Nov 21st 11 Posted by Christina Belardinelli

wisdom of our elders

Halloween, All Saints Day, Día de los Muertos followed closely by “the big” holidays here in America : Thanksgiving and the Winter Holidays.  The economy worldwide is shifting and values are resurfacing that were, only a few years ago, all but obsolete. These things are sending me down paths of traditional teaching and ancient ways of living.  Ways which honor our Ancestors and value the wisdom of... read more

Oct 28th 11 Posted by Tina Landrum

gift of grief

Among other things, groundedness; More than anyone would ever ask for.  And a complete experience of the present moment. When my 11 year old tiger cat Willow died on Sunday, I was so enveloped by what was happening that I made no other choices, I thought of nothing else. I didn’t worry about the past or the future. I was in the NOW.  I didn’t even try.  I was so completely in the pain of having to... read more

Oct 19th 11 Posted by Christina Belardinelli

making change easier

There are times when the importance of relationships become crystal clear.  My parents just moved across the country  and my youngest son is finishing High School and he bought his first car.  All of a “sudden”, I am (in a way) no longer the ‘first’ daughter of my parents. (This will be my sister’s job now that my parents will be moving just a few miles from her home.) I am... read more

Sep 8th 11 Posted by Christina Belardinelli

remembrance

It is one of the “great” moments in our recent history. Most of us have asked and can so clearly recall “Where were you on 9/11?” Everything comes rushing back. The morning, the people you talked to, cried with, the news you watched, the children and loved ones you hugged or called frantically.  The way in which the world, as a single, loving, organism bowed heads in horror and... read more

Aug 30th 11 Posted by Tina Landrum

the cocoon

“There is something in every one of us that waits and listens for the sound of the genuine in ourselves.  It is the only true guide we will ever have.” - Howard Thurman Human Butterflies, Part II The second stage of answering our soul’s call is entering the cocoon, which is for the caterpillar a literal enclosed space. But for us humans serves to describe the eve of a transition where we turn from... read more

Aug 23rd 11 Posted by Renee Coleman

echidna dreaming

Not long ago I had to visit to my dentist for a root canal. While waiting for the numbing to take effect, the doctor asked what I do “for a crumb.” Upon hearing that I work with dreams, he made some comment about how he never dreams. “Actually,” I said, “scientists tell us that all mammals (and birds, for that matter) dream, and that, on average, human beings dream for about 2 hours every... read more

Jul 26th 11 Posted by Christina Belardinelli

the present

My days are filled not only with the demands of today but with the pressure off all the things I have not done as well.  My mind filled to overflowing with daily tasks, past remembrances and future concerns, dreams and…. well, you get the idea.  Many are the mornings when I wake, my first thoughts anxious and I already feel “behind”. There is a building pressure: what I “need/want to... read more

Jul 26th 11 Posted by Renee Coleman

the dreaming heart

Recently my twelve-year-old asked me to help her study for an upcoming biology exam.  Using a series of flashcards that she had prepared specifically, I called out various “biological” terms as she endeavored to recite their definitions.... read more