Its that time again, Lightbringers. The longest day of the year, Summer Solstice, is approaching. The time when the Earth and all of her creatures (including us) are gathering up all of the Suns vita...
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My soulsister, Maya Donenfeld recently birthed her first book, called Reinvention: Sewing with Rescued Materials, (Wiley, 2012). In the process, she discovered a few lil gold nuggets... Pour some tea...
Thank you all so much for your encouragement and support of SouLodges new space on the web and for all of the love around the Plant a Kiss Day entry. I feel truly part of a community here and in Lodg...
Uncle Eddies Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip, if you must know. My Achilles heel. Im going to drop all formalities here in my own bed, in the virtual equivalent of my own living room, and just say that ...
In the spirit of Amy Krouse Rosenthals work (author of Little Pea and so many more), 16 inspiring and creative bloggers (including me!) set out to "Plant a Kiss" in the world on Sunday, April...
We have nothing to fear and a great deal to learn from trees, that vigorous and pacific tribe which without stint produces strengthening essences for us, soothing balms, and in whose gracious company...
Noise is not merely inconvenient or harmful, it is an unadmitted and uncomprehended means to an end: compensation of the fear which is only too well founded. If there were silence, their fear would m...
Infected with Spring fever and the beginning of another amazing SouLodge course, I have done my usual and gone MIA here. Until today, when it poured cats and dogs, Ive been drinking up the sunshine a...
Our children no longer learn how to read the great Book of Nature from their own direct experience or how to interact creatively with the seasonal transformations of the planet. They seldom learn whe...
Sourcing and eating wild food really opens your eyes, your mind and heart, in fact, your whole being, to a deep appreciation of and connection to the natural world around you! --Fergus the Forager W...
Ojais The Farmer and The Cook The receptivity of the artist must never be confused with passivity. Receptivity is the artists holding him or herself alive and open to hear what being may speak. Such ...
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On many occasions Ive considered my own intuition to be faulty. But for many years Ive been testing a theory that is grounded in the notion that there is no such thing as a mistake, or no wrong path....
The Spring Equinox is this week on March 19th at 10:14 p.m. here on the west coast. Well be celebrating Ivy Tallulahs third birthday. Our little vernal queen has chosen to go to Disneyland, which is ...
The Equinox is coming and its a very special day around here because my baby girl will be turning three, just as our part of the world wakes up to the first day of Spring. We typically celebrate the ...
Im happy to announce that Nicole, Petrea, and Terra have won the spots by our Spring fire this upcoming Spring SouLodge season. Lightseekers, if you will kindly send me an email at soulodgeretreatsat...
Fox has been calling me out for over a year with some urgency. Shes run in front of my car, lured me down a hill outside a restaurant in Big Sur, and showed up in numerous dreams, paintings and writi...
For any of you on the fence about taking Spring Lodge, I want to tell you a little bit about the community and how supportive it is in the video below. It is a beautiful, sustainable womens community...
Many of you know how much I adore Wendy Cook, of Mighty Girl Art (and MotherRising blog fame). She is a sister, a seer, a seeker, a deep listener, and an intuitive wisewoman. It was my pleasure to ha...
Winter SouLodge closed last week and it was a powerful ceremony of wisdom. I am so proud of the women who show up to their own soulwork-Im sure Ive said it a million times and Im here to say it again...
Me and Stevie: MaidenMamaCrones Im super excited and proud to share one of my dearest and wisest friends who is launching her Spring project. Im so proud of the work that shes done, which is kind of ...
This is Eagle. Broad of vision and sharp taloned, having come to me last year. This pair are a magnificent sight and medicine that I am working with extremely carefully. There is so much to learn abo...
It was nine years ago last month that I took myself to Big Sur for the first time. I disorientedly rang up my friend Swirly and asked her where she loved to go when she needed space away from it all,...
Sometimes grown women need to be reminded not only how to play, but also of the sacredness of play. Sara Ban Breathnach, Simple Abundance Companion
Soujourning with women fills me up. Circling sacred is deep and personal to me, whether Im the spaceholder or being held. Time in nature with incredible femmes lights my fire in all ways. Such was th...
This weekend unfolded beautifully beginning with a Saturday live Lodge journey circle at Teahouse Studio in Berkeley, CA with a very open-hearted group of women whom I would like to share with you he...
Thank you all so very much for your sweet comments and shares last week over the loss of my cat. It was a very difficult time and I had to key into my intuition in a way that makes me pretty uncomfor...
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