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Dec. 2023
December and the holiday season can be a challenging time for many folks.
Many find themselves on their own and this can lead to feeling further isolated since society tends to assume that everyone celebrates Christmas and that everyone has family.
So if you are struggling, I hope you are kind to yourself and that you find ways to increase your self care - even if it is just having a nice warm tea or taking a peek out at nature or having a walk looking at the trees or listening to uplifting music.
Please know that someone out there cares and that we are all connected thus you are never alone. ❤️ I send out prayers of love and support to you if wanted.
In line with this, I'm offering a holiday season discount for any session booked before Dec. 31st, you will receive 22% off, or you can book this as a gift for a loved one - gift certificates are available.
December and the holiday season can be a challenging time for many folks.
Many find themselves on their own and this can lead to feeling further isolated since society tends to assume that everyone celebrates Christmas and that everyone has family.
So if you are struggling, I hope you are kind to yourself and that you find ways to increase your self care - even if it is just having a nice warm tea or taking a peek out at nature or having a walk looking at the trees or listening to uplifting music.
Please know that someone out there cares and that we are all connected thus you are never alone. ❤️ I send out prayers of love and support to you if wanted.
In line with this, I'm offering a holiday season discount for any session booked before Dec. 31st, you will receive 22% off, or you can book this as a gift for a loved one - gift certificates are available.
😃 I am really excited to share that I will be providing new online offers weekly for 2023!
Please check out this video for more: www.instagram.com/reel/Cns7rabIj8y/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link
Please check out this video for more: www.instagram.com/reel/Cns7rabIj8y/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link
These offerings will mainly be weekly to help folx find balance keeping in line with the medicine wheel teaching of maintaining balance in all four quadrants of our lives - Spiritual, Emotional, Physical, Intellectual.
So I'll be switching up our gatherings every week and to start there will be:
- Tuesday, January 24th in the evening, there will be a half hour Nature Meditation at 8 p.m.
- Tuesday, January 31st in the evening, I'll be relaunching our Compassionate Inquiry (CI) Support Group. Invite to come out soon.
- Around February 5th I will be offering a Full Moon Drum Journey.
Some other new offerings will be:
- Nature Networking where we will come together to share our experiences with nature - this can be very inspiring, uplifting and supportive.
- Connection Creation where we'll come together to connect and create. I'll likely be starting us off with a short nature meditation and then we will create in whatever medium we want to.
I plan to host these gatherings weekly on Tuesday or Wednesday (but I will be feeling things out at first) - gatherings will be an hour or less.
You can learn more about Drum Journeys and our Compassionate Inquiry Support Group on the event page and the newer group offerings will be added soon.
So I'll be switching up our gatherings every week and to start there will be:
- Tuesday, January 24th in the evening, there will be a half hour Nature Meditation at 8 p.m.
- Tuesday, January 31st in the evening, I'll be relaunching our Compassionate Inquiry (CI) Support Group. Invite to come out soon.
- Around February 5th I will be offering a Full Moon Drum Journey.
Some other new offerings will be:
- Nature Networking where we will come together to share our experiences with nature - this can be very inspiring, uplifting and supportive.
- Connection Creation where we'll come together to connect and create. I'll likely be starting us off with a short nature meditation and then we will create in whatever medium we want to.
I plan to host these gatherings weekly on Tuesday or Wednesday (but I will be feeling things out at first) - gatherings will be an hour or less.
You can learn more about Drum Journeys and our Compassionate Inquiry Support Group on the event page and the newer group offerings will be added soon.
Please check out the video for more on our Winter Solstice DJ: www.instagram.com/reel/CmXnkIajlhk/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link
October 23, 2022
Ahhh nature! bring on the gorgeous bright fall colours. I met an endearing wee chickadee here in this forest that ate out of my hand for about half an hour. She was nervous to start and wouldn't land on my hand - her first few attempts she'd hover looking like a hummingbird with her wings flapping furiously. till finally she got up enough courage to land on me, then she'd nab a seed and fly off. she'd flit here and there, seeking to stash it in some tree bark, some dried leaves on a branch, etc. and be back soon as she could, and land above me and look at me right in the eye, head turning left and right, and then land in my hand and again turning her head to eye me well and the seeds, taking her time as she got comfortable, soaking in the warmth of my hand before choosing which seed to take. I saw the few times she tried to eat one how hard it was for her to crack it hammering it against the branch, so I started to partly open them for her and those were the ones she'd pick first. so magical!
Ahhh nature! bring on the gorgeous bright fall colours. I met an endearing wee chickadee here in this forest that ate out of my hand for about half an hour. She was nervous to start and wouldn't land on my hand - her first few attempts she'd hover looking like a hummingbird with her wings flapping furiously. till finally she got up enough courage to land on me, then she'd nab a seed and fly off. she'd flit here and there, seeking to stash it in some tree bark, some dried leaves on a branch, etc. and be back soon as she could, and land above me and look at me right in the eye, head turning left and right, and then land in my hand and again turning her head to eye me well and the seeds, taking her time as she got comfortable, soaking in the warmth of my hand before choosing which seed to take. I saw the few times she tried to eat one how hard it was for her to crack it hammering it against the branch, so I started to partly open them for her and those were the ones she'd pick first. so magical!
Update September 6th, 2021
So much has been happening and it's been wonderful to gather outdoors in-person again with people and to see faces again and share in feeling the support of nature and the elements. I feel SO blessed with all that's been going on. Our gathering outdoors yesterday for the Supportive Sounds Series was wonderful. I landed my second grant so there will be more outdoor gatherings and I also have some other projects and collaborations happening which are all exciting. I was in ceremony last night on the land it was magical how a fox came and circled us in a full circle, and then how the star nations literally danced in response to me toning my new company logo (which is made up of the four major spirit markers of my Nehiyawewin Cree language) - which activates and connects with our creation stories that we are light beings and we live forever, and we come from the stars and we go back to the stars. This toning really pulls in our limitlessness as light beings and how anything is possible. The manifesting that has been unfolding ever since I designed this logo has been so powerful and so amazing, it's often beyond words! Please do keep your eyes out as my website will be slowly updated over time to reflect this.
So much has been happening and it's been wonderful to gather outdoors in-person again with people and to see faces again and share in feeling the support of nature and the elements. I feel SO blessed with all that's been going on. Our gathering outdoors yesterday for the Supportive Sounds Series was wonderful. I landed my second grant so there will be more outdoor gatherings and I also have some other projects and collaborations happening which are all exciting. I was in ceremony last night on the land it was magical how a fox came and circled us in a full circle, and then how the star nations literally danced in response to me toning my new company logo (which is made up of the four major spirit markers of my Nehiyawewin Cree language) - which activates and connects with our creation stories that we are light beings and we live forever, and we come from the stars and we go back to the stars. This toning really pulls in our limitlessness as light beings and how anything is possible. The manifesting that has been unfolding ever since I designed this logo has been so powerful and so amazing, it's often beyond words! Please do keep your eyes out as my website will be slowly updated over time to reflect this.
July 31, 2021
Red Willow is a good teacher at teaching us persistence which I am learning in reclaiming my Nehiyawewin Cree language. To view the full post, please go to:
clearwindblowsoverthemoon.wordpress.com/2021/07/31/%e1%90%8a%e1%90%a6%e1%91%b2%e1%92%a3%e1%94%a8%e1%92%a7%e1%90%a0-ahkameyimok-all-of-you-persevere-persistence-nehiyawewin-cree/
Red Willow is a good teacher at teaching us persistence which I am learning in reclaiming my Nehiyawewin Cree language. To view the full post, please go to:
clearwindblowsoverthemoon.wordpress.com/2021/07/31/%e1%90%8a%e1%90%a6%e1%91%b2%e1%92%a3%e1%94%a8%e1%92%a7%e1%90%a0-ahkameyimok-all-of-you-persevere-persistence-nehiyawewin-cree/
April 2021
You may be interested in the following support I offer online:
Our C.I. (Compassionate Inquiry) Support Group has been gathering for over a year online (on Zoom) and it is going really well. :) I open and close with Indigenous ceremony, then we have a nature meditation which helps with supports and mindfulness, and then I speak on the weekly topic and then we do the Compassionate Inquiry.
We gather every Tuesday night at 9 p.m. EST. You can read more about these gatherings here:
You may be interested in the following support I offer online:
Our C.I. (Compassionate Inquiry) Support Group has been gathering for over a year online (on Zoom) and it is going really well. :) I open and close with Indigenous ceremony, then we have a nature meditation which helps with supports and mindfulness, and then I speak on the weekly topic and then we do the Compassionate Inquiry.
We gather every Tuesday night at 9 p.m. EST. You can read more about these gatherings here:
July 30, 2020
This is a gentle reminder we are all creating a new world so please keep this foremost in your mind when going about your day and in the decisions you make and in the actions you take and/or don't take. <3 The gift of this pandemic is present for us to harness these energies and especially since the injustices and inequalities that are finally being seen, can't be unseen.
Please join me in creating a better world praying and/or intending what you want this new world to be. the veil is thinning as we are remembering who we really are.
We come into this earth walk needing to forget we are - a limitless spirit of the light that lives forever - in order to learn what we need to learn here. But the choice to remember is always present to us.
The option to go inwards and get present is always available to us - as everything you need is within you. As you remember and heal, so do others - microcosm/macrocosm.
As you envision the new world and other do as well, it becomes reality.
This is a gentle reminder we are all creating a new world so please keep this foremost in your mind when going about your day and in the decisions you make and in the actions you take and/or don't take. <3 The gift of this pandemic is present for us to harness these energies and especially since the injustices and inequalities that are finally being seen, can't be unseen.
Please join me in creating a better world praying and/or intending what you want this new world to be. the veil is thinning as we are remembering who we really are.
We come into this earth walk needing to forget we are - a limitless spirit of the light that lives forever - in order to learn what we need to learn here. But the choice to remember is always present to us.
The option to go inwards and get present is always available to us - as everything you need is within you. As you remember and heal, so do others - microcosm/macrocosm.
As you envision the new world and other do as well, it becomes reality.
I am so excited to be a part of this very healing album that is coming out soon on September 13th, 2019!
It’s a Reggae Indigenous infused album that you don’t want to miss!
Brenda MacIntyre has an amazingly powerful and beautiful voice. This album is so danceable and singable – you can’t help but move and the songs will play over again in your head – I just love it! I am honoured to share the medicine of the big drum on two of the songs – Picking Up the Pieces and Grieve.
If you want to hear some clips and pre-purchase this amazing CD you can do so here:
May 2019
sit at my feet
gaze upon my patterned bark
listen to my rustling leaves
till day grows dark
curl up in my roots
sleep the sleep of many nights
when morning comes
climb my branches
to dizzying heights
hear bird song
see winged ones flying by
lean against my trunk
listen to me sigh
photo shared via @arborsmarty twitter
winter maker comes to my window
making himself known
mirroring stars in my eyes
proffering star essence
deep into these marrowless bones
that have long wandered this world alone
~
absorbing cosmic essence
assuaging eternal longing
securing belonging
as above
so below
~
image of Wesakaychak (Winter Maker) by Edwin Bighetti
winter maker is the Indigenous name for the constellation also known as orion.
making himself known
mirroring stars in my eyes
proffering star essence
deep into these marrowless bones
that have long wandered this world alone
~
absorbing cosmic essence
assuaging eternal longing
securing belonging
as above
so below
~
image of Wesakaychak (Winter Maker) by Edwin Bighetti
winter maker is the Indigenous name for the constellation also known as orion.
June 22, 2016
subtle serenade
as once towering ice cities pass away
these glaciers cease to be
they fall, crumble, creep
into the cold icy deep
silent witness to climate change
glaciers that once stood tall
keeping our planet from our great fall
the ice melts away to final sleep
while in denial, humans steep
as they die away in the dark deafening deep
then how mankind will weep
too late to speak
they'll try to tell their children
of what used to be
but their words will be drowned out
by the flooded sea
because they chose not to see
their precious reality
#savethearctic
https://youtu.be/dHpHxA-9CVM
subtle serenade
as once towering ice cities pass away
these glaciers cease to be
they fall, crumble, creep
into the cold icy deep
silent witness to climate change
glaciers that once stood tall
keeping our planet from our great fall
the ice melts away to final sleep
while in denial, humans steep
as they die away in the dark deafening deep
then how mankind will weep
too late to speak
they'll try to tell their children
of what used to be
but their words will be drowned out
by the flooded sea
because they chose not to see
their precious reality
#savethearctic
https://youtu.be/dHpHxA-9CVM
April 9, 2016
Today I'm grateful for... and more poetry.
Today I'm grateful for... and more poetry.
Many more poems posted on my blog - here's one from March 14, 2016:
thoughtless clouds
hung hefty blue
but she stood
violet
amongst the storm
as orchid wars raged on
©Clear Wind Blows Over the Moon
thoughtless clouds
hung hefty blue
but she stood
violet
amongst the storm
as orchid wars raged on
©Clear Wind Blows Over the Moon
January 17th, 2016 - More poetry posted on my blog - please come on over to check it out!
Here's a few more:
may I shelter in
your heart rays of warmth
may I rest here a while
may I breathe in that peace
that you brought with your smile
©Clear Wind Blows Over the Moon
~
jingle and fancy dancers
commemorate cosmos
flaming hearts
poignant memorial
for ancestors who went before
©Clear Wind Blows Over the Moon
~
a drop of water may not seem like much
but it can bore a hole through a stone
©Clear Wind Blows Over the Moon
~
Here's a few more:
may I shelter in
your heart rays of warmth
may I rest here a while
may I breathe in that peace
that you brought with your smile
©Clear Wind Blows Over the Moon
~
jingle and fancy dancers
commemorate cosmos
flaming hearts
poignant memorial
for ancestors who went before
©Clear Wind Blows Over the Moon
~
a drop of water may not seem like much
but it can bore a hole through a stone
©Clear Wind Blows Over the Moon
~
Lots more poetry posted at my blog November 30th, 2015 - here's a few:
each night the sun sets
on this empath heart
fusions of fuchsia pinks
and indescribable indigo blues
©Clear Wind Blows Over the Moon
each night the sun sets
on this empath heart
fusions of fuchsia pinks
and indescribable indigo blues
©Clear Wind Blows Over the Moon
and the rain said
don’t forget your umbrella
as the puddle swallowed her whole
©Clear Wind Blows Over the Moon
image by brooke shaden
don’t forget your umbrella
as the puddle swallowed her whole
©Clear Wind Blows Over the Moon
image by brooke shaden
There are quite a few new poems posted at my blog - here are a few recent ones:
calm branches
hopeful leaves
spread above
our tree of love
roots of unity
roots of heart
deep seeding evolution
into world peace
-------------------------------------------------
the water speaks to herself
as canada geese honk
forgetting to listen
heron tries to discern her stories
in between steps
of mindful balance
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each breath
an ocean roar
each breath
a wave rolls into shore
each exhale
a wave recedes
each exhale
deep release
insightful tides rise
truths realized
at this last resort of
seaside sighs
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I am watercolour clouds
wafting
floating
merging
drifting
in an aimless vast canvas sky
limited only by the horizons of my thoughts
of azure how and whys
--------------------------------------------
I stand among tall grasses
we sway
in rhythm with mother earth’s breathing
I am tall grass
I am the twig that breaks
I am leaves waving
I am the wind
calm branches
hopeful leaves
spread above
our tree of love
roots of unity
roots of heart
deep seeding evolution
into world peace
-------------------------------------------------
the water speaks to herself
as canada geese honk
forgetting to listen
heron tries to discern her stories
in between steps
of mindful balance
---------------------------------------
each breath
an ocean roar
each breath
a wave rolls into shore
each exhale
a wave recedes
each exhale
deep release
insightful tides rise
truths realized
at this last resort of
seaside sighs
---------------------------------------
I am watercolour clouds
wafting
floating
merging
drifting
in an aimless vast canvas sky
limited only by the horizons of my thoughts
of azure how and whys
--------------------------------------------
I stand among tall grasses
we sway
in rhythm with mother earth’s breathing
I am tall grass
I am the twig that breaks
I am leaves waving
I am the wind
August 15, 2015 - Lots more poems posted to my blog along with some beautiful images. :) Here's one:
hands weep tears for all the injustices
hands that heal
hands that give
hands that receive
hands that hold
hands that love
~
And one I posted last night:
~
ages and
moments pass
mountains whisper
sentinel silences dwell
in the space amid two people
where longing and belonging collide
hands weep tears for all the injustices
hands that heal
hands that give
hands that receive
hands that hold
hands that love
~
And one I posted last night:
~
ages and
moments pass
mountains whisper
sentinel silences dwell
in the space amid two people
where longing and belonging collide
Just posted some new poems on my blog July, 25 2015:
reflections upon reflections
of internal thoughts
insights flow
hope floats
in an eternal watercolour dream
of internal thoughts
insights flow
hope floats
in an eternal watercolour dream
I dream in coastal rainforest green
lush moss carpeted scene
salt air on my tongue
secrets hidden from the sun
lush moss carpeted scene
salt air on my tongue
secrets hidden from the sun
forest glade
redwood tree
gave me shade
helped me see
taught me to grow
how to ground
roots deep below
wisdom profound
to reach up far into the light
bending swaying on windy night
calm; even amidst the storm
serenely adapting ancient form
freely giving shelter shade
balanced, fair, lofty staid
teaching me about healing
leaves falling, bark peeling
learning to let go
of self important ego
releasing what’s not needed
clears the ground to be seeded
in many years of healing toil
rotted earth becomes fecund soil
I departed from you a wiser entity
thank you for this inner sanctity
although many years we’ve been apart
your wisdom dwells within my heart
I see you now in my mind’s eye
how your branches, cones adorn the sky
your leaves above; patterning lace
treasured guardian of sentinel grace
©2014 Clear Wind Blows Over the Moon
redwood tree
gave me shade
helped me see
taught me to grow
how to ground
roots deep below
wisdom profound
to reach up far into the light
bending swaying on windy night
calm; even amidst the storm
serenely adapting ancient form
freely giving shelter shade
balanced, fair, lofty staid
teaching me about healing
leaves falling, bark peeling
learning to let go
of self important ego
releasing what’s not needed
clears the ground to be seeded
in many years of healing toil
rotted earth becomes fecund soil
I departed from you a wiser entity
thank you for this inner sanctity
although many years we’ve been apart
your wisdom dwells within my heart
I see you now in my mind’s eye
how your branches, cones adorn the sky
your leaves above; patterning lace
treasured guardian of sentinel grace
©2014 Clear Wind Blows Over the Moon
the way it is when you hear a song
and it transports you back in time
memories wrapped in melodies
rhythm of recollections
reflections in riffs
and it transports you back in time
memories wrapped in melodies
rhythm of recollections
reflections in riffs
Tuesday, September 2, 2014 - I just posted a poem on my blog about a great-horned owl that came to visit me.
Saturday, May 10, 2014 - I just posted in my blog re. my artist statement to go with the above baby moccasin vamps I created for the WWOS (Walking With Our Sisters memorial to honour the over 1,200 missing murdered Indigenous women in Canada) as part of a special ceremony today to honour the babies and the children that didn't come home from Indian Residential School. It will be added to this memorial that is on tour across Canada. I am deeply honoured and moved to be a part of it. Please click on the Blog button at the top of the page to view it.
Saturday, April 5th, 2014 - I just posted in my blog, 'Gardiner Museum Show to End Violence Against Women (with images of my process in clay)'. Click on the Blog button at the top of the page to check it out.
Friday, April 4, 2014: I just shared a new blog post, "Healing Ceremony on Hawk Hill in High Park" - Click on the Blog button at the top of the page to view it.
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