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+ Intuitive Session – Special Price $100

Buds of new growth surround us! I will be offering a special price for intuitive sessions March 8 – 19th in honor of the Spring Equinox. Sessions will be $100 (regularly $125.) Let’s have some fun!

adapted from a ken brown piece “peace please”

Writing Circle with Allison Fragakis in Marin, CA

My friend Allison is leading a writing circle class this spring. I have been to one of her sessions and had a really good time. If you are interested in exploring your writing in a fun and non-judgmental environment, I suggest taking her class.

THE WRITING CIRCLE: My Pen is My Friend!
Led by Allison Sarubin Fragakis

Wednesdays 11 am to 1 pm, April 21-May 26
310 West Baltimore Ave, Larkspur 94939
Cost for 6 week series: $75 – register

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+ Current Tip – Full Moon in Virgo

Sunday, February 28, 2010 Create a Healing Altar for yourself – images and objects that make you feel healthy and happy. Here’s a snippet of mine for 2010 – looks like I will be indulging in some beautiful views, oceans, walking, alone time, hugging, massage, flower oggling, eating copious amounts of colorful veggies and gardening. I can live with that!

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Life is in the Making

photo: Lou Preston

My friend Francesca sent me this image of her mom Susan on their family farm. There are so many things I love about this image, but the thing that struck me the most was how present she seems and the way she is holding this other being – with reverence & awe. How can we hold the wild, tender parts of ourselves? of the people around us? of our children? Susan is a busy woman. She is an artist, as well as an integral part of the family business. And yet, here she is. Taking the time to hold and appreciate this miracle of life.

After I completed my last intuitive session today, I asked for a personal message from the Universe. It responded with this, Life is in the Making. We tend to spend more time concerned with “making it” than we do enjoying it. Our thoughts tend to inhabit the future or the past, rather than the present. We know that our Life is happening NOW but we rarely appreciate that fact. Today, can you allow yourself to enjoy the present? Enjoy the making, the creating, and the living…

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The Principles of Reiki

I took a Reiki class when I was living in Vail Colorado for the summer, at the ripe old age of 29 – almost 10 years ago. As my 39th birthday approaches, I tend to look back and review what I was doing 10 years before. That summer in Colorado turned into the most wondrous journey of self-discovery. (Traveling can have that effect on people!) I lived in a VW Vanagan with my raft guide boyfriend & his dog Mojo.  I loved it. I felt as if I was living out a childhood fantasy – living in Barbie’s Dream Van.

We camped every night in the National forests surrounding Vail and each morning my boyfriend would park the van at the trailhead across from the Rafting Company where he worked. I would wake up early and head out for hours and hours of hiking with the dog. I spent my days exploring Vail, rafting, learning to kayak, painting by rivers and letting life lead the way. I also read a ton. The libraries in Vail were beautiful and I spent countless hours following my interests, one book leading into the next. It was during this summer that I discovered the work of Edgar Cayce. (If you do not know who he is, he was rad – often referred to as the “sleeping prophet”.) I also had my first Astrology Reading from a fellow in Boulder, which was enlightening. It was in that reading that he affirmed I would meet a mentor, and that mentor would most likely be an older woman. At the time, I thought it would be in web design but it turned out to be in a more magical realm. I met Mary Swanson within the year and my first intuitive session with her changed my life forever.

Follow your own lead, my friends. Follow your passion, your interests, your desires. They will never steer you wrong. Though a never practiced Reiki, I love the principles outlined on BodyTalkTahoe by Brooke Butler.

• Just for today, do not worry.
• Just for today, do not get angry.
• Honor your parents, teachers, and elders.
• Earn your living honestly.
• Show gratitude to everything.

She also quoted John Muir.

“Tug on anything at all and you’ll find it connected to everything else in the universe.”

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Garden Spells by Sarah Addison Allen

FOOD MAGIC GARDENING LOVE RENEWAL and an Apple Tree

I love good story telling – stories that transport you to another world, open you up to new possibilities, and inspire a shift in perspective. I also love to be entertained. I love intrigue and the irresistible lure to *find out what happens next*. The best stories are the ones that stay with me…. that keep me up at night, thinking about the characters, mulling over the action, wondering what they will do next. I have been watching a lot of movies and series lately and was lamenting the lack of reading. Garden Spells has been sitting on my bedside table for well over a month. I decided last night to pick it up – so glad I did. It is a magical, delightful and quick read. If you need to get back into reading and love magic, check it out. You might also want to check out the author’s website.

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Current New Moon!

New Moon in Aquarius – Print this for your  St. Valentines Altar! Don’t forget to put your name on it!

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Happy St. Valentine’s Day

As with most modern holidays & celebrations, the roots are in pagan traditions. I loved what I found on this website about St. Valentines Day:

The history of Valentine’s Day and its patron saint is shrouded in mystery. But we do know that February has long been a month of romance. St. Valentine’s Day, as we know it today, contains vestiges of both Christian and ancient Roman tradition.

Today’s celebration of Valentine’s Day grew out of a tradition that began many years ago in ancient Rome. A Roman feast of Lupercalia was celebrated on February 15. This ancient festival involved the celebration of fertility and honored two Roman gods, Juno and Pan. One of the conventions of this occasion called for young maidens to write love messages. The messages were placed in a large urn and then drawn out by unmarried men who courted the fair maidens whose messages they had chosen.

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Happy Lunar Imbolc

The first new moon after Imbolc is the Lunar Imbolc. Time to make some wishes people! Imbolc is one of the four fire festivals of nature-based spiritual traditions. At this time we welcome the sun again, we make wishes for the highest good, and we celebrate the beginnings of spring. Here is Northern California, the blossoms are opening every where. Cut a branch and put it on your family altar. Beauty is every where. Enjoy!

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Happy Chinese New Year!

Feb. 14th Golden Year of the Tiger

Celebrate the New Year! It is also the tradition that every family thoroughly cleans the house to sweep away any ill-fortune in hopes to make way for good incoming luck. Windows and doors will be decorated with red colour paper-cuts and couplets with popular themes of “happiness”, “wealth”, and “longevity”.