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 ‘health’
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...]
Gratitude to Gaia Practice
Sit down to your meal in a relaxed and comfortable state of being. Now, as you begin to eat, open yourself up as if you were being fed directly by Gaia. Offer praise and gratitude for your food and take in the nurturing feeling of knowing that what you consume comes from mother earth, who [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...]
Eating for Peace
A talk by Thich Nhat Hanh All things need food to be alive and to grow, including our love or our hate. Love is a living thing, hate is a living thing. If you do not nourish your love, it will die. If you cut the source of nutriment for your violence, your violence will [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...]
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...]
mmm… I love this
mmmmmm… it is Friday afternoon, and candles and fireplace is burning, outside the wind is ice cold and fierce, we even had some snow here in the Californian mountains. I made some delicious Nori Rolls today, I am totally hooked! Here is the recipy: Put some sheets of raw nori sheet down on a cutting [Read More...]
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...]
Fall Survival Tips that Every Happy Woman Should Know
by Sara Avant Stover I don’t know about you, but autumn is one of my all-time favorite times of the year. There’s just something about her crisp winds, golden light, red foliage, and first days of school that gives me a fresh, buzzing, alive feeling inside. I love bringing out cuddly winter sweaters, wooly scarves, [Read More...]
Oh, I love this!
Today I want to sing the hymn of organic Sweet Rose tea, a tea that is awakening and nourishing the feminine in me. This tea make me feel like a goddess in a bath of rose petals It is also full of Tulsi which is known as ‘Holy Basil” known to boost the body’s natural [Read More...]
Celebrate it!
Have you noticed how a to-do list just keeps filling up, how things do get completed but the focus tend to be on the next task waiting to be done. This is the linear world as our left brain sees it, always heading for the goal, and the body just has to tense those jaws [Read More...]
Making Love with Life
When I look around me at the way our culture relate to sex, I get sad. And I must admit it, a bit scared. If the way we display and speak bout sex at all reflects how most people have sex, we have some major collective wounds to deal with. It is a paradox how [Read More...]
You cannot force the seed to sprout
I remember reading a quote from a giant motivational speaker, saying: “you have to improve yourself every single day!” I don’t know about you but I get exhausted just by reading those words… In my Feminine I know, in intimate ways, how nature moves in cycles. Even when it looks like nothing is happening, or [Read More...]
Fill up your inner well. For the sake of all.
An awakening woman is prioritizing self care. And she is committed to visit what we call the Feminine Base Camp on a regular basis The Feminine Base Camp is a place of priority within yourself. How it takes form will be individual to all of us. When mountain climbers climb Mt. Everest, the first thing [Read More...]
