What are my pre-retreat plans?  SELF LOVE.

I will be doing plenty in preparation, but what needs the most centered love is making sure my energy body is in a safe, balanced space.

Why did the world around me disappear? Because I found my flow, everything around me goes fuzzy, and I just live in it.  Stroke by stroke, my mind eases and my energy soars. My creativity amplifies

Guess what I no longer noticed?  The little things, the gorgeous flowers, the gentle mountain stream, the changes in rocks beneath my feet. 

If July “the Saturday of summer”, then I have PLANS!

People come into your life for many reasons.  I came into hers as a moment to pause and guide on her personal journey.  She came into mine, for me to see how far I have come. 

Everyone else’s days were well nourished, and cared for. But as you fill these moments caring for everyone else, I stopped the important tasks that I need in MY day. 

How do I create this circle with the women in my life who I am close with?  Why do I NOT have this circle of women to call my own?  

I am going to create just this. 

This past weekend I was given the space to be a student and embark upon a three-day training with a focus of Trauma-Informed Yoga, with Racehel Marrow, of the Body Mind Being Institute. I wasn’t sure what to expect, other than that I knew I needed to do this training.  What I discovered- my intuition was right!

Historically, a midwife was a woman whose profession was to support other women through transitions.  We typically think of the transition from maiden to mother.  But what about the next transition?  Who is our support team from motherhood to crone?

Tonight, as the sun begins to set, the spring peepers will begin their sweet chorus.  As one of the harbingers of spring, I too feel the transition of spring.  Every night as the sun is setting I swear their orchestra is growing.  Last weekend, it was an exciting rush to the door- “Do you hear that?!  The frogs are back!” Now day, after day, their numbers are growing to what will be a crescendo of thousands.