Conversations by the Fire

A Somatic Path Through Resistance and Softening Gratitude... Some days it feels effortless - a state of consciousness, a natural river I can slip into with ease. Like the other morning, when out of nowhere - or at least it felt like nowhere - I stood at my window suddenly aware of how grateful I was simply to be alive. For the breath moving in my lungs. For the colours of the day rising outside my window. For the sense that, somehow, I was in right relation with Life hersel

Have you ever noticed moments when you softened your voice or said “yes” even as your body quietly whispered “no”? Perhaps there are times when your own needs took a back seat in the pursuit of harmony . Tomorrow’s Libra New Moon offers a rare, sacred pause... an invitation to gently explore these patterns, release old tension, and reconnect with the sovereignty of your own soul . This pause is more than a moment of stillness; it is a subtle call to spiritual sovereignty , t

Practices for Balance, Resilience, and Healing Trauma Balance... Regulation... What do these words really mean? How do we live from a place of steadiness while the world keeps spinning, while life continues to rise and fall, expand and contract, glow and dim? These questions have been alive in me lately, personally and in my work with others. Perhaps it’s something about the shift into the darker seasons, when life calls us inward. Or perhaps it’s that so many of us, amidst t

This morning I woke with an ache in my chest, a widening in my heart, and a hush in my bones. What a strange paradox we carry… to ache...

Recently, I spent time in community. It wasn’t just being around people… it was feeling the net of support that community can create....

A Moment for Reflection and Alignment At the threshold of the longest light, I sat by the sea. The tide was soft, the sun warm but not...

Full Moon in Scorpio – May 12, 2025 The moon didn’t let me sleep last night. She called me down and in — into the places I’ve neatly...

I’m living in one place, and dreaming another into being. The walls around me are familiar— marked by years of memory and rhythm. And...

Lying on the sand, the sea breathing before me, I watched the mist roll in — soft, rose-tinted tendrils curling toward me from the...

I arrive— breath held, feet pausing at the threshold, young ones within me peeking out, eyes wide, hearts questioning: Will we be safe? Will we be seen? Will we belong?

Standing here, at the threshold— midpoint, cusp, inhale, exhale— light and dark folded into each other, the pull of what was, the whisper...

In the shadowed hush of moonlight's grace, I stand, bare and boundless, in night's embrace. Ketu's fingers, cool and keen, Trace the...

There was a time when friendships were simple. When the earth beneath my feet was warm and hardbaked, when dust coated my legs as I...

When we think about thriving relationships—whether within a family, partnership, or community—one of the most vital elements is mutual...

Parenting is one of the most profound, yet challenging, journeys we embark upon. At the heart of it lies a deeply scientific yet deeply...

Am I the stories woven in whispers, echoes of a past self lingering like shadows in my bones? Am I the shape of others’ perceptions,...

In the quiet moments, I turn inward, embracing stillness, where whispers of truth rise from within. Holy flame, guide me, lend me the...

In the stillness where shadows sigh, A path unfolds beneath the sky. Soft winds whisper, the forest hums, A call to stillness—here it...

Transitions are the thresholds of our lives. They’re like the quiet moment between the in-breath and the out-breath… that pause where...

Have you ever noticed patterns in your life that seem to repeat? Maybe you find yourself rushing to catch up, acting on someone else’s...