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Rest & Restore during Dog Days of Summer
“When the soil of the self is exhausted, no beautiful flowers can grow from it.” --Mira Kirshenbaum I love the summer months – increased light (I am a light lover), warmth, cold showers, longer days, glorious sunsets, and stunning moonrises. Waking early, just before...
Freedom in Wellbeing Wholeness
“When you become free of social conditioning, when you become free in the mental environment, when you become liberated from the shadows of your own past, you can demonstrate a spontaneity and an enthusiasm in life that are remarkably refreshing to others.” --Marshall...
Litha Solstice Magic
“As the sun spirals its longest dance - Cleanse Us. As nature shows bounty and fertility - Bless Us. Let all things live with loving intent And fulfill their truest destiny.” --Wiccan Blessing Happy Summer Solstice! Here we are again on the turning wheel of the year...
Celebrating Fathers with Hands-On Appreciation
"A dad is the anchor upon which his children stand." Father’s Day is a special day every year to celebrate the fathers in your life. It can look different for everyone, whether you’re celebrating your father, spouse, stepfather, brother, son, grandfather, role model,...
Cultivating Resilience in Times of Traumatic Stress
“The strongest tree in the forest is not the one that is protected from the storm and hidden from the sun. It’s the one that stands in the open where it is compelled to struggle for its existence against the winds and rains and the scorching sun.” –Napoleon Hill...
When We Need Inner Strength Most
Regret reminds us we can do better and understand that life will offer opportunities for healing. That’s how Inner Strength Ritual Essence can help you to be a pioneer of your future instead of being held back by your regrets.
Prenatal Breast Care
"To be pregnant is to be vitally alive, thoroughly woman, and distressingly inhabited. Soul and spirit are stretched – along with body – making pregnancy a time of transition, growth, and profound beginnings." --Anne Christian Buchanan National Women’s Health Week...
Motherhood, Mothering, and Becoming Wise
“I believe the choice to become a mother is the choice to become one of the greatest spiritual teachers there is.” – Oprah Happy Mother’s Day! This year, with women’s rights being attacked, whether a woman chooses to have children or not, she is self-determined to...
Earth Wisdom
The Earth is our mother, we must take care of her. Her sacred ground we walk upon, with every step we take. The earth is our mother, she will take care of us. --Adapted Hopi Chant Happy Earth Day! This morning I awoke to beautifully gentle spring rain and the song The...
Ostara’s Legacy
Ostara is present all around me. She is in the sky above me and is in the cool rain shower. She is the light that warms the earth below me, receptive and fertile. She is in the birdsong of newborn chicks. She is in the tiny buds of leaf and flower, intoxicating me...
Resilience in the Age of Stress
“When we learn how to become resilient, we learn how to embrace the beautifully broad spectrum of the human experience.” ― Jaeda Dewalt Did you know that stress is the cause of eighty-five percent of all diseases? It impacts how we think and behave, relate to one...
Spring Alchemy Meditation
“Flowers do not force their way with great strife. Flowers open to perfection slowly in the sun." --Grace Cooke (White Eagle) Who knew we could harness the energies of the Universe to help us not only transition into spring but also raise personal and collective...
A True Holistic Aromatherapist – Madame Marguerite Maury
“To live, to be alive means to be in motion, to evolve, to transform oneself and transmute things according to the alchemy of the spirit and the body…” --Marguerite Maury The roots of aromatherapy can be traced back more than 5,000 years to when humans first began...
6 Steps to Glowing Spring Skin
“Spring adds new life and new beauty to all that is.” –Jessica Harrelson As the days get longer and the sunlight becomes brighter, my senses delight at signs of spring all around me – the greening of trees, colorful flowering bulbs blooming, and the sound of early...
Kindness Grows Here
“Too often we underestimate the power of a touch, a smile, a kind word, a listening ear, an honest compliment, or the smallest act of caring, all of which have the potential to turn a life around.” --Leo Buscaglia Did you know that there is a connection between love...