Category: Meditation

Notes on the practice — sitting, walking, focused attention, open awareness, and the small daily disciplines of quieting the mind enough to hear what’s underneath the noise.

  • Talking to Animals

    Talking to Animals

    Sometimes we choose special animals–including birds and insects–and sometimes they choose us. “But Mommy,” my older daughter protested, “animals can’t talk!” Okay, so my response to her question about animal totems had failed and failed miserably. As I explained how animals have different spiritual meanings and how what they represent can “speak” to us, she…

  • A Meditation First for Me

    A Meditation First for Me

    For quite some time now, I’ve started my meditations in my Enchanted Forest. I’ve met lovers there and friends, had men drink from my hands and lips and hug me for dear life from on their knees. I’ve pulled them out of dark prisons, drifted on quiet lakes, let them sleep in my arms, climbed…

  • Come, Fire Drink with Me, Baby!

    Come, Fire Drink with Me, Baby!

    A few weeks ago, I felt pressed to ask Kelley Harrell, Gift of the Dreamtime, to make a shamanic journey for me. I had some healing issues that needed to be addressed in a different sort of way. I was intrigued with the report she made back to me, and I’m still digesting the meaning…