Category Archives: beauty

Blossoming in the New Year

By Jovanna | Published: December 28, 2012

This year I gave each family member an amaryllis bulb for Christmas. The box that they came in contained a bulb, a small pot and some planting medium. The directions on the box were clear and simple. All that is required of each of my family members is that they remove the bulb from the […]

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Take Your Breath Away

By Jovanna | Published: November 23, 2012

“Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take, but the number of moments that take our breath away.” I lovingly offer you these words by our wise friend, Anonymous, to serve as a guidepost as you move through your life this week. I encourage you to ask yourself this question, “What am […]

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Practice Beauty

By Jovanna | Published: November 16, 2012

When is the last time you bought flowers for yourself? It’s such a simple gesture. And yet it’s a profound act of self-love. I am spending the week with my mentor here in Asheville, NC. The first thing I did after arriving was to take a walk to the neighborhood health food store to buy […]

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Let Your Dreams Take Flight

By Jovanna | Published: November 9, 2012

I was out in my garden on a cold autumn day earlier this week. I had just wrapped my young Japanese Maple tree to protect it from the winter winds and I was raking some leaves when I looked up and noticed a milk weed pod bursting with seeds. It took my breath away! Its […]

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Spiders and the Power of Intention

By Jovanna | Published: September 7, 2012

One morning earlier this week I looked out the window and although I anticipated seeing rays of sun, I was disappointed to be greeted by fog. I considered not going on my bike ride. Sometimes all it takes is a minor inconvenience to derail a beloved practice. But I gave myself a little encouragement and […]

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Making Clear Decisions

By Jovanna | Published: August 10, 2012

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

By Jovanna | Published: July 20, 2012

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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Community Ceremony

By Jovanna | Published: July 6, 2012

This week it was my pleasure to lead another group of people in a ceremony in celebration of summer! We created a ‘walking poem’ as we moved in a circle casting rose petals and calling out words and phrases describing the taste, sound, touch, sight and smell of summer. Some of our words overlapped and […]

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Summer Solstice

By Jovanna | Published: June 22, 2012

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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Let Simplicity be Sublime

By Jovanna | Published: June 15, 2012

Today when I was hanging my laundry outside to dry, I looked up and noticed the sky. There was a lower layer of puffy clouds moving quickly and an upper layer that was still. I was so delighted to have noticed! My delight turned into desire and I decided to lie down in the grass […]

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