Winds of Change

New vision and inspiration for the journey.
A Mystery School Newsletter from Linda Heron Wind
published on each Full Moon

July Full Moon Newsletter

Contents

moon phases
 

 

July 2004
(Full Moon in Capricorn - July 2 (7:09 AM Eastern Time)

Breathe - inspiration
Take love and joy deep inside
Spirit in body.

Breathe - expiration
Send love and joy back to all
Spirit embodied




What's Happening?

I think I am finally settling into this new time of changes. It is a bit like rafting down an unknown river - there are exquisite places I could not have dreamed up and challenges I would not have expected. More and more I see that the important thing is to enjoy the ride. As we prepare for our first children's Earth School, I am reminded by the song and dance called, Tara Tames the Eight Fears, "The important thing is that you love every single day; that's the way to happiness, that's all I have to say."


Moon in Capricorn is a good time to ask how ritual can serve you. Ritual is the technology of the future. It combines intention with a unification of action, word, thought and feeling. As we learn to use this technology more effectively by increasing its power with our own rising consciousness and by coming together in groups with clear intent, many of our world's problems will fall away. Your part in this is to practice with ritual and increase your own consciousness.

Flowing with the change
The swirling currents moving
Toward unknown futures


Upcoming Workshops

Mastery of Awareness Mystery School is an opportunity to learn and put into practice skills in energy awareness, telepathic communication, soul travel and connecting with Light Beings. Annette Margaret and I will be facilitating this powerful experience.

Awareness resides
In every situation
Waiting to be seen

 

Mother-Daughter Earth School is an opportunity to go to camp with your daughter. Why would you want to do this? We work with emotional awareness and strategies for learning from emotions. When these are practiced within the camp community they are easy to take home. It also creates a unique bonding with you daughter around fun activities of story telling, crafts, and nature awareness. Register now for an amazing experience!

We're awakening to the rabbit and the deer
They teach us to let go of fear
They tell us spirit is always near
We're awakening more each day
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Summer/Fall 2004 programs that I will be facilitating include:

  • July 9-11 Mother-Daughter Earth School for girls 5-11 and mothers or other adult women
  • July 22-25 Mastery of Awareness Mystery School for men and women
  • August 20-22 Parent-Child Earth School for mothers or fathers with sons or daughters
  • September 24-26 Dancing into the Darkness: Entering the Jaguar Dreaming Lodge

These are all held at Shequaga in Dansville near Rochester, NY. Details are available on the Workshops page of this website or the CIRCLE website www.circleinc.org.

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Brooke Medicine Eagle will be in Rochester for the following workshops in the fall (check the CIRCLE website www.circleinc.org for more details):

  • Friday evening Sept.10 in the yurt (Victor)
    An Evening of Harmony - For Yourself and the World!

  • Saturday and Sunday Sept.11-12 at Shequaga (Dansville)
    Healing Ourselves, Healing Our Planet

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Ritual

The Power of Water - Rituals using elements are always powerful as they have been used from the beginning of human time. Water is such an amazing substance. New research shows that it responds to the vibration of written or spoken words, forming beautiful crystals when frozen with words such as love and peace and misshaped asymmetrical crystals with words such as hate or war. Since our bodies are mostly water, I wonder what influence our spoken words have on it.

This ritual is in two parts. On the full moon place a bowl of water in the moon light. If you have a crystal that you want to place in the water to intensify the effect do so. Sit with this bowl and speak into it words that empower you. Tell it your dreams and visions as if they had already happened. After an hour or if you wish you can leave the bowl out until morning, drink the water. You can also offer some back to the Earth, to the plants, animals or bodies of water near you.

Water receives me
Washing away what must leave
Nourishing what stays


Meditation Exercise
Feeding your Soul - Take a few deep breaths and relax. Imagine in your mind the most beautiful place you have ever been. In this place, there are all the things that you could ever want to feed your soul. Look around and see what is there. Explore each thing and allow your soul to savor it. Then take it into your heart.

Notice what seems to feed you the most and ask if it is willing to be more present in your life now. Imagine ways that it can be present daily. Do this with several of the things that feed you the most. Know that you can always access this place in your heart and feed your soul from there if necessary. As you feel all these things in your heart, come back present in your physical body and take a nice deep breath.

A well-fed soul feels joy
In response to being
Present in this life



This Month's Article
What Does Your Soul Eat for Breakfast?

They say that breakfast is the most important meal and I certainly would not think of skipping it. My body seems to need that boost of protein first thing in the morning to get going after a long night's sleep. For some time now, however, I have been feeding my soul breakfast before I feed my body. If I had to choose between the two, I think it would be to feed my soul.

So what does my soul like for breakfast? Some prayer and song for appetizers followed by a little yoga, Qi Gong, and Tai Chi with a side of inspiration and meditation. Different souls, like different physical bodies, seem to thrive on different kinds of food. Some different possibilities might be walking in nature, beauty of any kind, chanting, listening to music, deep sharing with a friend, certain places that feel powerful, ritual, or whatever makes your heart open and your spirit sing. Click here for the full article.

Some Recommended Links for Feeding the Soul:

www.wisdomquests.com
www.crowfieldsanctuary.org
www.natureswisdom.us
www.harmonicpathways.com

 

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.


Check out the article about Circle in the D&C
http://www.democratandchronicle.com/news/02042S35QT0_news.shtml


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