Spring Blessings

Blessings of this new season to you and your cherished loved ones.

Have you considered the rituals and practices that you hold close, especially during the transition of seasons?

For me, it has been the practice of relating to the water spirits. I am cultivating a relationship with the river Puntledge. I was called to do this practice by my wise and kind ancestral guides. My simple ritual has been to sit a few minutes each day and listen. It has been a sweet practice, thus far. It is becoming clear to me, that my closest council now includes this river spirit and I feel much gratitude in my heart for this listening.

I went away for four days to visit my dearest friend on Cortes Island and I missed sitting beside the river. When I returned to my sit spot, I felt the river in my heart, as a song. To belong in the hearts of more than my best friends is new for me. This way of relating is anchoring, invigorating and is providing breadth to my daily life. It fills my heart with joy, in ways that I only dreamed that belonging was possible. I know this relating will continue to deepen, just like most relationships do for the rest of my living life on Earth and beyond. For this, I am excited in my bones!

What I am most fascinated by though, is how my relationships with human folk has become more, shall I say forgiving? regular sized? compassionate?

I am noticing how I had placed more weight on relationships with humans vs the animate world. Even though, I’ve had a relational practice for a while now, it is changing to also include the way I inhabit the animate (earth, water, fire and air). I am allowing the animist relating practices to take up real-estate in my day-to-day living in a larger way.

AND it is changing  the way I breathe and inhabit my body.

I am noticing what pace is natural for me, how to stay rooted to my own heart. I am also learning the process of being an interconnected species. I am considering the relationship between the waters in my body and the water spirits of the river.

In these moments, there is a feeling of intimacy that is palpable. 

I am sitting with this, how can relating with the spirit of water bring me into closer relationship to my own spirit? What does this reciprocal relationship look like? 

I am holding wonderment as my curiosities speak like flowers to each other and I feel rested inside of myself for the braiding that is taking place in this moment.