Happy Summer Solstice!
Dearest Holistic Health & Natural Healing Members,
Thank you so, much for your support of this group & your belief in nature-based wellness.
Our group has grown to almost 400 people in the last several months. A true testament to the changing tides we are living through.
I just want to take a moment to wish you a Happy Summer Solstice and to remind us all that this is the longest day of 2009.
What does that mean?
With Summer in full swing it may seem that toasting s'mores & swimming in the lake are the most important tasks of the moment. Well, they are :)
However, it is also important to remember that Mother Nature ebbs and flows and we are beginning our ebb cycle, once more toward shorter days, Fall & Winter months and a more internal or yin time of the year.
Oh no, how can you make me think about wool sweaters & hot stews when its 100 degrees out, you might ask?
Not to worry! Plenty of summer and outward yang time left this year!
Its simply, a matter of beginning to move, think, & feel in greater coordination with nature such that we become as harmonious as possible with our surroundings.
For instance...maybe you want to can or jar some fresh, summer fruits or vegetables now, to pull out and eat or cook with in the Fall and Winter months? Or begin thinking...which Fall plants will you raise in your garden come next planting season? What are your goals & aspirations for the 2nd half of the year? Are you making the most of this time you are living through, now?
I like to view seasonal changes as collective vista points...scenic views for us all to stop for a moment, catch our breath, look at at where we've come from on our journey and where we need to go.
The more harmonious we live with nature, the smoother the seasonal changes and the more graceful we feel in body, mind, spirit and soul.
On that note, I'm off to make a peach cobbler and then hang out with the crickets ;*)
Happy Summer Celebrations & I look forward to chatting with all of you, soon.
Peace, love & healing from the Big Easy,
*jen*
Dearest Holistic Health & Natural Healing Members,
Thank you so, much for your support of this group & your belief in nature-based wellness.
Our group has grown to almost 400 people in the last several months. A true testament to the changing tides we are living through.
I just want to take a moment to wish you a Happy Summer Solstice and to remind us all that this is the longest day of 2009.
What does that mean?
With Summer in full swing it may seem that toasting s'mores & swimming in the lake are the most important tasks of the moment. Well, they are :)
However, it is also important to remember that Mother Nature ebbs and flows and we are beginning our ebb cycle, once more toward shorter days, Fall & Winter months and a more internal or yin time of the year.
Oh no, how can you make me think about wool sweaters & hot stews when its 100 degrees out, you might ask?
Not to worry! Plenty of summer and outward yang time left this year!
Its simply, a matter of beginning to move, think, & feel in greater coordination with nature such that we become as harmonious as possible with our surroundings.
For instance...maybe you want to can or jar some fresh, summer fruits or vegetables now, to pull out and eat or cook with in the Fall and Winter months? Or begin thinking...which Fall plants will you raise in your garden come next planting season? What are your goals & aspirations for the 2nd half of the year? Are you making the most of this time you are living through, now?
I like to view seasonal changes as collective vista points...scenic views for us all to stop for a moment, catch our breath, look at at where we've come from on our journey and where we need to go.
The more harmonious we live with nature, the smoother the seasonal changes and the more graceful we feel in body, mind, spirit and soul.
On that note, I'm off to make a peach cobbler and then hang out with the crickets ;*)
Happy Summer Celebrations & I look forward to chatting with all of you, soon.
Peace, love & healing from the Big Easy,
*jen*
(6/21/09)
