Marching For Peaceful Resolutions For the past eighteen years, cities across the United States have rallied on October 22nd to show solidarity against police brutality. I am learning that occurrences of police brutality are much more numerous and severe in the United States than they are back home in Canada. A sad truth that is only deepened through the discovery that such violence often leads to death. This […]
A Dreamer’s Dream: Uniting Work and Play Through the Gift {The Right Hemisphere} * “An individual reunifies with the world when she seeks no longer to triumph over it or control it, but to give to the world and accept its gifts in the full recognition of gratitude. That is what I call “Living in the gift.” Harking to the hunter-gatherer, it is a state of abundance […]
Gifting in the Street I have heard that street performances are the most honest form of theatre; it is one where the performance is paid for after the show, and the value determined by the audience, rather than a predetermined price paid before the show begins. . Street performances are very much aligned with the mentality of the gift. Here I am – here is my gift – I […]
A Virgin Burn There exists a world within the hearts and minds of each of us, already here, yet still awaiting to be born. It is felt as a calling to return to a state of being we have forgotten, yet never really lost. As we open to the unfolding of this dream we realize there is nothing to learn, only that which need to be remembered. Day by day, […]
A Shambhala Lifetime I emerge from a whirlwind of intensity – kicked into the trenches, dragged through the mud, rinsed clean in the currents, and uplifted to soar on the clouds of the festival experience. Freed from the social constraints of our box world, a journey of individual and collective metamorphosis was inevitable. Together, in the forest, under the stars, and among the mountains, we gathered to celebrate a […]
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 […]
Pyramid Schemes to Community Circles Language is a technology that carries with it the potential to awaken as well as ensnare. The stories we tell about our world are constructed through the language we use. The limitations of our language limit our stories, and by extension, limit our reality. When we view language as a static, objective, and definitive tool, we forget that it is in fact […]
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 […]
Muse Juice There is beauty and love everywhere, all you need is the openness to give and receive it… then everything changes. Discovering a new community is like being welcomed home by a family you did not know you had. I was filled with gratitude and honoured this past weekend when I was able to connect with a tribe in Edmonton called ArcaTribe. I was excited when I […]