Grief

Contemplative Living, Cycles and Seasons, Grief

The River of Grief and the Well of Love (a love note)

To receive this love note from your online Abbess direct to your email in-box each week subscribe here: “So don't be frightened, dear friend, if a sadness confronts you larger than any you have ever known, casting its shadow over all you do. You must think that something is happening within you, ... read more

Family Systems, Grief

Go in peace, you are loved

Go in peace, you are loved, you are loved Go in peace, you are loved Go with God, you are loved, you are loved Go with God, you are loved The God who wove you in the dark the one whose rough hands made your heart had you in mind before the dawn of time The one who gazed with gentle eyes at ... read more

Grief

Responding with Compassion

Like you, I have been sitting with the devastating events in Japan, wondering how to respond. We live in times when the global nature of problems and the twenty-four hour coverage regularly overwhelm us. Then we move to a place of numbness and helplessness. I have been bringing this to my times ... read more

Family Systems, Grief

Embraced by the Divine Mother

After writing this post yesterday morning about honoring the anniversary of my mother's death I stepped into the day releasing expectations of what the hours ahead would hold and opened myself to how my mother might whisper to me across worlds. I arrived at my yoga class ten minutes early as is my ... read more

Family Systems, Grief

Re-membering

I practice yoga at a beautiful place, it is a non-profit studio in Seattle thoroughly committed to making yoga accessible for everyone. They do amazing work bringing yoga to persons dying of AIDS, to veterans and refugees, to persons with disabilities. They also are wonderful at integrating yoga ... read more

Grief, Photos, Poetry

Let it Be Winter Still

I wrote this poem in my journal on Sunday and discovered this morning that a former student died suddenly yesterday. I offer this here in honor of Rob and for all those who are grieving for a multitude of losses: ___________________________________________ *** Let it Be Winter Still Let it ... read more

Contemplative Living, Grief

Pondering

I have been feeling tired this week, unwell, my body feels tender and fatigued and so I am taking extra care of myself. My spirit is also feeling tender, in part because my body is vulnerable, but also because of the tragic events in Haiti, my mother-in-law's gradual decline with dementia, and some ... read more

The River of Grief and the Well of Love (a love note)

Go in peace, you are loved

Responding with Compassion

Embraced by the Divine Mother

Re-membering

Let it Be Winter Still

Pondering

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