Regarding My Self ‘I don’t know’ has been one of the most powerful answers I have ever come across. This particular answer carries with it humility and an openness to possibility. With respect to the question, ‘who am I?’, it feels like the only appropriate response. Creating Identity I often have the habit of identifying with particular things in my life – my possessions, […]
Gifting Words and Healing Through Symbols I desire to give my gifts because they are the result of gifts having been given to me. I open myself to the world and step into trusting vulnerability through my writing for two main reasons. One, writing is a process by which I am able to construct a framework of understanding in order to better grasp and […]
Lover Earth The key is to live your life as though every moment of your existence were an act of making love. Driving across Canada the past month has created a powerful perspective in my mind, and today I felt the impact of this newly formed image. Along the 4000 plus kilometers traversed, I have seen some of the most breathtaking and unique landscapes, breaking apart the […]
Diving into the Moment The sun causes my skin to ignite with heat as I run, my bare feet sinking into the soft sand. As my breathing quickens, my heart beats to match the pace, synching with the rhythmic pulse of the waves at my side. Soft curves, topped with white shimmering allure, beckon me closer, the refreshing coolness lapping at my feet. […]
Chaga Your Spring Water! Where does the idea that we human beings are able to “improve” the Earth’s processes come from? Year after year we exert new systems of manipulation and control over the Natural world with greater effort to cushion ourselves from the wildness of Mother Nature. What is the end goal? Is there one? ***** For a little over one year now I […]
The Myth of Conquering Our Desires “Our culture generally lives the myth of the heroic and self-sufficient ego rather than the collaborative community. We unconsciously act out the heroic story in our dealings with the world by conquering adversaries, actualizing personal potential, and practicing self-reliance.” — Shaun McNiff “We do not see our stories as stories because we see through them: the world we experience as […]
Western Guilt Culture It was a hot, humid evening in the Amazonian jungle of Peru. The date marked the shortest of the year in the Southern Hemisphere: the Winter Solstice of 2011. I was sitting on a pillow at the edge of my mattress, which was one of twenty-three in a circle covering the floor of the Maloka. The Shipibo Maestras and Maestros (female and male “Shamans”)were still […]
Opening the Heart Center Through Release It is through direct experience that we are able to discover our truth. We are experiential beings. How can we know what brings us our highest fulfillment unless we cast off from the safe shore and dip into the unbounded potential that life has to offer? I have spent the last four days at a magical place called Dinosaur Provincial Park in […]
Embarking on a New Chapter Deep into the future, tangled in the past, Gaia has it’s only wish of balance unsurpassed. Colours showing strength, and odour has its place, one giant living organism, balancing in space. Connected are its children, striving for the best, its lungs are drawing breaths of air, and filling out its chest. No need to think or focus, or manifest what’s not, the line […]
Letting Go of the Safe Shore Every new beginning comes from some other beginning’s end Words are not nearly adequate enough for me to express how I am feeling after the final celebratory weekend at Eden’s Cove. Like waves crashing on the shore, I am cycling through a smorgasbord of mixed emotions as each day passes by, deepening the realization of transition. While I cannot speak for others, I am […]