Heart of Gaia

Hello Fellow Travelers,  We have entered into a cycle of retrograde and this is always a good time to recharge and re-group. Giving ourselves time to replenish creates better flow, healing, clarity and awareness. We all know this, yet sometimes we forget.  The energy leading up to the Mercury Retrograde in the cosmos asks us to better understand the archetype of Mercury. Who is this god and why does he get so much air time lately? How can we use this energy to benefit our lives? In retrograde, Mercury is standing still for a short spell, it is our cue to think before we speak, step back, or stand firm like bamboo. Think twice and then three times before acting or choosing. Be discerning. Mercury loves to pick things apart and put them back together again. Rumination? Perhaps, but necessary rumination. Rumination that leads you to a deeper understanding of what is important to you now. What was important last year may not be important to you now, or ever again.  W...

Full Moon in Leo Energy Medicine Update  Dear Fellow Travelers, Welcome to the Full Moon in Leo Energy Medicine Update. Following the phases of the moon brings to you a connection with the innermost source of life force energy that resides within you and that keeps this amazing planet of ours humming. This life force energy is within you and links you to the earth and the heavens. You are a part of the Grand Plan, the Matrix of Energy and the Collective Divine Heart Energy of LOVE. This Full Moon is extra bountiful in its offering of love and courage. It comes at a time when we all need a big dose of both. If you have been feeling more awake, aware, and excited about something lately, then you are feeling this moons pull. You will know what this something is very soon. Keep looking forward and feeling the sun on your back!  Leo is the sign of the Sun. It is radiant and is a beacon of light, all in and of itself. It draws people to itself in hopes of connecting...

I sit upon the the threshold looking through the portal. This is the portal that I have named grief and loss. I did not enter into this portal willingly. I did not ever want to be here. I have however found myself here and it is here that I needed to stay for as long as I needed. I want to be done, yet grieving is never quite done. Instead, I decided I would be in the portal of grieving and mourning for as long as necessary. It was the only safe place, and the only right place.  The farther I go from January 2017, the farther I am from the last time I saw my youngest child on this side of the portal. It is now January 2020.  I now see through the portal.  I sat upon the threshold long enough, but am I ready to stand up and walk through? Is it time yet? As I sat, I wondered if it would all fall down upon me. Would I be crushed or swept away? Would I be battered and bruised by falling debris? This threshold seems so very precarious. I had come s...

Hello Fellow Travelers, The last day of January for 2020. Did this month feel like moving through mud? Did the time go by ever so slowly and methodically? For many of us, this was the experience. Whether or not the month's cycles and rhythms creaked along slowly or marched to a more lively beat, we have made it through the first month of this brand new decade. The medicine for this week is in regards to change. Slow, methodical change happens whether or not we determine it so. Whether or not you initiated change or change was thrust upon you, the process afterwards, when the change is implemented, is always slow and methodical. Look back to the first of January. Does it feel as if it was very long ago? What has changed since then? What were your worries or concerns on January 1? What were you celebrating and enjoying? What was your state of mind? State of heart? Where are you now with all of this? Slow methodical change happens and most of the time we don't notic...

Hello Fellow Travelers, January is almost complete. I have been introspective these last weeks. Into the New Year and this time of year opens up a most tender remembrance for me. Anniversaries of important events have a way of digging deep, causing introspection and reflection. Anniversaries are a way of marking time. Marking time can be a way to honor our human/spirit journey. Marking time can bring up memories to celebrate and memories of grief. Marking time is a part of our deepest ancestral roots. Life on this planet is full of the natural markings of time. Our bodies keep time with our cycles and rhythms of the physical systems that keep us alive. Our minds keep time because our bodies do. Our Soul keeps time as it coaxes us to turn inward during dark, cold months and turn towards the sunlight as it starts to return. We are inherent time-keepers, and a interconnected system that always seeks towards life enhancing experiences. Even in death, our physical systems ...

Step forward into the New Year and New Decade Hello Fellow Travelers, Into January we go. The energy for this week ahead is asking us a lot of questions. What do you want for this year ahead? Who do you want with you? Why do you want what you think you want? This week can get intense. We are in eclipse season and the emotional energy can be strong. Don't let the emotional intensity carry you away. Instead, let it gently guide you. Guide you to remember that you have a whole team of helpers, in spirit and in body who want to be your allies. Remember your team, your people, and the guardian spirits you were born with. Then, remember that you are tapping into your soul destiny during this year. Yes, the whole year is yours. No need to rush or hurry. The real new year starts in the spring. The winter is for retreating within, and gentle movement. Now, this year is a bit different, and we are all feeling the urgency. The urgency is a societal addiction mostly. All ...

Dearest Fellow Travelers, As this decade closes and the new one begins, I have been called by my ever persistent soul to share my gratitude and appreciation. As I wrote in my previous Energy Medicine Update blog, it is time to create space by reviewing the past decade. This is an incredibly difficult task for me, yet I stand here at the ready, with pen and computer at hand, with my candles and incense and carved out quiet time, to do what I recommend you all do. I always strive to walk the talk. Or shall I say, I don't ever ask you to do anything that I don't undertake to do myself. Even when, and most especially when I ask you to dig deep and imagine the wounds of many decades past, healed. Exploring within the quiet of one's own mind and home can be as treacherous and dangerous as exploring in the wilds of nature. Taking a trek upon the trails that for eons have called out to our souls for daring exploration is no more daring than the trek into the wilds of one'...