In my Yoga class this morning I found my self leaning my legs up towards the wall, a blanket was rolled up underneath my thighs. I had two pillows supporting both my wrists, and one under my head. Oh, and did I mention the warm soft blanket hugging my whole body? This was the point [Read More...]
Posts Tagged ‘happiness’
Feeling All the Way to God
I have been in sorrow’s kitchen and licked all the pots. Then I have stood on the peaky mountain wrapped in rainbows, with a harp and sword in my hand. Zora Neale Hurston Most people are surprised when I talk about being with feelings as a spiritual practice. How can our feelings, which so often [Read More...]
Where do you find your worth?
Today I’m contemplating the message of Lakshmi, the Goddess of true wealth. In these days of “get- your- dream- sports- car- using- the- law- of- Attraction” and “I-do-it-my-way” , the Deep Feminine is calling us to sincerely investigate what is true wealth. What is success? Lakshmi has 108 names, and each name represent a different [Read More...]
“I did not meet Jesus, I met a dog.”
I just read a wonderful story by spiritual activist Andrew Harvey about a faded movie actress who reclaims her will to live when she one day meets a homeless dog. In serving and taking care of this and other homeless animals she finds meaning. “Her life did not change because she had a vision or [Read More...]
I’ve become an arms-in-the-air-forehead-to-the-ground-cult member
I’ve become a cult member of the Earth Church (aka the Farmers Market) Church meeting is a blast in the not-too-hot-yet morning sun, lots of hugs from the other devotees, a massage (yes for real! and finally my soul arrived home in California too, the body has been here a week already), latte, local olive [Read More...]
the manifesto of encouragement
Danielle LaPorte made my day today. She writes my heart open. Below is the article from her blog whitehottruth.com SPREADING THE RA-RA, Chameli right now: There are Tibetan Buddhist monks in a temple in the Himalayas endlessly reciting mantras for the cessation of your suffering and for the flourishing of your happiness. Someone you haven’t [Read More...]
ROAR
By Cinda Stevens Lonsway It began as a whisper, of one woman leaning into the ear of another, “Do you feel it?” she asked. Then whispered to another, “Do you feel it?” and it began to spread, this whisper, from one woman to another, to another, whispering, “Do you feel it? Do you feel it?” [Read More...]
When you give up your joy, you give up your power
You have heard me before, raving about my women’s temple group here in Nevada City. Yesterday it was Monday, and Monday night is Temple night. I don’t know how it happened but all of the sudden we were taken over by a powerful divine force. It did not happen while meditating, or while praying, it [Read More...]
My Latest Obsession ~ Frozen Grapes
Yep! I spent Saturday out in nature doing healing ceremony with a group of friends and LuzMa and Fred two young sound healers from Peru. I cannot seem to find words to describe my experience of the day, but when the sun went down, we went inside to share a meal… Suzan (who is part [Read More...]
Why I celebrate the International Women's day
In Norway where I grew up March 8th was a big day. We marched in parades through the city, we dressed up in nice clothes, we said congratulation! In Norway women have as close to equal rights as it gets at this time on our planet, so one could easily say, “whats the big deal”, [Read More...]
The Divine Mother's Game of Hide and Seek
Poem By Malika Shay,RYT,LE I find Her Woven Message Threaded deep Inside the Sacred Dance. She Whispers Through Each strand of My Hair, She Sings In a soft, purring, gentle Voice; Powering Her Fluidity, through my Hips. I Find Her Inside the Golden Shrine of my Chest. Sometimes She plays a Horrific Crescendo Drum, ((( [Read More...]
New pathways overflowing with lush greens and fragrant roses
Many of us are using this time of the year as a time to reconsider habits that no longer serve us. Eating habits, exercise habits (or lack of them), mental patterns or relationship habits. Our brain is an amazing tool; it monitors and adjusts so that the energy we have, is spent in the most [Read More...]
the end of the 4 week cleanse
So I did it! 4 weeks herbal cleanse including one week Fasting (!!). Wow. What a journey it has been. It has been wonderful to hear from so many of you who also have been inspired to ADD more vibrant foods into your diet. I say add, because this has been the main key to [Read More...]
What is all this about Green Smoothies?
When I moved to California eight years ago I never thought I would end up here, completely utterly in love, with green smoothie. But I am. And it loves me back! It makes me feel beautiful and glowing, it makes me feel balanced and nourished, and it makes me feel passionate and energized. I promised [Read More...]
I am cleansing!
For the last months my body has been in cleansing mode. It is an amazing journey to be participating in. For a long time it just felt so easy, then I hit some days when I was attacked by craving, cravings for all kinds of things. Foods I don’t even like very much. I was [Read More...]
A Feminine Practice For You
Eyes open and soft. Breathe in to your heart and down to the belly. Breathe out up the spine. Smile. Let the smile spread out through your whole body. Let your smile spread out from your body into the space around you. Notice the quality of you in the space, meeting space, merging in space. [Read More...]
THE AWAKENING
Samme Samareta is part of my amazing Face Book community. Today he posted this text that I want to share with you all. Namaste, Chameli A time comes in your life when you finally get…when, in the midst of all your fears and insanity, you stop dead in your tracks and somewhere the voice inside [Read More...]
opening ~ closing ~ opening
Your hand opens and closes and opens and closes, if it were always a fist or always stretched open, You would be paralyzed. Your deepest presence is in every small contracting and expanding, the two as beautifully balanced coordinated as bird wings ~Rumi photo: Gregory Colbert at http://www.ashesandsnow.org
The Women's Temple group
For the balanced feminine to blossom it is helpful, and in our experience crucial, to create and sustain women’s circles that truly nourish us in the deepest sense. Instead of enforcing the status quo by focusing on our problems and personal shortcomings, circles like this connect us with truth beyond our fears and limited self-images. [Read More...]
Welcome to Greece, June 2010
More info here We have had magic gatherings in Corfu the last three years, with women traveling in from from Sweden, Norway, Switzerland, Holland, USA, Germany and even New Zealand, and we are happy to announce that we will gather again; by the OCEAN, in the SUN, to deepen in our feminine practice together… to [Read More...]
