Ooooh, we are heading into lockdown number 2 after Boxing Day.. It will go for weeks… I don’t know how business can survive that.. But for domestic life, here is a second chance for closeness and more harmony between people who live together, for renewed focus on home matters, for the creation of a futureContinue reading “Lockdown # 2 In Ontario”
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Happy Solstice. Happy Great Conjunction.
It is the first day of the new season: winter up here in the North, summer in the Southern hemisphere. So take that first step into your future today. If you have taken the time to introspect this year, you have found many things to be grateful for and (the opposite!) things to leave in the past;Continue reading “Happy Solstice. Happy Great Conjunction.”
Welcome, Winter Solstice
May your new season be everything you ask for and everything you work for. Envision what it would mean to thrive, how you could feel, what you would do, who is with you, and how you relate to, celebrate and grow the good fortune in your life — and then, do what you can toContinue reading “Welcome, Winter Solstice”
Healing Circle on 18 December
#reikisend #allourrelations #Gaia #wellbeing #Friday We are sending our thanks to everything that is working well in our lives. We are sending light towards the growing well-being of animals, plants, people and waters on earth. We are sending reiki to all who are ready to receive it and to ourselves – the participants in thisContinue reading “Healing Circle on 18 December”
Sit In the Power Of Enough
This morning, in a semi-awake state, my subconscious started to list all the reasons why I had to get out to a plant shop, the most appealing reason being “Tomorrow is my birthday.. It is time to treat myself..” However, I do have enough plants. I mean, I have a lot more plants than the average person.Continue reading “Sit In the Power Of Enough”
The Foresight of the Ancestors
The wisdom of the elders is only a wisdom if the elders were wiser than you — if they made better choices, less harmful choices, were luckier as a result of their decisions, and if they had sense. The reason why we have plenty of extremism instead of wisdom in this era is that theContinue reading “The Foresight of the Ancestors”
We Idolize Those Who Treat Us Unwell (But We Respect Those Who Treat Us Well)
Just like the first great boyfriend who shows us what we have missed on other dates, or the first great girlfriend who lets you feel love instead of confusion, so can the politician who acts on vision and keeps his promise change our perception of what is benign and what is harm. Someone decent andContinue reading “We Idolize Those Who Treat Us Unwell (But We Respect Those Who Treat Us Well)”
Daily Thanks
I am grateful for the freedom to compost thoughts that are unhelpful and untrue. I am grateful for the freedom to promote thoughts that are benign and true. I am grateful for the freedom to tolerate thoughts that are neither benign nor helpful, neither true nor untrue, but somewhere in between. I am free toContinue reading “Daily Thanks”
The Four Pillars Of Self-Care
The four pillars of basic self-care are: * food * exercise * feelings (total acceptance) * sleep Develop the 4 pillars, so that they turn into routine. Strengthen the one pillar that you tend to neglect. Keep it up. 12 December 2017
Drum Medicine
dedicated to Sheila E and Tony Williams, born on this day Percussion is the fastest way to clear the air in the space and bring more warmth to it. Percussion is also very effective for cutting through hypnotic energies, sent out by people who are persuasive, though ignorant and malevolent. (They are among us, likeContinue reading “Drum Medicine”
12/12: A Master Drummers’ Birthday
I listen to the drums to heat up a place, to “flush out” energies and thoughts that I don’t want to keep, to repair myself after disappointments, sadness and upsets, to come back to me, to feel myself again, to find my groove again. The unfriendlier the events, the more percussion I play at home.Continue reading “12/12: A Master Drummers’ Birthday”
The Smell of the Earth in December
Root vegetables smell like the soil they grow in, and the soil that is adapting to the cold season smells faintly of the vegetables and the flowers it was a home to, for months. The garden that was is still here like an idea, because the scents linger. The scent of parsnip and pumpkin lingersContinue reading “The Smell of the Earth in December”
A Christmas Tree Without the Tree
No tree, just lights, in a corner. It is easy to replicate. It fits into small, and even irregular spaces. My mom used to gather needle-tree branches and arrange them in pleasing ways, so that there was a good scent in the home.. I find that nice, too.. With string lights and a few branches,Continue reading “A Christmas Tree Without the Tree”
Decorate Trees In the Soil
Holiday decorations look much better on leafless trees than on evergreen trees. Evergreen trees are already decorated — with their saturated green colours, their needles, their vitality. I don’t know why that couldn’t be a new trend: decorate trees that have lost their leaves and root in the soil. I just walked through my neighbourhood and sawContinue reading “Decorate Trees In the Soil”
I Am Grateful
to my new followers. I had a very work-intensive fall of 2020, and will be posting a lot more regularly in the winter. May you enjoy your Friday to the max. I also hope that this is a month when you can harvest all the inner work you have done in 2020: that your familyContinue reading “I Am Grateful”
Model Of Peace: Sweden
Sweden has not participated in wars for over 200 years. So when anyone tells you that peace is a pipe dream and against human nature, recall that a whole country managed to resolve conflicts for two centuries. Sweden also features on every list of countries with a high quality of life. It is strange thatContinue reading “Model Of Peace: Sweden”
Born On this Day: Camille Claudel
Camille Claudel (born on 8 December 1864 – 1943) provided a cautionary tale about what an envious mentor could do to a gifted woman – when he could. He benefited greatly from her anonymous work for him; he did not need to sabotage her at all. Auguste R. was even more famous than her –Continue reading “Born On this Day: Camille Claudel”
Share From Your Wealth
Make the effort to share from that which is most abundant in you, from all those energies that are overflowing from inside of you. You can not hoard that anyway, and it comes to you so easily that offering your surplus feels pleasant, plentiful and luxurious. Two things none of us has in abundance areContinue reading “Share From Your Wealth”
Born On this Day: Dave Brubeck
1h long interview with the late Dave Brubeck:
Shopping and Sharing, Boosting Value and Values
Support a business near you, support a business you love – every time you can. Go local, if and when you are shopping for the holidays. Keep the money exchange local. Support people whose products and services you love. They can keep supplying you, and you will feel good about how you are spending yourContinue reading “Shopping and Sharing, Boosting Value and Values”
Nanda Jurela 