Good Vibrations
Today I received this wonderful reading from DailyOM. It perfectly explains my new work. Sound Healing Everything in the universe is in a constant state of vibration, including our bodies. Sound is...
View ArticleThe Good Wife … Re-visited
My best friend re-wrote the famous Old Testament passage about the perfect wife. Proverbs 31: 10-31 is an expose of the Good Wife, or The Perfect Woman. “It is the fulfillment of the roles in the home...
View ArticleHealing
All healing is spiritual. Carl Jung (paraphrase) Filed under: Spirituality Tagged: healing, storm
View ArticleOdia’s Forgiveness Offering
Today I crocheted. Three little vessels. And I’m mailing them to Odia Reimer in Manitoba. In 1984 Odia’s 13 year old sister, Candace Derksen, was murdered when Odia was only nine years old. Read her...
View ArticleSounds for Healing
Try making some sounds today, other than talking. Magical Mind, Magical Body by Deepak Chopra, M.D. 1990 Filed under: Music Tagged: healing, healing sound, hum, music, soundwork
View ArticleThe Labyrinth Lady – Sylvia Senensky
Sometimes you sit in a coffee shop and, even though you don’t really mean to, you overhear the conversation going on at the next table. That happened to me last week. And I truly believe that I was in...
View ArticleTherapeutic Benefits of Drumming
“…the drum has been used since time immemorial as a regular part of healing traditions…” (The Joy of Drumming: Drums and Percussion Instruments from Around the World By Töm Klöwer, Plym Peters, 1997)...
View ArticleA Path to Connection
At the heart of every longing is a quest for deeper connection. How can I help you make those connections? This is my work and the work of Heather Plett. Gathering in circle, allows us to connect...
View ArticleGod’s Nest of Creation
I’ve been weaving a series of coiled basket creations mounted on driftwood, which I call “Bird Nests”. Recently someone purchased this one and sent me this beautiful story. Nests evoke all kinds of...
View ArticleOn Ceremonies, Cloth Bags and Grief
One of the most powerful moments of my mother’s committal service was seeing my brother and sister-in-law placing her ashes into the ground. They knelt down on the grass beside the small hole. Gently...
View ArticleWalking the Mystical Path with Practical Feet – The Four-Fold Way
Being a mystic is one thing. But showing up for everyday life is another ball of wax. Angeles Arrien, Ph.D., an American cultural anthropologist (d. 2014) taught The Four-Fold Way™ , emphasizing four...
View ArticleBeing Met at the Well
Drop the bucket into the well of grief again?Is the water table lower than the last time?The bucket has to go deeper to find the water it seems. Each grief attack seems to require more effort. Yet now...
View ArticleWomanSong, Sunday February 2024
Women. Come and sing! An in-person event in Stratford, ON. Treat your mind, body and soul to a couple of hours of vocal fun. Led by Ev Ward we will gather in circle to hum, chant, and sing world music...
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