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Finnish Winter Song
Recently sick with a seasonal cold, I watched 16 hours of the extended versions of Lord of the Rings trilogy. Those movies remind me what's important in life. Then I found this song that makes me think I'm in Middle Earth.
Journey to the Cailleach & The State of My Heart
A shamanic journey : please show me the state of my heart. Me and Grizzly run through the sky that turned to night - bright night sky filled with sparkly stars that shine like pin pricks.
Celebrating Samhain With Kids
I’ve always believed in ghosts, spirits, elementals and in the basic animistic nature of our world – everything is alive. But it wasn’t until I had my own child that I began to step up and practice molding my life around those beliefs. Here’s a bit about Halloween and kids.
The Witch Reclaimed
In honour of heading into Samhain season, here’s an interesting Ancient Mysteries episode on the origin of ‘the Witch’, narrated by Leonard Nimoy. It brought up a lot of stuff for me about the witch as archetype.
The Reclamation Of The Yogini
The yogini is a thing.
How Solstice Was Magic This Year
This year, in the beginning, the usual winter holiday festivities felt staged to me. A little barren, a little rote. We had more cash to buy gifts than usual, but this actually made everything a tad more stressful (shopping) and left me feeling hollow. Here’s how to find the magic inside the consumer-driven madness.
They Are Always Speaking, Can you Hear Them?
When you pray to the spirits and they talk back it’s not always in the way you’d expect.
Samhain Altar Share & Remembering Loved Ones
My Samhain altar this year is dedicated to my ancestors, my family, my husband’s ancestors and our recently departed. Here’s a sweet little altar share.
How & Why to Start a Yoga Practice
On Sharon Gannon’s magic ten asana sequence and why we must practice with love.
Altar Space - First Steps
Around Bealtane 2012, I set up my first altar. It was confusing at first, because I had many reasons to have one. So I set up three… and it didn’t work. But I learned a ton - baby steps!
Sylvia Linsteadt, The Wild And Wonderful
Given that we are supposed to be living in a post-modern melting-pot world where nothing new ever happens anymore, it is always such a joy to come across people doing really cool things.
After I got Graves Disease – Part One
THE MAT, SHE IS TENACIOUS
My Balanced Approach to Living With Graves Disease – Part Three
Since I have never really detailed all of the stuff I do to contain this malady, I thought I would here now – maybe it will help someone.