Heart of Gaia

Things are moving, and shaking, and clearing and releasing. Shifting! Can you feel it? The shifting that is going on is palpable. Internal shifts and external shifts. What do I mean by the term  "shift"?   "Shift" is a term I use to describe how energy moves and the end result of that movement. As energy moves it creates a great disruption and when it settles everything is in a different place than before. In this new place, we have the opportunity to see with different eyes, hear with different ears and feel with different hearts. Open hearts. Earthquakes, floods, fires and storms will cause shifting. Relationships ending and beginning, jobs started or ending, death, birth, an illness or a healing. These are all great shifts that change the landscape of our lives in ways that give us the opportunity to see, hear and feel differently. The shifts now occurring can be triggered by these big events and they can also be subtle. I would gather to say you...

Hello Fellow Travelers, Sometimes the only thing we can do is surrender into the moment. The moment will come to meet you if you stop to notice it. The moment will greet you with open arms if you notice it or not. The moment will come to meet you when you stand still,  sit still, be still. The moment will come to meet you and take your hand and ask you to dance. The moment will greet you in stillness and movement. The moment will arise from within you, knock on the door of your heart and if you let it in, let it out, it will surround you, take you in and hold you. The moment will comfort you and give you something, always something. The moment will soften your weary heart and your feed your steadfast mind. The moment is all around you and within you. What will you do with the only real thing you ever have? This moment.

Hello Beautiful Fellow Travelers! Let's celebrate Independence Day as the spiritual beings in this incredibly diverse human experience that we truly are. We are independent and sovereign beings of spiritual decent. Sometimes it feels as if we are bound by all kinds of external circumstances as well as internal negative thoughts. Yet the truth is we are always free in the moment to choose another way or another thought.  Thanks to my son Tom, I was reminded of this powerful parable. It is a simple, yet profound story of how to be free, independent and sovereign, no matter what may be going on in our lives at this time. It is worth sharing with all of you beautiful beings of light and love on this Independence Day. An old Cherokee chief was teaching his grandson about life... "A fight is going on inside me," he said to the boy. "It is a terrible fight and it is between two wolves. "One is evil - he is anger, envy, sorrow, regret, greed, arroganc...

Hello Beautiful Fellow Travelers! Solstice Blessings to you. This is an exciting time for all of us who are on our path of soul power and awakening! I heard recently that "being on a path is an attitude or consciousness".  I see it as a determined and focused consciousness that is a living expression of your spirit. How do you live your spirit's expression? What is your favorite way to express your spirit? One of my favorite ways is to create art. I love to draw or paint and while I do not claim to be a great artist by any means, my soul just loves to create art with paint and bright vivid colors. Usually the subject of my paintings are flowers or dragonflies or butterflies. Mostly flowers, the beauty and healing energy I find in flowers truly inspires me. For many years though, I hesitated and held back my love of painting. I also held back and hesitated with my writing, my healing work and other means that my spirit longed to express. The most common exc...

Hello Fellow Travelers, What is your philosophy about life?  What are the beliefs and ideas that guide your every thought, deed and action? What do you use as your inner compass as you traverse your days? Our Journaling to the Heart participants have been delving into this subject over the last several weeks. We have been connecting with and writing about our personal philosophy regarding health, well being and spirituality. I invite you to do so also. This is a good way to end out the season of springtime and enter into the summer months. Open, new, refreshed~connected! I am sure things have changed for you over the course of the last year, months, weeks and days. Subtle and not so subtle changes are occurring everywhere and for everyone. Are you in the same job or career? Do you have the same friends or partner,  attend the same gatherings, watch the same shows, go to the same places? Have you noticed the subtle and not so subtle changes that ha...

"Move~But don't move the way fear makes you move." -Rumi Put your ear to the ground. Do you hear the movement? Put your belly to the Mother Earth. Do you feel her dancing? Sit in silence for a moment. Do you sense the stirring deep within you? There is an excitement brewing, a new sense of home being brought to your doorstep and it's time to make a move. Any movement will do as long as it is movement based on love. Love for self, love for the other, love for the earth, love for her creatures. Simple, plain and infinitely potent Love! It is the fuel that will make the movement so much more beneficial to you and all others. Right action is based not in fear, but in love. Notice how it feels in your body when you move from love. Next time you need to make a decision or choice, big or small take a moment to connect with the vibration, energy and frequency of love. Then move. If you can not connect with love, don't make a move! Until you can...and i...

Hello Fellow Travelers, Did you take time to plant the seeds of love? I planted my intentions for more love and along with the intentions I planted marigold and sunflower seeds. I then watered the seeds and intentions with rose oil infused water.  The wind was whipping and the air was cold. We will see if the flowers come up, but I am assured my intentions for "more love" will bloom into the most fragrant flowers I could ever imagine. I liken this experience of planting my intentions to the experience of how it is feeling to be alive on this planet at this time. The day was so windy- I mean gusts of some of the worse Northern Colorado wind ever! (and I am a SF Bay Area gal too, so I know wind). It was uncomfortable just being in my own skin, safely tucked inside my home, Heart of Gaia with all that air element whipping around. I could have easily skipped the whole going outside and planting my intentions ritual. Yet something inside of me persisted and ins...