by nelle | Jan 18, 2022 | Astrology, Buddhist Teaching, Healing, Nature, Self-Compassion, Time to Dream
I did not go out to see the moon last night as I usually do. Rather I stayed in my warm, comfortable home and felt it stirring in my bones. It seemed to evoke a going within energy, nurturance, and quiet this month – a pull from its Cancerian crabshell to...
by nelle | Nov 21, 2021 | Buddhist Teaching, Cancer, Healing, Self-Compassion
As we shift from summer to fall each year I can feel November approaching with weight and a stirring of restlessness. The weight of longer nights and dark skies, cooler air and a deep craving for sun-kissed skin to return already. This time of year marks the...
by nelle | Aug 20, 2021 | Buddhist Teaching, Healing, Nature
It’s evening, and I’ve come to a lovely little rock island, clad in spruce and cedar. Someone’s used it as a campsite before, but not for a long time. The moss and lichens are untrampled, the tent site sprouted with bunchberry and sarsparilla. Next...
by nelle | Jun 21, 2021 | Buddhist Teaching, Healing, Nature, The Sea
Be the ocean. Be ever changing, but always the same. Be simple and transparent with an entire world deep down inside full of odd and interesting creatures. Be calm, be still, but let yourself get wild and lost in a storm from time to time. Have many homes, on many...
by nelle | Dec 18, 2020 | Addiction, Buddhist Teaching, Healing, Self-Compassion
The Hungry Ghost begins to lose its power when met with compassion. – Tara Brach I have seen the Hungry Ghost. It has knocked on my door, disheveled and distant, speaking in unintelligible tongues. I have felt the Hungry Ghost lurking in my heart, crouching there...
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