Winds of Change
New
vision and inspiration for the journey.
A Mystery School Newsletter
from Linda Heron Wind published on each Full Moon
September 2005 Full Moon Newsletter
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September Full Moon in Pisces - (Sept 17, 2005 - 10:01 PM Eastern Daylight Time)
Harmony is love
For the opposites within,
Differences outside
The Pisces Full Moon brings us into awareness of deep feelings that we often wish to escape. Yet we can soothe these feelings with quiet and with water. When we do, a doorway opens to a deeper awareness of what is truly alive both within and around us. With the intensity of energy in general and the multitude of solar flares right now, sitting by the water or in it is a salve for our jangled body systems. Take the time to connect with nature and water in particular during this full moon.
We are moving toward the Fall Equinox next week on September 22nd and
must honor its movement within us. As the leaves change color and fall
from trees and bright blossoms of summer begin to fade, look closely within
you to find what needs to be released. Perhaps it is something completed
or old patterns now ready to be composted. Whatever you find that does
not feed the life you wish to live, now is the time for cleaning house,
both the inner and the outer house.
Sparkling waters
Reflecting the sun's light and mine
Mirroring what is real
I'm moving forward
Inch by inch I clear away
Keeping what feeds me
UPCOMING FALL WORKSHOPS AND CAMPS
Emotional Education for Parents and Children
Facilitated by Linda Heron Wind
You probably never went to school to learn about the purpose of your emotions, how they can be effectively expressed, and what they can teach you. If you are like most people you learned about your emotions from your parents who didn't know any more than you did. This usually results in a variety of ineffective ways of responding to your emotions that go all the way from stuffing them to projecting them onto others. Wouldn't it be nice if you and your children could learn together how to work with emotions in a way that enhances family relationships and promotes good emotional skills in everyday life? That is exactly what this series of classes is about. In 4 sessions of 2 hours each you will acquire the knowledge and practical skills that will provide a solid foundation for your family to work effectively with the emotions that surface in everyday living.
Using stories, role playing, self control techniques, and problem solving skills, parents and their children will learn to identify, express, learn from, and resolve their emotions as well as how to respond in helpful ways to the emotions of others.
Outline
- Recognizing emotions in ourselves and in others
- Techniques for working with emotions in the family
- Tools for self-control
- Distinguishing between emotions and behaviors
- Expressing emotions
- What we can learn from our emotions
- What to do with the energy of emotion
- Identifying and handling emotional triggers
- When to hide your feelings
- Using problem solving and thinking aloud to address emotions
WHEN: Sundays, Oct 23, 30, Nov 6, 13 from 4-6PM.
WHERE: in the Victor area
COST: $180 per family for all 4 sessions or $50 per individual
session
Email LHWind@aol.com or call 585-924-5620
if you are interested in being part of that group.
Dancing into the Darkness - Jaguar Dreaming Lodge September 23-25,
2005
Facilitated by Linda Heron Wind
If we are to survive on this sweet Earth and move into the predicted time of love and peace, we must learn to be the conscious dreamers of our lives and our world. Shamans have known how to dream the world and jaguar teaches us the secrets that the darkness holds. Together we will make our dream masks, call on the jaguar and dance into the darkness to bring these ancient wisdom ways more fully into our lives. Join us as we dance, create ceremony and sacred art, and ride the jaguar into the darkness.
WHEN: Friday, September 23, 2005 (6 PM) to Sunday, Septenber 25,
2005 (noon)
WHERE: Shequaga
COST: $120 (limited to 15 women and men) $15 extra for non-CIRCLE
members -- All meals provided
REGISTER BY: September 9 with a deposit of $60 to CIRCLE
Shequaga is a beautiful 50 acres with creeks, waterfalls, pond, woods, and open fields owned by CIRCLE in the southern tier of NY about 50 minutes south of Rochester. A turtle shaped building houses kitchen, showers, healing room, craft room and an indoor labyrinth. Tent camping with some platforms, and great vegetarian cuisine create a great environment for living in close relationship to the Earth and her rhythms.
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More details on Camps and Workshops are available on the Workshops page of this website or the CIRCLE website www.circleinc.org.
Releasing with Leaves - I remember as a kid going out to gather colorful leaves and dipping them in paraffin to preserve their beauty, or gathering them up for a bonfire. Go out during this full moon to gather some leaves. Give some serious thought to what you need to clear away within you that does not feed the life you want to live. Find a leaf or two for each thing and by the light of the full moon, name those things, one by one, and put a leaf in a pile outside or in a pan or bucket (or cauldron for Harry Potter fans). When the moon rises, set it on fire and sing or tone while they burn.
Leaves falling from trees
Fuel for the fire that burns
Away old patterns
Meditation Exercise
Looking for What is Alive - Get yourself in a comfortable position and take a few deep breaths. You might want to summon a guide or animal helper to make this journey with you. Imagine that you are going through a doorway. Once through, look around and see what is there, then look for the next doorway. Do the same in that room and keep going through these doorways until you are in the center of yourself and there are no more doorways. Ask what is truly alive there and see what appears. You must ask like you really want to know. Stay focused and completely open in surrender to what is there, until you are aware of what is singing and dancing within you, what it is that shines with its own light. When you find it, if it feels right, merge with it or talk to it to become aware of how you can nurture and feed this seed growing within you.
I travel within
Moving through door after door
Seeking aliveness
Seasons of Change
As I was watching the leaves fall from the trees the other day, I began to reflect on the losses in my life so far this year. In early spring our old cat died and then in early summer, my best friend of 30 some years died. Now in early fall, our older dog just passed. Of course, we have also had new arrivals, like the unexpected foal born in April. There seems to be a lot of coming and going this year in my life, and, I suspect, in many peoples lives. Someone suggested that it might be a sign of my age, but I believe that it has a bit to do with the increase in the speed of time and the amazing transformational process that is taking place on Earth.
Earth has always been the place to be if one needs to learn more about
letting go and non-attachment. Her seasons are full of movement and change
- some things coming into physical form and some things leaving it.
Snow melts and evaporates only to fall again as rain and be carried to
the ocean or taken in and transformed by a plant. One thing changes to
another and then another in large and small cycles - spiral dances that
wind their way through the elements, kingdoms, and species, through the
seasons and years with no beginning and no end.
So even with such large losses this year, it is somehow comforting to
feel this ancient rhythm moving in my life. It is also interesting that
because the drumbeat is faster these days and change is accelerated, it
is easier to see that there is a rhythm that directs all that would otherwise
seem quite chaotic. Change is no longer something that occasionally disrupts
our linear existence, it is a constant dance partner that we meet each
morning.
Tsunamis and hurricanes, earthquakes and terrorists - these are also part
of the spiral dance in this time of great change. Refusing to dance is
not an option. We must learn to move with the river and bend in the wind,
surf on the waves and explode with the volcanoes. Our bodies are Earth,
so as long as we are here in physical form, we will rock and roll with
her. Now more than ever is a time for us to spend time in nature and find
a unity with her. Whatever we resist pulls us into conflict and chaos.
When we can become one with the other, tranquility is the result.
I know these are flowery words that are easy to say when you are not in
the midst of a hurricane, but change touches us all each day, no matter
how small or large. Each unexpected event is something we can meet and
say, "Shall we dance?" Great masters were able to do this and
so shall we when all is said and done.
No ending, no beginning
No after, no before
I hold you so close to me
I release you to be so free
For I am within you
And you are in me
For I am within you
And you are in me
(author unknown)
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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