This is a reality I witness a lot of people struggle against. Wanting a straightforward path to follow their hearts. A clear step-by-step A to Z process. They feel confused and disappointed in search of their hearts in this way.
Over the years I’ve been asked the same question in different forms. The essence of this question is how does the spirit world connect to our practical everyday life? And recently someone asked me this question about plant spirits.
When I follow the thread of when poisonous plants showed up in my life, I continue to discover that they called me much sooner than I consciously recognized. In fact, every few months they show me another moment in time when they called me and I wasn't quite ready to say yes. For example, recently my husband started reading a book that I read not quite a decade ago. And guess who stars in the first chapters of the book? Poisonous plants :)
From the impact of childhood traumas to the ancestral burdens we carry, there is wisdom in the poison of our wounding.
Recently I was catching up with a dear spiritual friend of mine that I haven’t spoken to for quite some time. But we’ve had deep spiritual conversations and attended retreats together on and off for the last eight years.
Bridgekeeper. This is a title I heard given to me from the Spirit world many years ago on retreat. It’s a word that keeps returning time and time again. During meditations. During dreams. Synchronicities. And during sacred reflection time.
As I’ve turned this word over in my mind, heart, and soul, I’ve come to know that part of my sacred work in the world centers on bridge keeping. Which of course makes me a bridgekeeper.
You know what's keeping me up buzzing late at night these days? Authenticity. It's the central word that is pumping through my veins when I'm moving. It's the silent sound in silence. It's reverberating in my coaching, peering back to me in questions from students in yoga classes, and in conversations with trainees during yoga teacher trainings. It's become the central starting point of my current work and gracing the alter of my mind in my own spiritual practice.
Dedication and discipline have been on my mind a lot these days. How they seem to be the boat that steadily carry me through the inevitable ebbs and flows of life. Here's the thing. Some people think I'm utopic. That I don't live in reality because I'm such an optimist. I'd say in fact it's the opposite. Precisely because I realize reality is not a utopia, I know my dedication to optimism will carry me through.
Happy Wednesday! Today I'm reflecting on the power of cultivating opposites. Exploring the crevices of our being that are not as easily understood, connected with, or comfortable.
I believe all of us are whole. All of us are multi-faceted. All of us have the beautiful qualities that we observe in others, in ourselves. The practice is perhaps learning how to connect with those qualities in an intentional way...
Commitment continues to be on my mind as a central focus for 2016 for me. I've been thinking about commitment and how sometimes the idea creates a sense of dying freshness in my mind. Like the old farm house that is falling apart and about ready to collapse, but damn it you are committed to holding onto that old piece of history. Of course that is pretty ridiculous. Commitment doesn't have to mean that the grass grows burnt and the floor boards loose their lacquer. Because in any moment we can plant more grass or re-polish those floors. Newness is a choice. And sometimes I forget. For this week's Joy Tip Wednesday I want to invite us to practice newness...
Welcome to the last Joy Tip Wednesday of 2015. What an amazing year it has been for so many people I know including myself. I left my full time government gig to follow my heart and put two feet into coaching and teaching. I created new lifelong friendships and reignited old connections. I dove into the world of dating again for the first time in decades. I experienced excitement and heartbreak. I faced some of the deepest, shadowiest, corners of my soul. I uncovered light and joy in unexpected places. And most of all I was reminded of the miracles possible in life when we show up for them. As I move into 2016 there is one thing fresh on my mind...commitment...
Happy holidays! It's that special time of year where many of us set intentions, feel inspired to chart a new course of our lives, recommit or newly commit ourselves to different areas of our lives, and turn within. This week I completed a solstice ritual I've been doing over the last year of sitting in reflection during each solstice to decide what I feel ready to let go of, ready to invite in, and consider some actions that might start charting this new course. Now it's time for action!
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