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Oct 4, 2024 06:17am
By Zara Waldeback
Under Earth Relations, Connection, Feeling Home & Life Blessings
2 min read

BEING RIGHT HERE
AutumnPath

OCTOBER 2024 -

Sometimes we may want to travel far
beyond what is here
To see something new
and hope to find what we are looking for

Even with such wonders
We cannot leave ourselves behind
We are still here
wherever we go

And so, lets look closer
Right now, at what is
Enjoy meeting a moment, imperfect and perfect
All that is here to find

Let travel not be a distant memory but a constant present

Even when walking at home, in places we know well
We continue to see
Connecting familiar with …

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Oct 4, 2024 06:17am
By Zara Waldeback
Under Earth Relations, Connection, Feeling Home & Life Blessings
2 min read
Jun 9, 2024 11:48pm
By Zara Waldeback
Under Summer, Life Blessings, Feeling Home, Connection & Earth Relations
2 min read

BREATHING
UngerSky

JUNE 2024 -

Here we are

Breathing together 

Breathing with our bodies

Breathing with our senses

Breathing with our Circles

Creating with the Earth

Breathing with Life

Breathing with the Spirits

In many languages, the words for BREATH and SPIRIT are very similar, sharing a common root

We breathe to stay alive. When we are alive, we are filled - with breath and with Spirit

When we die, we breathe out our last and the Spirit leaves the body

Breathe and know - in this momen…

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Jun 9, 2024 11:48pm
By Zara Waldeback
Under Summer, Life Blessings, Feeling Home, Connection & Earth Relations
2 min read
Apr 3, 2024 01:39pm
By Zara Waldeback
Under Spring, Spirit Poems, Life Blessings, Power, Feeling Home, Earth Relations & Connection
3 min read

SIGNS OF LIFE
CranesMarsh

APRIL 2024 -

Sometimes it seems so hard to open my eyes.

Is it the fear of what I won’t see?

A fear that I will see nothing blinds me.

 

Then someone whispers in my ear:

“Stop. You are not alone. We are all here.”

I feel my body, standing in the street,

in the forest, in the kitchen, in the meadow –

the breath of the Earth caresses my cheek,

a dog barks, a leaf falls from a tree to my path,

a small child throws a ball, her father catching it, laughing.

 

The Cranes are…

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Apr 3, 2024 01:39pm
By Zara Waldeback
Under Spring, Spirit Poems, Life Blessings, Power, Feeling Home, Earth Relations & Connection
3 min read
Mar 3, 2024 06:50pm
By Zara Waldeback
Under Change, Connection, Feeling Home, Spring, Spirit Poems & Life Blessings
3 min read

SPRING STEPS
SpringRobin

MARCH 2024 -

There comes a time 
when we can’t stay still any longer
Life is beckoning
How will we respond?

There is a threshold waiting
To meet and to cross
A step to encourage
How can we respond?

Maybe we cannot see
Where we are going
Beyond it is unwritten
And still we must respond

There is a wide open space
Welcoming and waiting
Listen to the calling
Now is time to respond

So step in to where you need to go
Even though you may not know 
How or Why or Wh…

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Mar 3, 2024 06:50pm
By Zara Waldeback
Under Change, Connection, Feeling Home, Spring, Spirit Poems & Life Blessings
3 min read
Jan 15, 2024 06:37pm
By Zara Waldeback
Under Animism, Circle, Change, Earth Relations, Feeling Home & Winter
3 min read

MENDING TIMES
SnowBeechHill

JANUARY 2024 -

When the calendar year begins, there can be a great temptation to rush in and start afresh. Suddenly all has to change - and we leap into action. But what is moving in nature? How do trees or rivers or birds react to a new year? Do they change from one day to the next? Or do they stay awhile in Winter and take time as the days lengthen? If you were an animal or a plant right now, what would you wish to do? How would you be with this season, however it is where you are…

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Jan 15, 2024 06:37pm
By Zara Waldeback
Under Animism, Circle, Change, Earth Relations, Feeling Home & Winter
3 min read
Nov 5, 2023 11:58am
By Zara Waldeback
Under Winter, Spirit Poems, Shamanic Practice, Power, Feeling Home, Healing, Change & Connection
2 min read

MOVING
Swansfly

NOVEMBER 2023 -

There, in the air, it may feel as if

we are going nowhere

and still we travel

the breeze on our feathers, stroking a light touch

Wanting to move on while feeling stuck

going deeper, opening wider

becoming lighter 

knowing not where it will take me

and still knowing

the way


** SHAMANIC INSPIRATION:

Sometimes as we go through Life, or practice on our path, it can feel as if nothing much is happening. Maybe we feel stuck …

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Nov 5, 2023 11:58am
By Zara Waldeback
Under Winter, Spirit Poems, Shamanic Practice, Power, Feeling Home, Healing, Change & Connection
2 min read
Sep 10, 2023 11:13am
By Zara Waldeback
Under Harvest Times, Change, Community, Earth Relations, Feeling Home, Life Blessings & Autumn
3 min read

OPENING TO LIFE
SunflowerSea

SEPTEMBER 2023 -

Here in the Harvest times, so much is given and on offer. Life is abundant and it is a wonderful time to glory in the gifts of nature.

But how do we see what we are offered? How easy is it to acknowledge it with an open heart? How much do we allow ourselves to receive what is given? Can we rejoice in the act of receiving, as a natural part of life? Can we allow ourselves to open more full to what is on offer now?

When we open and allow ourselves to receive, it can be easier…

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Sep 10, 2023 11:13am
By Zara Waldeback
Under Harvest Times, Change, Community, Earth Relations, Feeling Home, Life Blessings & Autumn
3 min read
May 13, 2023 10:23am
By Zara Waldeback
Under Circle, Earth Relations, Feeling Home, Life Blessings & Spring
2 min read

FLOW OF LIFE
MayFlow

MAY 2023 -

The stream is flowing, calling with every note 

as the fresh water tumbles over the rocks

Listen, even the thrush is inviting you

Rejoicing in the sun

The green stretches, opening wide

A simple day, so rich and full

Life is here. Let us join the dance


** SHAMANIC INSPIRATION:

During Spring, Life energy is everywhere. It is a good time to enjoy being alive. However busy we may be, Spring is an opportunity to appreciate beauty, and spend time with miracles unfolding in Nature…

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May 13, 2023 10:23am
By Zara Waldeback
Under Circle, Earth Relations, Feeling Home, Life Blessings & Spring
2 min read
Apr 7, 2023 12:37pm
By Zara Waldeback
Under Ceremony, Change, Circle, Connection, Feeling Home & Community
3 min read

COMING HOME
sunlake

APRIL 2023 -

Home can be not only a place but also a state of being

Every day we come home. Come home to how we live, to how we breathe, to who we are. Wherever we are, whoever we are, we can connect to this place within us, and through this, connect to the world.

Sometimes it can feel difficult to find or locate this place. Where is the center, this calm still place that knows it is home? How do I find it?

When all around us is wild and moving, where do we go? What is the core that we must neve…

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Apr 7, 2023 12:37pm
By Zara Waldeback
Under Ceremony, Change, Circle, Connection, Feeling Home & Community
3 min read
Mar 12, 2023 06:01pm
By Zara Waldeback
Under Change, Connection, Feeling Home, Life Blessings, Power & Healing
3 min read

TRUSTING
HawGate23

MARCH 2023 -

Each new day opens us to many possibilities. How will we respond? Sometimes it is easy to see where we are going and what the right choice is. Sometimes the road seems muddy and hard going, and we become bogged down, confused, uncertain. Trusting can be hard when we feel vulnerable, hurt or alone, without solid ground under our feet. 

Yet here we are, alive and present, still able to take a breath. We come back to ourselves and remember what we long for.

Life does not come with g…

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Mar 12, 2023 06:01pm
By Zara Waldeback
Under Change, Connection, Feeling Home, Life Blessings, Power & Healing
3 min read

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