It’s been a couple of weeks since my shamanic retreat and I’m feeling good. This particular retreat was a foundation course, teaching how to journey and how to connect with our dreams. Support The retreat took place in an amazingly supportive atmosphere. Despite not knowing anyone before the course started, it felt like we’d all … Continue reading Thoughts from Retreat
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Mushroom Madness!
I had a list of a few deep and meaningful topics I might blog about this week, when a trip to the woods led to a mushroom fascination that has gripped me so magnificently I had to write about it! (Sorry if you wanted deep and meaningful, but you’re getting mushrooms). The mushrooms may have … Continue reading Mushroom Madness!
Giving ourselves permission to stop and smell the roses
I’m not sure why so many of us feel the need to justify doing the things we really enjoy. We cram our hobbies, our family time, our self-care around our should’s and have to’s. Every break we give ourselves is hard won by lots of hard work before (and after), and no one can doubt … Continue reading Giving ourselves permission to stop and smell the roses
Follow Your Knowing: when intuition leads to awesomeness
I had a few things on my plate last week and I was dithering. I can be a queen of procrastination and on this particular day my brain was cycling through options like a washing machine set to spin. Then a clear instruction appeared: walk to the shop and pick up some milk. This instruction … Continue reading Follow Your Knowing: when intuition leads to awesomeness
Out Of My Head
My head likes many questions but they don’t like me they tangle me in knots until I want to flee but talk to me of magic and I’m as light as air rising in the thermals to appreciate what’s there there’s an energy that’s true but I can’t see or hear only stillness can reveal … Continue reading Out Of My Head
Everyday magic: finding wonder in the ordinary
Walking my dog I came across something I have never noticed in my 37 years on this Earth. I’ve doubtless walked past it many times, but this was the first time I actually saw it. Thin bridges of iridescence, flaring horizontally, suspended impossibly in mid-air and revealed only by the morning light. Their pattern was … Continue reading Everyday magic: finding wonder in the ordinary
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