Wearing Masks

I like masks.  Not the made in China, you can’t breathe through them, Halloween kind from the store at Halloween, but beautiful Mardi Gras masks and hand crafted fantastical masks used in ritual and ceremony, masks made by craftswo/men who put a little bit of magic into them and that can take you to another…

Fun House Mirror

It’s truly impossible to see or know all aspects of ourselves because we can’t be impartial, kinda by definition. People and situations hold up mirrors for us so we can see who we are and the ramifications of our actions more clearly.  Not perfectly, but it’s a great tool we should be…looking into.  Ahem.  Moving…

When You See The Change

I was reading something recently where supposedly we don’t see ourselves changing.  Part of me was nodding. This is why people get measured and weighed before working with a personal trainer, take before pictures then start their diet, and keep a pair of “I want to fit into those again” jeans around. We don’t see…

The Morrigan Video Meditation

Continuing my series showing how to merge spiritual experience, guided meditations and physical locations, I’ve posted a guided meditation based on The Morrigan from Táin Bó Cúailnge and Táin Bó Regamon. Describing a Warrior’s responsibility to Choose their actions wisely. Filmed on the Deschutes River in Bend, OR. Enjoy.  

Testing A Healing Practice

It’s not uncommon for people to have a double standard when it comes to traditional and alternative healing practices. With regular medicine we demand efficacy. We’re not going to do something that isn’t going to work and we want to know that it works up front before we engage with it. When it comes to…

Karma Is Not The Bad Guy

Most people from Western culture countries have a nominal understanding of Karma which simplifies it down to a check and balance system.  There seems to be no positive Karma in that there’s no way you can have so many positive Karma points that doing something negative is unremarkable.  Karma is seen as negative and something…