Revived

I have been craving the energy of a forest. So I went for a long, serene walk today, and I feel like the reset button has been pushed on me. I feel re-connected again. I've been cooped up far too much these days between my house, winter and work and I feel revived, restored, renewed! I sat on a log and just sponged up the energy from the trees and sticks and birds and the wind especially. Nearly made me cry. When I got home I actually felt high, on life.

Flowers & Boxes

~Flowers in a vase on my dining room table

I remember several years ago, I must have been about 13 or 14 years old, my mom would oftentimes have a vase of flowers on the table. And she would tell me how lovely they smelled, and I'd uninterestedly disagree with her. She'd say, 'You'll appreciate them when you're older'.

Tonight I smelled the flowers on the dining room table. I had to actually sit down and take my time leaning in towards them with my eyes closed because they smelled so pleasant, so inviting, so... lovely. They were beautiful. Well mom, you were right.

I am truly utterly amazed by everything in nature. Nature bears everything. Things that taste good, look good, feel good, sound good and smell good. Nature is so damn good!

I needed a nice photo of food from the Earth for this post, and I came across this picture from a while ago when I was on a walk :).

I was on a really useful website and I came across 5 criteria for identifying toxic food, thought I'd share, cause I totally agree:

1. If you can't pronounce the ingredients, don't eat it.

2. If it wasn't here 10,000 years ago, don't eat it.

3. If it has a shelf life of over 5 days, don't eat it.

4. If it's heavily marketed, don't eat it.

5. If it's man made, don't eat it.

Happy Earth Hour tonight.... :)

Tea Lights

Lately I have been really enjoying lighting candles around my room and today I got these little tea lights. I thought they were just perfect. I love the atmosphere that a dark, candlelit room has; it's so calming and warm and emanates pure peace. Allows for some deep connecting with the universe and the Self.

I'm feeling a little peculiar right now. It seems as though it didn't take long this year for the sun to go down later in the evening. Out my window right now the sky and trees look so bewitched. The sky is a dim robin-egg blue, casting a black silhouette of all the tall trees. A sight like this really makes me ponder. Mmm, Yesterday by The Beatles is the perfect tune for this peculiarity.

I'm going to light all my candles tonight and do some serious meditating.

Dawning of Spring

I was outside in my backyard today with my cats and I spotted this little guy. Isn't he sort of cute? He was extremely tiny. A little baby centipede (if that's what it is). And it made me think about how spring is near! Little bugs are beginning to pop up out from the ground. Newborn life just like a newborn season preparing to arise. All the birds have been chirping loudly today and it's just scrumptious.

Right Here, Right Now

I am reading another book by Eckhart Tolle called The Power of Now and I just need to quote a line that totally heightened my consciousness/awareness the other night:


'Nothing ever happened in the past; it happened in the Now. Nothing will ever happen in the future; it will happen in the now.'


For a very long time now I have already been practicing having a conscious awareness towards the present moment. But that line from the book really made my awareness sky rocket. As of the moment I finished reading that line, I have been incredibly aware of the Now, more than usual. It is not the easiest thing to remain in the present consistently. It certainly takes time and practice and a lot of self-reminding. But when you're in the midst of a fully grasped moment, when you're truly feeling your body and soul in the very moment that always is and always will be right now, it's beyond words.

There is something so beautiful and freeing about Being. Just Being. It's as simple as looking around you and noticing where you are, how you feel, observing - but not judging - your thoughts, feeling the energy field inside of you. It's marvelous. I can definitely feel how it is becoming more natural and automatic for me to bring myself back into the Now and into a true state of Being.

Feels good.

Love, Awe & Rain

~Looking up to the trees, sky and squirrels

Today is a marvelously beautiful day! I'm bursting with wonder and gratitude. I love rainy, cloudy, overcast, cool days. They fill my heart right up with awe. I can really feel my insides swollen with love for this dear planet. I went outside today and sat amongst the trees and mud, breathing in the life that radiates from the evergreens.

I simply feel like I am overflowing a bit with pure awe, wonder, admiration and just appreciation for being alive and living and breathing. Lately I've found myself noticing myself in this body I inhabit. Just noticing how I am a living organism. Observing myself from another viewpoint in my mind as I move around, this can be referred to as Inner Body Awareness, or as I sometimes call it and feel it as "seeing through glass". What shall I call this feeling? Glass-Seeing perhaps. I was also thinking the other day, as I was driving half-blinded by the sun, how every single living thing on the Earth requires the sun to survive. And I was thinking about how humans require it just as much, yet people overlook that. They identify it as just the title of the sun. Perhaps associating it with warmth and beaches and tanning. But it is Life Force! We are living organisms just as any other organism! We are One with it all! We are all the same!


Sending love, light, peace and vibrations to everyone in the world!

Sun Meditation

Early this morning I sat on a chair in my dining room and absorbed the brightness of the sunshine on my face. I closed my eyes, focused on my breath, and envisioned the sun filling me up with energy. It was so bright, though warm and vibrant. For several minutes I just absorbed. Quietly.

A beautiful morning for the beginning of a new month. I wonder what March will bring...