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The bear is the Spirit Keeper of the West in my tradition. The archetype of bear medicine is pure strength. When we do ceremony, I call in the bear medicine in the west, I often say, "The bear has no natural enemies, so it can be the clown of the forest."
In other words, it can be i...
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I want to talk about a pattern that came up during our Sharing Circle on Thursday night. The pattern is to withhold who we really are, and then we get hurt that people don't get us or know us.
The things we may withhold include our true feelings, how life feels to us, speaking our t...
This is the second of a two-part video series on smudging. Last week we talked about how effective smudging is a partnership between you and Spirit. Spirit provides the energy, magic, and healing energy, and your intention directs and moves that energy.
I want to continue with that this week by tal...
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I want to talk about what's actually happening when we smudge. One of the misconceptions is that all the power and magic are in the smudge. And yes, sage and earth energies are very powerful, but we can't just light the smudge and expect the smudge itself to do its magic.
It’s much ...
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This Thursday, September 22nd is the Fall Equinox and also the first day of fall. In many spiritual traditions, especially aboriginal, earth-based traditions, this is celebrated as a really powerful time to tune into yourself and the earth.
One way to talk about the Fall Equinox is ...
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We're conditioned to view the most important parts of ourselves from outside of ourselves. We look to other people, experiences, and our culture. We look to whether we fit in or not and if people are happy with us. And we look to whether we’re successful or not according to the terms...
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This video is about receiving guidance from your feelings on how to move through the world. These feelings often come to us early on in an experience. It’s accessing that first, pure feeling before we think about it- that initial, gut feeling.
I want to talk about three different ty...
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I want to talk about turtle medicine. So first of all, what do I mean by medicine? The Native American traditions offer one of the clearest depictions of medicine. Native Americans and all aboriginal cultures were very connected to the earth, nature, and all the animals in nature.
T...
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I want to work with a metaphor of a river flowing through us. When we walk with our hearts open, we allow ourselves to be emotionally touched by more things. We're allowing the energy of various experiences and relationships into our hearts. In this way, a river of life energy is abl...
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In last week's video, I used the metaphor of a tender sprout to represent a new aspect of ourselves. This could include being part of the community, speaking our truth, or walking with our hearts open. This week I want to talk about considering this new aspect when we're making decis...
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When we make a change we're awakening something new in ourselves. My truth is that the new thing is already kind of latent inside of ourselves and we're allowing it out. Perhaps we're allowing more intimacy into our relationships, speaking our truth more, or allowing ourselves to be ...
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What determines if your heart is open or closed at any given moment? When you get mad at someone, do you close your heart to them? When you're attracted to someone, do you open your heart to them? When something triggers you, do you close your heart and shut down?
So is it my true n...
