Dancing Nature's Rhythms
1st Calan Mai Beltane – fire festival celebrating the coming of summer and the fertility of the coming year. 6th Lì xià – Chinese start of summer 8th The word of God Layla al Qadr, the giving of the Quran 13th End of Ramadan 17th Shavuot, the giving of the torah 9th Rogation Sunday asking Read more about May[…]
Ten thousand flowers in spring, the moon in autumn,a cool breeze in summer, snow in winter.If your mind isn’t clouded by unnecessary things,this is the best season of your life. by Wu Men Hui-k’aiEnglish version by Stephen Mitchell
Joy Harjo Put down that bag of potato chips, that white bread, that bottle of pop. Turn off that cellphone, computer, and remote control. Open the door, then close it behind you. Take a breath offered by friendly winds. They travel the earth gathering essences of plants to clean. Give it back with gratitude. If Read more about For Calling the Spirit Back from Wandering the Earth in Its Human Feet[…]
Watch the animation below to see how the phases of the Moon work during a complete lunar cycle. https://www.rmg.co.uk/discover/explore/names-full-moons-throughout-year How many phases of the Moon are there? In between these, the Moon goes through multiple stages of partial illumination during its different phases. These are the banana-shaped crescent Moon, the D-shaped quarter Moon and the almost complete gibbous Moon. Read more about Moon phases[…]
In the Complete book of Oriental Yoga Hatha and Taoist Yoga for the Seasons By Michael Hetherington says,“ There is no doubt that energy moves through us differently according to the time of day, the climatic conditions, the attitudes we harbor and the cycles of the moon, just to name a few. With the natural Read more about The Natural Flow of Life[…]
The Earth’s seasons can be understood as “phases of the Sun”, similar to how the Moon goes through its cycle of phases. This graph shows the seasons in the Northern Hemisphere, with the x-axis being time and the y-axis being intensity of Sun energy (blue) and temperature (pink). (For the Southern Hemisphere, this cycle is Read more about Seasonal rhythms[…]
https://genius.com/Kae-tempest-hold-your-own-lyrics But, when time pulls lives apartHold your ownWhen everything is fluid, nothing can be known with any certaintyHold your ownHold it till you feel it thereAs dark and dense and wet as earthAs vast and bright and sweet as airWhen all there is is knowing that you feel what you are feelingHold your ownAsk Read more about Hold your own[…]
Kae Tempest https://soundcloud.app.goo.gl/1R6KtyjmWoDqBRiJ6 I see the truthEven hereIn the lies of the cityIt comes for meWith its hands outWhen I can handle it the leastWhen the madness has consumed meAnd I’ve mistaken it for my natureAnd I have given myself over to the things that leave me weakEach day I wake with the furyTo change Read more about Lessons[…]
It’s easy to lose this tenderlyunfolding moment. Look for itas if it were the first green bladeafter a long winter. Listen for itas if it were the first clear tonein a place where dawn is heralded by bells. Pat Schneider – Instructions for the journey
The rising spring summer energy invites us into growth Daniel mead if you would grow, shine the light of self care on yourself be the change you want to see – take care of yourself take it easy this month there’s more than enough going on And it’s gonna be an emotional time calling for Read more about Taurus New Moon[…]
In, ‘A religion of ones own’, Thomas Moore says, Many people use the word “mystic” pejoratively, to indicate someone who is seriously and deliriously out of touch with reality. I say the opposite: Mystics are the ones who have actually gotten in touch with what is real. They have powers of receptivity and sympathy that Read more about Natural Mystic[…]
Breathing in the Lilac, Tulips end and Aquilegia rise. A magical charm of goldfinches and a greenfinch puts in an appearance. But the squirrels are getting braver and making an assault on the feeders. One cat is injuredAnd the other wild cats’ ears, grow big, listening intently.
May, and the puffins are back. To land, the furious beating of their wings stops and they drop, plop sinkdown into the sea, Then bob back up to the surface afloat. I feel as if i am in that moment under the water. The pause of the Scorpio full moon waning feel the magic stirring in the darkness Rest into the dark moon Read more about Waning into the dark moon[…]