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Winter’s Visitor

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For a variety of reasons, I’ve been contemplating archetypes – especially those about aging.  This post is about some of this reflection:

Once upon a time, I thought winter would bundle me in purple, like the lady who would wear purple when she was old.  Old, though, is always just a few years more than your current age.   On the first snow of the season, I paused to think about my life and future.  Who should appear at the back pond’s edge but the Great Blue Heron, bundled in her grey blue plumage hunched to hold her stance against the brutal wind.

This was the first time, I had observed the Heron in the snow.  She may have been there before many times, but this is the first I  noticed her.  The first time I really saw her was on a Spring day a few years before.   Over the years, she appears at interesting times in my life.   She presented herself so often that I began to note her character.  A few weeks ago, I wrote this short poem and realized, purple is a lovely color to wear whether you are old or not, but as I grow older,  I wish to cultivate the character of the majestic heron! Continue reading

January 28, 2019
Written by: Denyse Le Fever
Musings Stress Reduction Yoga

Keeping the Season Bright in Times of Stress

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So the darkness shall be the light, and the stillness the dancing. – TS Eliot

Come forth into the light of things,
Let Nature be your teacher.
– William Wordsworth

Winter is a season of recovery and preparation.  – Paul Theroux

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December 11, 2017
Written by: Denyse Le Fever
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Discovering Ease with Everyday Magic

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We wait, starving for moments of high magic to inspire us, but life is full of common enchantment waiting for our alchemist’s eyes to notice. – Jacob Nordby

It’s easy to have a sense of magic when you step out of your everyday life and go on retreat or vacation to some place new. Right now, I’m steeped in the aftermath of daily magical moments after spending a week in Ireland. The trip which was aptly named A Mystical Journey in Ireland was organized by Marge Richards  and Amanda Collins. Having these two power houses of Goddess energy guide us to ancient sites like The Hill of Tara, Loughcrew Cairns, Knowth , Uisneach and Brigid’s Well ignited whatever magic was ready to appear.

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July 26, 2017
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Musings

Serendipitous Discoveries

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One of the greatest conflicts in life is the conflict between the  ego and  the soul. The ego is threatened, competitive, and stressed, whereas the soul is drawn more toward surprise, spontaneity, the new and the fresh. Real soul has humor, irony and no obsessive self-seriousness.  

– John  O’Donohue from Anam Cara

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April 26, 2017
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