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December
Full Moon (Introduction)
Listen
inside you
For the rhythm of your heart
Let it guide the dance
I must stay awake
To be the master of joy
I call and it comes
Dance joy with each step
Now - no other place to be
Only time there is
What's Happening?
These days I feel a little like I am going 30 mph on an
expressway with cars whizzing past me at 80 mph. There is an impulse to
speed up but a greater wisdom keeps my foot off the accelerator. Perhaps
it is the impending solstice and deepening darkness or the Earth Mother
herself whispering in my ear that keeps me moving in this slow dream-like
dance. Yet it may be the greater cycles of time and shifting of the ages
that are eliciting what feels like an instinctual release of all that
is racing by me. Where is it all going so fast?
The trees are not running and even the wind spends most
of its time just playing with only short bursts of rearranging the landscape.
I think I have stepped out of a story that says, "there is somewhere
to go other than here and I must get there fast." What a strange
story!
Winter solstice is traditionally a time of storytelling.
What stories are you ready to step out of?
Sorting through stories
Around the campfire of soul
Good fuel for the flames
Upcoming Workshops
The last fall Dancing with the Music of the Spheres
Mystery School offering will be Mirrors of the Soul on
December 7th. See the Workshops page on
my web site for more information.
Workshops scheduled for spring will focus on the application
of shamanic methods to living in a more authentic and heart-full way.
The Shaman knows how to walk between the worlds and across dimensions
to retrieve wisdom for self-mastery and healing, and to live everyday
life fully. Today each of us is being called to become the shaman in our
own lives.
March 7th will be Shamanic Tools for Everyday Living,
April 4th will be Shamanic Tools for Healing, and May 2nd
will be Shamanic Tools for Self-Mastery. These will be offered
from 1-5 PM in Victor, NY. See the Workshops
page on my web site for more information.
Mirrors of the Soul
Four ways to look more deeply
Into my essence
Ritual
Burden Bundles - On the full moon, December
8th, begin a process of looking at what old beliefs, stories, and patterns
you are ready to release. From a pile of small sticks, select a stick
for each thing you wish to release. Write what you are releasing on a
small strip of paper and wind it around the stick taping or tying it in
place. As you accumulate sticks, tie them together in a bundle and carry
them with you everywhere. The bundle represents the burden of old stuff
that you are expending energy to carry around with you everyday. Continue
this process for two weeks. On December 22, the Winter Solstice, burn
the sticks in a fire, releasing all the burdens you have been carrying
so you can start the new sun cycle fresh on December 23, which is also
the new moon.
With sacred intent
Lay your burden in the fire
Releasing the past
Solstice fire burns
Old stories release their hold
As flames transform them
Meditation Exercise
Table of Wholeness - A powerful way to unity
consciousness is to invite all parts of yourself to the table. This meditation
creates a space for wholeness to gather. Get in a comfortable position
and take a few deep breaths to center yourself and relax. Imagine a space
that feels comfortable to you - it might be a place in nature, a campfire,
a cottage in the woods, or any space where a number of people could sit
in a circle. Imagine sitting there and call all parts of yourself to come
sit with you. There may be a wise one, children of various ages, the inner
parents, or inner masculine and feminine. There are aspects you like and
ones you don't. Once everyone is seated, ask if there is any other part
of yourself not present that would like to be there and invite that part
to come in and sit down. Sit in silence together, feeling the power of
the circle connecting you all in wholeness. You might imagine some food
that feels nourishing to you being passed around so everyone is fed. Then
ask if anyone wishes to speak. If so, pass a talking stick and listen
to whoever speaks. If not, simply sit awhile together. Thank everyone
for coming and being a part of you.
Calling all aspects
To the table of wholeness
Everyone's welcome
This
Month's Article
Weaving and Mending the Fabric of
Life
by Linda Heron Wind, Ph.D.
I heard a quote once that said, "The universe is not
made up of atoms, it is made up of stories." Something about that
feels so true and the awareness tucked within its vibration has been unfolding
within me. This is the information that has come to me about how stories
are woven into our lives and how to free the stories to shift consciousness.
Click here for the full article.
If
you have comments on this newsletter or ideas for future topics, call
Linda Heron Wind
at (585) 924-5620 or send e-mail to LHWind@aol.com.
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