Category Archives: water

Manifesto of the Heart

This summer I turned 60! I’ve been making my way to this very special birthday for a while now. It began three years ago when a young woman offered me her chair. I arrived late to a workshop and when she stood up and whispered, “take my chair, after all, I’m young”, I realized that […]

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A Place of Nourishment

We all need a place where we can go to be reminded that all is well. When my youngest son was a child we started vacationing in Florida. We would return to the same place year after year and it became our home away from home for a week or two every winter. During those […]

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Finding the Flow

I awoke early this morning and went for a walk on my favourite path by the creek. As I left the road, I entered a tall stand of trees and I took in a deep breath of fresh air. I realized that this happens every time I pass this particular place in the path. My […]

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Summer Solstice Walk

Today is the first day of summer. I am so happy to be here! Living in Ontario where we experience dramatic changes in the seasons, it feels like it’s such a long journey each year returning to summer, my favourite season. This morning I took my camera with me when I went on an early […]

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Preparing for Baby

When you are preparing a nursery for your baby there is so much excitement as you paint the walls and choose the furniture. So many emotions come bubbling to the surface. It’s very sweet to have a simple ceremony to bless the space and prepare yourself for the coming birth. I helped one young woman […]

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Making Clear Decisions

Have you ever had trouble making an important decision? Or you’ve made a decision and then you find yourself second-guessing it? Lingering doubt eases its way into your consciousness and what felt clear, now feels partly cloudy and soon you find yourself completely overcast with doubt. It’s times like this that you have to support […]

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Nature

This week I am canoeing and camping in the wilds of Algonquin Park in southern Ontario. As you read this I imagine I will be delighting in the loons and bowing to the moon. I will be touching the soft green moss on the warm rocks admiring the morning dew covered webs of the spiders, […]

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Summer Solstice

As the sun went down on the Summer Solstice, my partner and I were swimming in our favourite swimming hole. We had the whole place to ourselves. The western sky was streaked with light radiating out of the setting sun creating a celestial atmosphere and a feeling of awe. As I floated on my back […]

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Dandelion Ceremony

I made a video for you today.  It’s about a dandelion ceremony from my childhood!  Enjoy!

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Your House Cleans YOU!

When you feel resistance to cleaning your house I want you to know that your home is just waiting for you to engage with it. It is offering you a hand and inviting you to take action.  It’s on those days when you are feeling resistance that you have the opportunity to let your house […]

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