I just enjoyed another weekend at our Rocking X Ranch in the Sierra Ancha mountains of Arizona. The time in nature always relaxes my body and mind, and leaves plenty of room for my soul to speak and to listen. My favorite sound is the wind through the Ponderosa pines, that sounds like the ocean. My favorite feeling this time …
Reclaiming our common sense
I see a funny figure in this Sand Spirit image– a dog or weasel standing on two legs,with its head in profile, looking to the left and showing us a huge black left eye. Do you see this? Its body has a stone at the waist or midpoint and another one near the feet. This seems to be a very …
Lessons from nature
This weekend I was at the Rocking X Ranch, having my own retreat with my husband. Across the creek from this group of chairs is a long and wide patch of blackberry bushes, partly visible in this photo. The blackberries were ripe, and so of course we picked all we could reach. I always learn from picking blackberries. Here were …
Getting ready for fall
It doesn’t feel at all like fall yet in Tucson, but they tell us that the fall equinox is Wednesday, September 22. This marks the beginning of fall in the northern hemisphere. So I drew a Sand Spirit card, asking the question in the title: how do I best get ready for fall? I drew card #1, which looks to …
Turning over a new leaf
I’m listening again to Ekhart Tolle’s The Power of Now, and remember why it’s such a classic. It is so dense and full of truth, that if I could implement 1/10 of it, I know my life would change. Of course I love the points he makes about seeing, since that’s what my own interest is. We don’t usually stop …
How Sand Spirits Reveal Your Personal Myth
I love using the Sand Spirit Insight cards to reveal a personal myth that might give you insight into a theme in your own life. Choose three cards from the pile face down, or just think of three numbers between 1 and 36 and pick those. I chose #33, #16 and #11. From a completely intuitive place, use the three …
Is this a reflection of you?
Are you familiar with fractals? This flower might not technically qualify, but it’s close. We can look at the whole thing and say it’s a flower. Then if we look at each section, it’s made of…miniature flowers. Flowers within flowers. Other more “exact” fractals might include a cauliflower. Mini-worlds. That’s what fractals remind me of. The macro and the micro. …
What do you see in this Sand Spirit?
Today I drew this Sand Spirit, and had this dialogue with it. First, I asked, “Who are you?” And I “heard” it answer, “I am a reflection of your essence, which is similar to the essence of every human, but also unique.” “And why, out of all the images I could have chosen, did I choose you today?” I asked. …
Remember Why You Long to Fly
When we were in Costa Rica last month, I had some heavy things on my mind. Despite the fact that we were so fortunate, despite the profusion of juicy jungle life all around us, I was burdened. (I’m probably not the only one who has had things changing, falling apart and challenging me lately!) So my vacation To Do list …
Seeing the spirits of nature
Have you seen sand spirits like this? Surely you’ve walked on a beach where the iron filings leave streaks in the sand. And where the tide reveals shells and rocks that sit perched on top of the pattern like a head on top of a robe. Have you imagined that these faceless robed ones are spirits? If you’ve seen my …
