Staying Tuned

by amy | Dec 20, 2023 | Clearing, Practice

How do we stay spiritually tuned in a loud and noisy world? I used to wish that my viola would simply stay tuned. My friend Tina would play Concert A on her oboe (how did she do that?), and then the strings and woodwinds play and adjust to find that note, all at the...

Offering Requests

by amy | Aug 10, 2022 | Liberating, Practice, Self-guiding Tools

Here in the Midwest, you might say we are known for indirect requests. “The knives are getting dull.” “I sure am getting thirsty.” “The kids need a baby-sitter.” Taken at face value, such examples do well to name the problem, but...

Morning Pages

by amy | Feb 1, 2022 | Learning, Practice, Self-guiding Tools

I did the thing I said I’d never do. “No, I’m not going back to read all my morning pages!,” I’d say. But the next unspoken thought would be, “Well, maybe some day.” While I still can’t imagine reading all 121+...

Navigating Loss

by amy | Oct 6, 2021 | Blessings, Practice

A teacher named Kulu explains that joy is the only human emotion. Yes, we experience grief, he adds, and we know that grief includes feelings of anger and sorrow. “What about fear?”, we asked. Fear is just anticipated grief, he said, so again grief...

Clearing Debris

by amy | Dec 23, 2020 | Clearing, Practice, Self-guiding Tools

How do you know which way to go? How do you make choices, decisions, plans and progress in a way that honors and includes your spiritual nature? First of all, it sure helps to clear whatever is in the way of your own discerning clarity. Mental and emotional debris has...

Creative Tension

by amy | Sep 11, 2020 | Perseverance, Play, Practice

If you’re a spider, or if you knit, you know the importance of holding tension. Just right, not too tight. Gently enough to allow the weave to flow, but not so loosely that it all falls apart. Creative tension in other areas can be like that, too. I once heard...