Month: May 2013

I Just Wanna Be…

A woman. 

This is NOT the title to this particular song but because it is the repeating chorus throughout, you would automatically assume that to be the case.

Leading up to the Womb Blessing and thinking of womanhood in general, this song popped in my head and I decided to go with it.

The title of the song – Glory Box.  This live version is performed by Portishead and Massive Attack.  There is also a cover (which I just finally listened to) by John Martyn and it too sounds good.  However, in my humble opinion, this is THE version…

May 25 Worldwide Womb Blessing

There will be a Womb Blessing attunement on May 25 at several different times (based on the time zone for the UK).  Blessings are nice to receive (and to give), so I thought I would share this information for wom(b)en interested in receiving a healing blessing for their wombs.  Miranda Gray, a healer, teacher and author is offering the attunement to those who register in advance.  After I registered, I received an email that highlighted the potential for the blessing to help to:


1.       Awaken, embrace and enjoy all four female sexual energies.
2.       Return sex to passionate, loving, playful, and mystical sacredness.
3.       Feel sexually confident and in love with your body and its cycles.
4.       Heal the relationship with your mother and your feelings about motherhood.
5.       Bring you closer to the Divine Mother and to open to her love and guidance in your life.


Maybe there is one area, more than one area or all areas that are of interest.  May 25 is a day of womb healing and clearing for wom(b)en everywhere.  I’ll be a part of the healing and here is the link to how you too can be a part of the healing as well:

Registration

After registration, each registrant will receive an email with meditation instructions in order to prepare to receive the energy.  In addition, men who would like to connect to the healing energy of this time can do a meditation to assist in clearing previous relationship issues.  For couples, this is and can be a powerful time of synchronized healing.

The Fifth Sacred Thing

This is a book that I have read several times in addition to giving a copy to someone I thought would appreciate the book.  In it, Starhawk, the author, describes a utopian approach to a dystopian future.  I am guilty of presenting grim information (the Syria video) but smile when I think of how it could be, and better yet, read someone else’s words that have created a vision of how it could be.  Now, I’m happy to see that the book is making progress to move from the page to the screen.  I look forward to seeing the story I read and imagined on screen…

In the meantime, here’s a preview:


A beautiful day

Today was a beautiful day.  So beautiful a day that I had to go out and be in it.  Although I just walked from one indoors environment to another, I thoroughly enjoyed the distance spanning Point A and Point B.  The weather was cool, sunny and windy with no humidity.  The only thing that I could have asked for was my bike (and a partner in pedaling crime) so that I could have gone far and wide while enjoying the beauty of the day.  Days like this in Saint Louis would put me in the best possible mood ever because I would also enjoy the scent of the blooming flowers, trees and bushes along my different routes.  The bayou is definitely not the city.  Sometimes I’m greeted with the smell of large-sized roadkill before actually seeing the decaying carcass in my direct path.  I do recall a day earlier this week where I smelled a soft, sweet scent like honeysuckle that more than made up for the carcasses.  Today, however, was an exceptionally windy day so I smelled neither carcass nor honeysuckle-ish vegetation.  If there were a competition as to who felt better – me or a cat sunning in a window – I think the cat would lose…

Ever so often, it’s nice to have an all-around good day.  A day of well-being and contentment.  Today is that day.  Tomorrow the cat in the window may be the victor, however, I will enjoy the rest of my victory today.

Song from the Road

In March, I had several roadtrips of great distance and short timeframes.  I generally don’t drive, thus I never really listen to the radio.  As a result, I don’t always hear new music.  These roadtrips changed that.  One of my favorite songs from the road was The Lumineers’ “Ho Hey.”  I had heard the song before but dismissed it because it sounded too hokey-country (growing up in Alabama insured that I tried to escape the country label at all times).  Yet, at some time during night driving this song came on and it sucked me in.  I later really listened to the words and it is the sweetest song ever!

Enjoy!

Cause for concern

Not long ago (less than 30 minutes ago), I saw video of an Israeli airstrike in Damascus.  What is going on?  Sometimes, I feel as if the US grew up with a volatile friend with a hair trigger and can’t quite find the best way to sever the relationship, while in the meantime, the friend is always ready for a fight because we’ve got his back…