Ever since I was a little girl, I’ve been mystified and intrigued by these slow moving creatures… Maybe it’s because turtles moved slow enough for me to watch them closely for minutes without them running away? Maybe it was their patience with me as they pulled in their head, arms and legs and huddled inside … Continue reading
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An Ode to the Mother Energy
“According to Shakta Tantric philosophy, Shakti is the the feminine aspect of cosmic energy and considered by many to be Lalita. She is the primeval creative energy through whose womb the universe is delivered. The goddess endowed her power of Shakti into the womb of every female, willing her with her most potent Inner Medicine … Continue reading
Kumbha Moon and Setting Intentions
About four years ago now, I left my place of residence, San Francisco, which had been my home for 7 years. I took a leap of faith and spent a lot of time listening to my heart and my body. My first stop was to Big Sur, California, to spend time at the Tassajara Zen … Continue reading
Long-lost, Long-leaf: The Return of a Forgotten Forest?
An old-growth stand of Long-leaf pine (Florida?) She was 92 million acres total before the early European colonizers began to cut her trees down or to tap into her resin for turpentine and rosen. She stretched from coastal Virginia to Florida and from Florida to Texas. What is left of her, you may ask — … Continue reading
Eat Dirt
That’s right… Eat dirt. No, you’re not in some John Wayne western all of a sudden…where we are facing each other, standing off with a hand on our gun and snarling… No, it’s not a threat. It’s a health tip. I’m talking about the good stuff — soil. In the year 2000, right before I … Continue reading
The Will to Live: A Chicken Healing Story
Last week a friend’s Dominique chicken got attacked by the neighbor’s hound dog. The dog was put in a small cage to reflect on his abrupt actions through the rainy night. The chicken…well, she had a fist-sized wound under her right wing; basically, the skin had been scraped back and a large amount of muscle … Continue reading
Positive Reinforcement
Sometimes a person enters my life (and even though I haven’t met them), they go straight to my heart. One of those people is elephant advocate, Carol Buckley. She has entered my life at different periods — the first time, about 8 years ago. And, the last time, last year. Around 2003, I was into … Continue reading
Discovering the Heart’s Desire
“If we can bear to face our longing instead of finding endless ways to keep satisfying it and trying to escape it, it begins to show us a glimpse of what lies behind the scenes.” ~ Peter Kingsley I’ve been thinking about desire lately. The great mystics would call it ‘longing’ as Peter does in … Continue reading
Top 10 Ways to Use Dr. Bronner’s Soap
Dr. Bronner’s soap probably can be found casually intermingling with almost every demographic in the United States. I’m simply amazed at the scope and breadth this castile soap has established for itself. I don’t know when or where I first encountered this product, but I’ve been using this product for years. And, recently, I’ve been … Continue reading
Highlighting Ten Radical Women
Over the course of my life thus far, I’ve had the opportunity to meet some incredible people. There are too many to name and some of them are simply nameless. And, of course, I have met amazing men and women; and animals and forces that move on their own accord. However, I would like to … Continue reading
Lindsay Kolasa 