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These things touched my heart this week

by ingrid on March 25, 2011

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Heaven Can You Hear Us

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“In the heart of a human being,
emptiness becomes love.
When we touch that Source,
instantly the love is present.
Literally, the divine becomes human
and the human becomes divine.”
~ Adyashanti

 Wishing you a weekend of love, Ingrid

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Glimpses ~ September photos and poems

by ingrid on September 21, 2010

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Today I awoke

into a poem.

Everywhere I look,

another verse emerging.

Glint of sun, shimmering leaf,

dusty road along the woodlands.

 

 

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If I feel a moment of sadness,
I will allow myself to feel sadness.

If I feel a moment of merriment,

I’ll give thanks for this as well.

 

 

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It seems that I
can do nothing

to stop this poem

from unfolding.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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I wrote the above poem as I was beginning to feel a new energy flow into my life.  Rose has been away at college for a few weeks, and I must admit I built much of my world around her (and Jonah and Bella.)  As with a break-up or separation, it’s quite an unravelling- quite an adjustment in the Mothering journey to have a child venture from the nest.  She seems to be doing very well.  And I am doing much better.  In the first week I was surprised by how I would be overcome with emotion at any moment.  There was no sense in repressing this- it felt very necessary and life affirming to let it move through my body.  With the poem below, I invite you- I offer tender permission- to let some of your own sorrows out.

 

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Sometimes We Must Let the Weeping Come,

 

to bring its soft relief

like a dry summer’s rain;

a small brook flowing

amid the reaching ferns.

 

Sometimes to confess

the sadness we’ve been holding
makes way for a lightness again,

or at least the hint of an opening.

 

If the heart, like a cup, is too full,

we must spill some sorrows out ~

to make room for the possible gift

of something new, or fresh, or healing.

 

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WOMEN’S RETREAT ON MARTHA’S VINEYARD ~ November 12-14th 2010

If you are longing for a weekend of renewal, refreshment, inquiry, sisterhood, and a lot of wonderfulness in between, check out this women’s retreat that I will be co-facilitating with Anne Colangeli and MJ Bindu Delekta.  We will gather at MJ’s Sacred Circle of Yoga, and allow the weekend to unfold as it will, depending on what our hearts yearn for.

Connect to your deepest self through yoga, poetry, laughter, play and relaxation…

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Rainy Day Inspiration

by ingrid on February 22, 2009

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Here is an example of a vision board/joy altar… eye candy and a lovely project for a winter’s day.  (Not only that, but folks swear by the power these hold when made with intention. ) I made some once with children and we called them “Happy Folders.”  And here is a link to a wonderful free e-book on making your own vision board.  It is produced by an extremely talented musician and creativity coach, Christine Kane.  I love her music, her blog, her beautiful energy.

My eyes are hungry for color in the wintertime, and I find myself gluing lots of beautiful pictures and quotations into a book to refer to whenever I need a boost.  I’ve found it is perfect bedtime reading!cimg1833

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Here is a link to a great art-journaling blog  for some fun inspiration.

And, while we’re snuffing out wonderful free content for rainy day inspiration, this looks like a beautiful e-book: The Awakened Woman’s Guide to Life.  It’s 90 pages, overflowing with wisdom and practical guidance for living an awakened life in a  challenging world. You’ll find it in the right hand column when you visit Jan Lundy’s  really beautiful awake is good blog .

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