Wind and Waves, and the Earth beneath the Snow

by | Feb 16, 2017 | The Creative Cycle

Wind and Waves, and the Earth beneath the Snow The energy of this week—and my energy—is finally starting to even out, after what feels like a tumultuous first 6 weeks of the year. It’s bright white and packed in snow here. The wind whipped and howled last night. It...

What is hibernating within you?

by | Jan 9, 2017 | The Creative Cycle

What is hibernating within you? We begin anew. We’ve just emerged from the darkest part of the year. The decayed fruit of last year’s experience is sloughed off, and we’ve traversed the night into the first breaking of the dawn, a thin, cool sliver of light guiding us...

Embrace Nothingness

by | Jan 2, 2017 | The Creative Cycle, Trust Your Inner Wisdom

Embrace Nothingness This—this practice, this time of year—is liminal space. The space in between. The gap, bardo. If you look, if you listen, there is a gap, a moment of still silence in everything. Between the mantra is the breath. Between the mantra and the breath...

Twilight

by | Dec 4, 2016 | The Creative Cycle

Twilight When we drove into New England from our cross country trip, I had a visceral recognition of being home, in a way that no where else can be home. I’m a New Englander. My body, my being knows this: New England is in me. I was happy living away. Happier even....

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