Winter’s Invitation: An Embodied Sense of Safety
Sometimes Winter likes to remind us that she’s still here, especially as we feel new life stirring and Spring within grasp. It’s almost...
An Ode to Darkness
I’ve been reveling in the darkness this year. Spending many of my evenings with the electric lights out, minus the twinkle lights on my...
A Ritual to Receive a Gift from the Darkness
We’re in our final days of the descending darkness, soon to arrive at the Winter Solstice, on the 21st, where the sun stands still at the...
Between Death and Rebirth: Finding Your Worth
Tomorrow is true astrological Samhain, or the mid-point between Fall Equinox and Winter Solstice. It is the portal into the darkest weeks...
Lunar Love + Your Cyclical Nature
The moon is full in the sky. Have you seen her? Has this extra nightlight seeped in to noticeably, or subtly, have an impact on your...
Happy Lughnasadh! Ways to Honor this Mid-Point of Summer
Photo by Kitfox Valentin This time of year, late July and early August, enters us into the season of Lughnasadh. Often celebrated 8/1,...
Death, Change, and the Eternal Self
Well, the rains have returned to the PNW, and here in Portland I can feel the deep relief emerging from the land and the trees. A Western...
Samhain Season: Seeing Beyond
Samhain time is probably my favorite time in the wheel of the year. It may be because it’s my birthday, so I resonate with the energies...
Why Seasonal Healing is so Profound
The seasons are one of the simplest and most profound ways we can come into relationship with ourselves and the wisdom of the Earth