LunarMusings

Thankful

"The Landscape That Calls Me"  by Elena Rego

I spoke to Leslie on skype today and she asked me to give her 5 things I was thankful for.  I was all caught up in my busy - ness and couldn't really even think of 5 that were even remotely substantial. 

So here, in honor of Thanksgiving, a holiday I absolutely love, I give you a list.  My list, of what I give thanks for this year.

Friends

Discovery

Truth

Good Food

Opportunity

Color

Art

Solitude

Individuation

Bonds

Family

Commitment

Music

Letting go

Living

Choice

My age

Art

My camera

Words

Freedom

Freedom

Twinkly lights on the house

Fireplaces

Purity

Maui

Idyllwild

Long Beach

Movement

The sway of my hips

Self employment

Mountain air

Distinct seasonal change

Bloglandia

Books

Community

Small ponds

Practice

Red convertible sports cars

Love

Audacity

Will

The ability to start over again

Yawning

Warm fluffy beds

Sleeping in

Sisterhood

Magic

Yes

Please, share your list here.  I would love to read them!

A Moment Of Ignition

You know those moments when all things just coalesce into one big restless outpouring?  I'm having that right now.  And what follows is a frenzied list of stream of consciousness words... a list of what is swirling within and driving me into a dangerously delicious direction.

*Passion*

*Balls to the wall*

*HardCore*

*Unleashed*

*SexOnFire*

*Hot*

*Heat*

*Intent*

*Yes*

*Longing*

*Desire*

*Depth*

*Intensity*

*Wild*

*Abandon*

*Wanton*

*Fever*

*Free*

*Free*

*Free*

*Unfettered*

*Emotion*

*Released*

*Re-Membered*

*A-Maze*

*A-mazing*

*Amazed*

*Boundless*

*Heavy*

*Storming*

*Dangerous*

*Potent*

*Potent*

*Potent*

*Unwavering*

*Living In My World Now*

*Yes*

*Daring*

*Audacity*

*Shit Ya*

*Timeless*

*Seen*

*Watch Me*

*Flight*

*Raw*

*Cracked Open*

*Slip Stream*

*Movement*

*Revolution*

*Sacred*

*Carnal*

*Met By Me*

*Free Fall*

*Do It*

*Fuck Regret*

*Embrace It*

*Embrace It All*

*Just Beginning*

*Prolific*

*Eternal*

*Expansive*

*Vast*

*Naked*

*Revealed*

*True*

*Dangerous*

"I am forever... time me."

~The SexOnFire reference above was about the song by Kings Of Leon.  The song came up on a girlfriends Facebook page and it played into the mix of the storm within perfectly.  The song and this guys voice is hot... check out the video here.

Wellness Wednesday: Words To Evoke Wellness

Community

Tea

Cool mountain breezes

Lentil soup

The color mauve

YES

Rumi

Running into a friend at the grocery store

Festive squirrels

Poetry

Starting at the beginning... again

Forgiveness

Lists

Empty journals just waiting for the story, the image, the truth

Art

Quiet time alone

Be well this week!

Wellness Wednesday: Things That Sustain

Sisterhood

Cracking Thunder

Hard cleansing rain

Art

Truth

Tearful embraces

Lentil Soup to soothe grieving souls

Silence

Nightfall

Touch

Connection

Stories

Maui

This photo is for Leslie Love.  I stumbled upon this coral rock while beachcombing and instantly thought of her and sent her a sand bucket full of love from Ho'okipa beach! 

So...  We fly back to California tomorrow.  *sigh*  I have much to look forward to when we return, but leaving here is proving to be very bitter sweet for me.  So as I sit here on this deck for the last time this trip I am marinating in the juiciness that has been this entire month of June.  Below is just a smidgen of the luscious living we have done this month.

Cerulean blue ocean
Snorkeling
Swimming with a turtle
Eels!
Beach combing
Moana's Cafe
Little Beach
Drum Circle
Photo shoot
Dangerous lunch with a revolutionary new friend
Paia
Kihei
The road to Hana
Driving along the North end of Maui
Catching up on movie dates nights with my Love
Getting more adept at using my camera!
Reading Journal of a Solitude
Working on my lovely tan
The wild roosters and chickens randomly crossing country roads
Sunrise at Haleakala
Black stone beach
Red sand beach
Sadhana practice with an Ocean view
Yoga
Nightly Lahaina sunsets - the most glorious I have ever seen in my life
Countless rainbows
The smell of plumeria in the air
Sweet Geckos chirping into the night
Little zippy red BMW Z3 convertible
Color... magnificent explosive color, everywhere I lookArboretums
Water falls
Amazing art galleries with some really really great art
Milagros nachos
Joy's Cafe in Kihei
Tasting Ono fish and really liking it
Road side Thai food - by far the best meal I have had here in Maui
Guava juice
Several hundred new freckles on my body
Sexy newly tanned Beloved
Finding the Sugar Mill Ruins
Body feeling juicy and alive while it soaked up the tropical air
Spending the entire month wearing as little as possible
Dropping some weight effortlessly.. my bathing suit is now to big on me!
Having dinner with Linda's friends
Getting to meet up with Linda H from California while she was here
Doing Tarot readings while gazing out at the ocean

Last and most important is the potent connection to Lakshmi and Yemaya that has pulsed through me in the most revolutionary way while here in the middle of the Pacific Ocean.

Namaste.

Wellness Wednesday: Whats Feeding Me Now

 

~Walking outside
~Making friends in the community
~Weaving
~Lentils and Rice
~Neck massages
~Fire red
~ribbons of color
~hot hot baths with Cedar oil in it
~Sisterhood
~the mystery within
~accountability
~Wellness Buddy
~Sahasrara Im...
~More lentils...
~My Beloved
~The Dance
~The Fool
~Stretching my mid back
~Drawing
~Patty Griffin
~Wearing turquoise
~Smoothies
~Being measured with my money
~Looking deeper inside
~Possibility
~Deep breathing
~Daily Sadhana practice
~making lists
~the one lone dread in my hair
~the way Tucker moans in pleasure as he burrows himself into bed
~Skype dates
~Self facing
~Truth telling
~the sounds of the birds, crickets and frogs that have miraculous appeared after a quiet and cold Winter.

Whats feeding your mind, heart, body and soul right now?

Perfect today...

~Tazo calm tea

~skyping with friends

~the sound of a pencil traveling across paper

~iTunes playlists

~cold weather

~yummy scarves

~art

~jelly pens

~my Beloved's goatee brushing up against my cheek

~restless doggies that want to play play play

~making journals for a living

~buddy systems

~support circles that form out of the blue

~knitting

~a sky light covered in snow

~my altar

~Queen of Swords

~freedom

~ease

~the alchemy taking place within me at this very moment

What perfect in your day today?

5-a-day Meme

 

The lovely Leah tagged me for the 5-a-day meme, and here it is, one day late!

5 things I do to stay mentally healthy:

1.  Bath Time

    I have been taking baths, and only baths since I was a sophmore in college.  I had a friend that had moved into an old house that didn't have a shower head and shared with me that it had become an amazing ritual for her every evening.  Since that moment I just shifted and adopted the ritual.  The only time I shower is if I'm somewhere that doesn't have a bath tub.  Its become one of the most important rituals of my day.  After massaging 5-10 people in a day, coming home and washing off the day is critical.  But even still, now, coming into a dimly lit bathroom and just existing in hot scented water.  Its how my day comes to a close and all the things that I need to let go of and put to rest happen. 

2.  Cooking

    This is another passion of mine that is like a meditation.  The chopping, the aromas, the deliciousness that results from mixing all the wonderful earth bounty... heaven.  Its always a time in my day where things quiet down, and I get to recalibrate back to mindfullness and create in a manner that feels like alchemy.

3.  Meditate

    When I stop doing this on a regular basis everything seems to clog up. 

4.  Journal

    Since I was 4 years old I've kept a journal.  I'm an external processor, and this has always been essential for me.  I do it when I need to, which is often, and have never had to keep a schedule or attempt to be disciplined about it.  Its like breathing for me.

5.  Alone Time

    This is how I recharge.  I'm an introvert, which means that although I love being social and hanging out with the people I love, and have always worked with people, I need quiet alone time to recharge and keep it all going .  I know that its part of the reason that Baths work so much for me (see number 1). 

Ok so let me here from you.  I'm going to tag 5, and if you want feel free to respond and leave a note here in teh comment section!

1.Maddie

2.  Leslie

3.  Connie

4.  Nita

5.  Michelle

   

What if...

you just let go?

we let what is failing fail?

we let those around us have their lives unfold the way it needs to?

you just said no?

you just said yes?

it just doesn't ever get predictable?

the answers never come?

you really just rocked it?

love demands that you be given more then you could have ever possibly imagined?

its actually ok?

you told your story in a different way?

you let go of the labels you have been carrying since childhood?

the love that is beside you now is actually bigger then you are allowing yourself to admit?

life is easier then you think it is?

freedom and ease were a choice?

you were truly as beautiful as those around you already know you to be?

it was all magic?

the dark night of the soul was actually longer then just one night?

it was going to be ok anyways?

you just let it all go and stopped?

you stopped thinking you could or should or would control it all?

we all just sat down wherever we were, right now, in this moment and just took a deep clean mindful breath and received it?

we all just lived from a place of YES?

Giving Thanks

1.   My family/tribe
2.   Sisterhood
3.   Hot chocolate
4.   Cold cozy mornings under the covers
5.   Cooking
6.   A dog's wet nose
7.   A cat's purr in my ear
8.   Art
9.   Love
10. My Beloved
11. Fallen leaves
12.  Rain
13.  Freedom
14.  Ease
15.  Health
16.  Hot baths
17.  Making out
18.  Rituals
19.  Hand me downs
20.  Wishes coming true
21.  Silence
22.  My hands
23.  Idyllwild
24.  Dancing
25.  Cameras with nice lenses
26.  My MacBook Pro
27.  Giggles
28.  Eft
29.  Snail Mail
30.  6:46 AM
31.  Raging fireplaces
32.  Coyotes coming for a visit
33.  Chippy the Chipmunk and the laughter he inspired
34.  Romance
35.  Partnership
36.  Music
37.  Pandora Radio
38.  My ipod
39.  Choice
40.  Intention
41.  Hot tea on a Fall morning
42.  Children
43.  Magic
44.  A smooth pen
45.  Blank pages
46.  Discovery
47.  Breaking rules
48.  Trust
49.  Therapy
50.  Miracles
51.  Money
52.  New ways
53.  New stories
54.  Left turns
55.  Change
56.  Healing
57.  Skype
58.  Game night
59.  Slumber parties
60.  Dancing around the table
61.  Vegan mashed potatoes
62.  The curve of his neck
63.  Superfoods
64.  Letting go
65.  Saying YES!
66.  Believing
67.  Being deeply touched
68.  Movies
69.  The scent of sap
70.  Sex
71.  Falling asleep to the sound of heavy rain
72.  Teachers and guides
73.  Nebulas, galaxies and star searching
74.  Clear night skies
75.  Crowded homes
76.  Layering
77.  Chocolate
78.  Collaboration
79.  Truth
80.  Risk
81.  Life
82.  New connections
83.  Serendipity
84.  Vodka and Blood Orange Soda
85.  Garlic
86.  Fresh, glossy magazines
87.  A new day
88.  Barack Obama
89.  Hope
90.  Gifts
91.  Deep breathing
92.  India
93.  37
94.  The books that are waiting
95.  Dreams
96.  Endless possibilites
97.  My woman's body
98.  Mystery
99.  Stretching
100.  La Luna