Wildflower

Our Generation

2011-04-03T18:15:00.000-06:00

Our Generation ✬ Terre Wood © 2011

I paint for a generation who reminds me of hope and possibility
My generation who helped me to remember how to heal with love and peace
Our generation with a mission to create harmony and balance in the world

When I dream I see the landscape covered in flowers
A memory from a simpler time
A memory about my roots and how I chose my path
Like the bond of friendship
A connection that gives us the right to declare
Some things do last forever in the hearts of those who believe

I write for a generation who knows there is purpose in everything in life
My generation who knows evolving is what gives us wisdom and strength
Our generation who believes liberation comes when we keep our hearts open

If we could extract the joy and beauty from all the happy times
The belief we have to make good for a brighter future
To give back with the intention to create a healthy balance in the world
If we could, how would this affect the earth mama?
How would this affect you and me?

I visualize a generation who lives the higher knowledge with every new day
My generation who doesn't run from lessons learned
Our generation who encircles the earth with light, over and over again

Children remind me there is a reason and a future worth restoring
New generations of flowers growing in the field
A place born from our soul's mighty journey
Remembering who we truly are
Beings of Love who are about bettering the world
Reflecting a beautiful way for us to carry on

I paint for a generation who reminds me of hope and possibility
My generation who helped me to remember how to heal with love and peace
Our generation with a mission to create harmony and balance in the world....

In this new moon, in the intimate wave that affects us all, shine your light even brighter. Give it to the plants, to the water, to the sky, to the Earth Mother. Give your love and do what nourishes your soul. In this season, let us tend to the greening even more than we ever have before. Send your loving blessings into every seed you plant.

Let's practice now, plenty and grace be to this place, ❤ Terre

The Consciousness of Love

2011-01-20T12:25:00.000-07:00

'that which connects us to each other is stronger than we know....'

Love is strength. They say love only grows. Did you know one strand of a spider web is stronger than steel? If the silk of spider that weaves our universal symbol for the sacred web of life can teach us this, then what more do we need to know?

During this season, with the turning of the outer world into a new year, what kept coming to me is the consciousness of love and the role it plays in everything which exists. Over the holidays, I spent time embracing love with family and friends, and even married a couple on New Year's Eve in the oldest church in Santa Fe. Smells of cedar and pine, sparklers illuminating the night air, old wood and stone in the chapel surrounded by the mystery of the spiral staircase, and a beautiful bride and groom speaking about their hope for the future. When driving to the ceremony, I noticed for the first time an area where side by side, formed by the snow, are two large hearts. An exquisite beacon and powerful shield embedded in the side of the mountain.

Snow brings the motionless grace and the solitude for spirit's meditation. My friend says, "It makes me want to whisper." It makes me honor and respect the energy I feel as something bigger than myself. The sun was down and the purple-blue majesty had permeated the mountain with the whispers of a peaceful shadow, calm and reassuring. I took a big breath in, realizing this landscape of awareness was showing itself to me. The greatness of the mountains remind me of the knowledge and wisdom of Mother Earth. The timelessness of Her generosity, showing us our capacity to be strong.

Gathering time with spirited intentions, ceremony and ritual imbued with the consciousness of love elevates us to new levels. Energetically, we are held in the heart of a higher power, we are bathed in the beauty of who we naturally are, and in those moments the consciousness of love brings peace of mind. Higher love has no limits, no boundaries, floating within and without in motionless silence to every part of every thing, and into the existence of all there is.

The consciousness of love is magic and the great transformer of which we were born.

In February, I'm attending a gathering held by Little Grandmother of the shamanic Wisdom Keepers, and communicator for the Tribe of Many Colors. Her message is about helping us remember who we are. When we do, we understand the importance for our connection to Mother Earth and the sacred web of life. The living earth's precious messengers, Essential Oil Spirit Beings, bring the light. They exist as a consciousness of love, a creation of Mother Earth and Father Sky, the breath of a higher power. They wish to help us help ourselves.

In the spiral of 2011, radiate your loving intentions, gather your gifts, use your sacred tools and release from that which binds. Know you are held within the consciousness of love - always. Our time to be strong is now.

Peace and many blessings as we move forward, Terre

(I took the web photo outside the lab-studio space from my house in Kansas. A spider web, transforming weaver of creation house indeed, with a spirit stronger than steel!)

Honoring The Circle

2010-09-29T23:27:00.000-06:00

"In the reflection of the circle, I have seen myself. I hear a whisper, take all or nothing at all. I am taken into the depths of my being. I climb the highest peak, and I survive. In the void of the Leo Moon, in the autumn time of my life, red-orange, purple, green and turquoise. These are my feelings. I am challenged. I am dancing with grace. I have new love living in my heart. I have grown into what comes next. In the reflection of the circle, I have found myself."

I have plenty to be grateful for. Friendships of the past, soul friends forever, my family in Santa Fe, new friends who mirror where I am, reminding me to speak about what makes me different, and the circle that never leaves me. I just returned from Sedona and the red clay earth, with a buzz from the Cathedral Rock vortex, a hike that kicked my butt, the energy of Mary Magdalene that provided grace, and with new connections for a knowing for what its like to keep the climb going into greater awareness. Yesterday my son turned twenty-two. I remember the night he was born. I am proud of how he has grown into a strong young man and I am surprised at how quickly time has overcome me. My baby grandson has overcome the preemie stats and is thriving in his new little body with new parents who adore him. He has opened their hearts. I have plenty to be grateful for. This I know is all a blessing.

Every year at this time, what comes to me is how I must honor the circle and the divine female that lives deep within my soul, and all the women who have come before and shared their wisdom with the infinite cosmic circle that graces us now. I used to write a column I called, Flower Power, for a site called Boomer Girl. As many of you know, I've been sifting through my body of work to pull out what I want to include in my website, Sacred Rose Alchemy. What came to my attention is one column I wrote: Lavender; Friendship and The Essence of Emotional Union. It seems timely to share these words one more time through this format and so, here it is. Timing means everything. I honor the circle, and with this, I honor you. Beyond we go, beyond we sustain a new way of living.

"For those of you who may not remember until now, the Season of Autumn signifies a passage of time for honoring friendship, divine femininity and in particular those relations, which are most sacred - for turning inward and honoring the balance within. We know friendship makes us happier and healthier - literally, with the good feeling hormones these relationships physically can produce and release in our bodies. There's nothing in the world more healing than spending the day with your best girlfriend chatting, laughing, hugging and even crying if that's what's required to lift the spirit. Living without our friends is not an option.

Women allow. Instinctually, women are about being, giving, and receiving. Women naturally love, and women love to feel love. We love to love and it's in our nature. Women want to feel safe and within the center of their relations like the feeling of being wrapped in a warm soft blanket. On a soul level women are watery - emotional, intuitive, nurturing, strong and creative. When you cycle with the seasons of Mother Earth you learn the time of autumn resonates with the element of water, a powerful time for the natural laws of creating balance. A time for settling with emotions of the heart and moving on from past stories that bind.

I have learned from the Spirit of Lavender how this is a plant medicine that holds the same level of organic maturity and helps one to be in unison with what is. Good medicine for anyone, all the way around. Even when traveling in the south of France, you simply can't miss the relationship of harmony and the co-creation that exists between the bees and the seemingly endless fields of Lavender. The hum takes you over. When you take the twists and turns of the fragrant mountains that lead into the villages of Provence, down in the valley a purple patchwork of Lavender appears like a blanketed quilt of spirit's perfect grace, something you never forget once you experience this wave of love.

The Spirit of Lavender, the reflective nature of elemental water, and the experience of heart-centered relationships have helped me to understand the idea of emotional union and why we must have respect for the energy this holds, to understand how this can affect our health. It's important to be in touch with our inner self, to be aware of mood leaks, and to understand how this can affect others. Emotions are powerful carriers and it is possible to take on that, which is not our own by what is known as the brain's aptly named 'mirror neurons'.

These neurons fire up in response to others emotions, and we then can catch their feelings like something infectious, good or bad! It can be an unconscious tendency to mimic the emotions of others. Lavender is one plant that can help keep this in check simply by inhalation, firing up the olfactory nerve that does indeed communicate with the brain, the body and the emotions to seek the path of equilibrium with no adverse reactions to our health.

Mother Nature partners with the subtle realms and the feelings these realms mirror, as part of the journey, for expressing pure emotion as the true spiritual beings we naturally are. The plant realm is a species of intelligent life with whom we can develop a relationship for the creation of global reception and personal well being. It's about the Gaia principle, or the spiritual essence of the physical being we all know as Mother Earth and the blessings offered from all that She gives.

The organic plant chemicals and the aromatic intelligent frequency of Lavender is one that personifies emotional union and balance for body, mind and spirit. The energy is known as the Grandmother of all healing oils. The versatility of this essence is without boundaries or limitations, and shows great compassion in a time of need. Lavender soothes the soul like a good friendship nurtures and supports the heart. Place one or two drops of quality Lavender essential oil on the center of your heart and breathe deeply, and a peaceful harmony from inside the flower will speak to you. Be contagious with hope and optimism, all things that bring joy. This in turn gives back a small bit of steadiness to the world. Make it real and enjoy the harvest...... for the harvest is all that we are. Let the Spirit of Lavender be the guide."

One Love and many blessings, Terre

Embrace the Inner Toad

2010-09-21T00:16:00.000-06:00

My girlfriend says the mutants are here and I think she's right! I'm one of those people who rarely watches the news anymore, or much TV for that matter. I do love movies though. I don't remember when the phase out began, but it was a similar happenstance to when I stopped wearing a watch. I do remember the year for that however. It was in 1987 during the Harmonic Convergence, when the info came, time equals art, remember? One day, I just couldn't wear a watch anymore.

Some people may say, "how can you not watch the news and stay informed?" My answer has been, I don't need the reported news through television to tell me what's going on in the world and besides, there are plenty of people around who will keep us informed of such things if they are important for us to know, right? Everybody serves a purpose in contributing to the village, and my seeing, listening, watching and observing happens to come in different ways.

Anyway, the cable guy was at my house today taking out a piece of equipment I didn't need, one less entangled wire mess I won't miss - yeah. He turned on the TV and there was a report about how they now have created a new type of salmon by genetic altering, to be called a super food, meaning they grow twice the size, and who knows what else that really means. Genetically altered animals and plants - mutants. Next report; economists say the recession is over. They must be mutants too! Next report; addiction to pharmaceuticals is on the rise and we may be drinking drugs in our water because old drugs dumped and not disposed of properly, has now been discovered to be seeping into our water. Birth of mutants! Now, I remember why I stopped watching the news.

My shamanic journey for the season revealed this Equinox message: "Reel it back in, rely on inner strength and don't ignore the inner resources you have." It's time to reverse the bad luck into good (if we have to say good and bad), which means we must embrace the Inner Toad! For this, I use a plant spirit formula called Whiddershins, essentially the wise of the reverse. And, I'm just going to say it because this is what's coming to me, given the requests for healing remedies I had today, the journey is confirmed, "Let go of the self-inflicted spells that can lead to warts! There may be some bad toads in the world, but this seasonal wisdom is a blessing for the ones who know our intelligence and intuition are balanced in ONE another. The trick is do we recognize when we've gone too far away from Mother Nature? Time to reel it back.

Animals, like plant spirits, give reflective energy. Here are some key reflections for Toad's wisdom:

Draw on your inner strength and don't forget the resources you have.
Changing luck is possible; Toads have been associated in many cultures to changing your luck from bad to good.
Like the frog, the Toad symbolizes transformation in the new waters where life abounds.
Toad teaches how to cleanse, clear and adapt.
Toad medicine heralds the need for Self-examination and can help you get in touch with your feelings and emotions, washing doubts away.
Associations to money, abundance and financial success.
Toad signals a time for leaping forward with a new start.

Above all else, learn to listen to your heart and hear your intuition as the clear discerning voice that will help create your unique relationship with an animal spirit, a plant spirit, with Mother Nature, and with the humans too! Life circumstances can be transformed. When we have changes happening that are out of our control, this is the time to utilize the gifts we have.

Many blessings to you for this harvest! PEACE and love....Terre

P.S. Mr. Toad in the picture, who looked like a helmet head to me, which I affectionately called Artie Johnson (from the Laugh In show), lived on my front porch in Kansas for one entire water deity season. I have to say he was pretty cool, and he loved hanging out with all the other critters. Look how patient he seems.

May the Toad be with you, and also with you.....! Couldn't help saying that.

2010-06-21T21:52:00.000-06:00

A dove-like temple where halcyon began

Emotional integrity, ray of light

Lemuria, a place where peace is born

My mind is now healed

My heart is thriving in tranquil blue

Walking in the temple of grace

There is no sound above harmony and beauty

This home is a reflection of me

Find this blessing within your soul

Be the place where tranquility lives

You are from the motherland

Never forget where you came from...

(Lemurian Dream painting, Private Collection 2005)

Many Blessings on this Summer Solstice be to you...may your candles be lit and your hearts open. May your high prayers sing a great song to the universe.

I wanted to send my love with this attachment. Intention is powerful and this video reflects the coming of our new earth, our beloved planet in her healing and the beings who love her.

Place your hands around a bowl of water (add a few drops of rose hydrosol if you can), breathe your intention into the water, and with your mind in the space with imagination, with your heart in alignment with divine grace, radiate the leap of consciousness you wish to see.

And so may it be.

Let there be peace on earth and let it begin within.......Terre

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L1-BazjLRKI&feature=related

Multi-Dimensional Community

2010-04-29T07:46:00.000-06:00

Tucked away amidst the plant spirit pots, a small nest spun with pieces of broom, twig and dried sage brush, lay gently on the old painted wood. One morning, with the cobalt sky holding court, I saw hidden remnants reaching around the chili powder clay pot like roots reaching out for a sunlight bath. I'm smiling at how the old apothecary piece is the building site and of course, the pot choice too. Being in New Mexico, why would Mother Nature have it be anything else! The multi-dimensional community is at work.

A pair of small birds have been visiting every day, but only did I see them perched up high on Moroccan carved columns, not knowing creation was in the making in the courtyard of my little abode. The mornings have been beyond beautiful and much to my delight, filled with their song. The songbird music is bright and happy, spreading joy in the courtyard, all the while releasing toward Great Spirit's sky. The sounds feel like high prayers to me. Spring has provided renewal and new beginnings are under foot.

What comes to me is the little love birds must be a type of Finch. Can't seem to catch them on film yet. Romance and a sense of creating something together is in the air. They are soft tawny in color and one has a red feathered breast. I'm certain the one with the orange-ruby, red shield must be the male. Sweetness and goodness is what I see in their energy field, yet protective and mindful is not too far away. Now there is two pair of feathered friends visiting the nest many times throughout the day. I can't stand it, I've got to take a look. And there they are, five eggs waiting to be born into this life. Five, wow, magic number five. Now I know it's a community nest. Two pair sharing and creating together, each contributing for the success of all!

In the core teachings of shamanism and the honoring of the divine feminine, the oldest forms of spiritual practice, the springboard for creating the new is to understand everything manifests in the spiritual before manifesting in the physical. When I look at this little nest that now holds the form of something new, a year ago I didn't live in this spot. A year ago, these little birds were building and weaving from somewhere else. When I check in with my inner garden, my inner world, I oftentimes tap a place where I go for sacred earth-dreaming. In this spirit place it's my time for contributing by giving my imagination to envision new light in the weaving for the web of life.

Many dreamers have seen for many years, how the fabric of the earth has changed. The energy field has experienced rips and holes, a fabric that has been worn thin, faded and with a loss of vibrant color. Our challenge has been to believe that a blissful world awaits when the disillusionment in government and organized religions continues to build. Tapping the unseen worlds and the multi-dimensional community for a powerful strength to guide and create the new is exactly what we need to be doing. Opening to our spirit source, examining core beliefs and looking to see what this consciousness creates in the physical world has to start by going within to see what's there. When we sense or see disharmony; sing, dance, drum, make art, create the dreams of spirit and raise frequency for the new fields of reality to be born. Those who are called to dream, creating in the unseen realms is something we can do now. The multi-dimensional community is the collective whole, and I guess for me five new levels are about to be experienced!

Can't wait.

Light a candle, love the earth, build a new healthy nest, and by all means....just be in this delicious and wild full moon with everything you've got!

Many blessings and happy days, Terre

What We've Been Waiting For

2010-03-01T09:18:00.014-07:00

"Everyday there exits wisdom - uncomplicated miracles of happenstance carrying a depth of power to reach the heart of any soul. Pure natural power from within, that's what it is, rich with connection to the natural world. Without boundaries or limitations there simply is the essence of truth, regardless the form of any faith or belief. There is beauty in the world for all to see and experience - a mutual relationship that every living particle is in relation to. The beautiful Great Mystery provides the essence of life in every moment, in every way."

I've been working on my website and taking some time to revisit some of my work. In 2004, I was asked to write a mobile lifestyle application for the Sprint network. I was a part of the first effort in this genre, which now has exploded with more types of info to download on the phones than any one person could ever want. Pretty crazy, right? My application was titled Seasonal Proverbs. It was an application to receive daily mobile messages filled with seasonal wisdom to imbue the subtle connection between the human potential and Mother Nature, using technology to work for the spirit. Essentially it was a down loadable book and divining tool for opening the heart and mind to help create a fresh new perspective for living life the connected way.

Maybe it would be a good idea to put Seasonal Proverbs on the website as an e-book, but for now, since we are breathing in the newness for spring, here's an excerpt. I hope you enjoy.

"Have you ever wondered what it would be like to visit the Laboratory of the Alchemyst? There would be a pot of tea brewing with magical aroma filling the air. Your senses would become instantly intoxicated with excitement, the unknown, and palpable with feelings of goodness and joy for life. You look over to see the small blue-eyed Bengal sitting on top the pot of mint. Perhaps you can hear the words from her feline eyes but you don't see whom she's speaking to when you hear, "I've got you now, and you're not too fast for me!" You would feel as if you had discovered the magic of your own being ready for the adventure of your life. Light and color fill your heart. You again hear words saying, "Walk and sit in the garden a bit. Breathe, inhale, and listen to the breeze." It is the voice of Maiden Springtime. And, did you know you are on your way to the Mystery School of Thought Consciousness? When you arrive, will you speak or will you listen? All the same, Wise Seeds of Knowledge from the inner garden are opening for you.

Your mind comes back from a day in the dream. The Alchemyst smiles and bids you on your way. You have been given the alchemical formula of sacred scent for the Season of Spring. Open your channels and let your energy soar with the flight of baby birds as if you are flying for the first time. It's a brand new day!"

A Sacred Intention for the Season of Spring:

Entering the Mystery School of Thought Consciousness - "Embrace old wisdom like the message of a proverb in a new way. Vintage plant energy brings the fertility of a new season. Awakening seeds of knowledge break free from the sleeping ground below. Lavender skies rain with the springtime moons. Early green arrives to prepare you for the full intensity of the summer's sun. The brain and belly connect with clarity for better function. Observe as the sacred witness, speak with a conscious mind and heart."

Spring Message:

Imagination awakens creative source. Imagination allows spontaneity for creative source. Imagination illuminates the soul. Imagination gives birth to the creation of your inner dreams. In this season imagination can breathe the breath for increasing longevity of mind with purification from medicinal plants and plant spirit fragrance of this season. Imbibe with a cup of tea. Imagine you are at the Mad Hatter's Tea Party with Alice in Wonderland overhearing - "I suppose Lavender and Passion Flower will do, but only if you accept me just the way I am!" Imagination awakens creative source.

Aromatics to evoke the energetic initiation of Spring: Angelica Root, Lemon Basil, Bergamot, Cardamon Seed, Fennel Seed, Pink Grapefruit, Lavender..... (Ladies, we'll work with these plant spirits at our Soul Sisters gathering this month!)

One more thing, if you haven't seen this yet, check it out. I love it!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q3zJm98UXZQ

Blessings Be to you on this beautiful day, Terre

Mother Earth Brings Good Love

2010-01-29T19:27:00.009-07:00

"If the sun was not also in love, light would not rest on its beauty.

And if the earth and mountain were not in love, no plant would grow in their hearts.

And if the sea had never known love, it would have, in the end, a place to rest."

.....Rumi, The Fire of Love by Nahal Tajadod

Sitting down to write on this full moon night, I am connecting with the Leo Moon, the celestial moon in my chart, and remembering it is a generous moon that loves life by inviting the dive into deep loving. A good energy that carries one on the wings of beauty. Affectionate Leo offers love when we need it most and radiates an energy to practice the art of not taking things too personally. The Leo Moon opens the portals and provides a perfect time to let someone know they are special and loved. Also the full moon in January has been known as the Old Moon or the Wolf Moon. So, as the saying goes, no doubt a good night for howling at the moon. And so it is.

I think its been 20 years now, since I took a photo of an amazing boulder while spending retreat time in California, which unfortunately wouldn't upload for this post. It was in the area of the Joshua Tree Desert. A giant heart-shaped boulder stood before me, resting in the open and beaming a vibration of heart-centered energy from the Mother Earth. I remember how a wave came over me. I felt the energy of Mother Nature's spirit and I heard, "She's not afraid to reveal herself, She's not afraid to share her beauty and power, She befriends imperfection, and She unconditionally acknowledges the healing of self-repair. It was an amazing transmission of energy and I hope your imagination can take you there for a sensory feel of this stone's magnificent beauty!

I have long since come to know, one way the Mother Earth gives good love is through the healing energy of stones. They simply glow with her affection and they are one of many natural gifts that can shift our attention and focus back down to earth with a recognizable inspiration from sacred environment, something that can capture imagination just long enough to remind us of who we truly are. Sacred temples unto ourselves. Worlds upon worlds, the universe and beyond, spirits in a material world with love enough to give and receive, multiplied by infinity. When I still myself and move inward, I find that our elemental sisters and brothers in the forms of crystals and gemstones are the record-keepers for our humanity and the soul-searchers who carry our hearts.

When I go out into nature, one of the things I've always been able to see and find is heart-shaped rocks, which I call with great admiration, Momma Earth love stones. One of my old friends had a knack for going into a clover patch and plucking out four-leaf clovers every single time. Well, my knack when communing with Mother Nature is coming upon love stones. I used to find only one, on any given outing, but now, that one has turned into two. The discoveries have become greater since I have moved to the Southwest and have been taken to some amazing hiking spots where the stones do more than glow, they sometimes seem to fall from the sky, literally, and land on my path when walking. Whatever it is, the King and Queen of Stones have certainly grabbed my attention, and of course, I see it as a sign. I know divine love is on the path!

One of my favorite stones to wear, infuse with potions and elixirs, or to place in the tub while soaking into a blissful meditation, is Rose Quartz. Quartz, in general, can convert and redirect energy towards a beneficial state of being, create balance and magnify clarity. Rose Quartz has a calming and sweet energy to it. The personality of this stone keeps negativity at bay by pulsating loving and gentle forces of self-love on all the chakras, like a loving smile that passes on another smile to someone else when they see it. Like the time, a couple of weeks ago, when I saw Bill Murray adorned in his vintage Caddy Shack attire with his crazy long hair sticking out from under a Bob Dylan-looking troubadour hat, as if his hair were a wild plant in great need of watering. I tell you, I just wanted to braid the guy's salt and pepper strands with a good coat of my hair infusion oil, and of course, it is infused with Rose Quartz! Trust me, smiling was not an option, and making brief conversation with Bill was just as fun and a great start to my day!

Anyway, back down to earth, right?!

Rose Quartz is a beautiful and energetic stone of peace and gentle love. My most precious rose quartz pendent came from Ganeshpuri, India and was a gift from someone very special to me. On this occasion, as the moon spins us ever so closer toward the Celtic calendar of wake-up time (February 1) and the new greening season of Spring, send your love to the Mother Earth. Give your love to those you adore, and into the circle of light through the healing magic of a stone. Wear rose quartz, touch and communicate your feelings as you walk in nature. Pick up the stones and let them know you hear and feel their energetic vibe. Love back out in the open for all to see. Don't be afraid to show love even when it pushes all kinds of 'who knows what' up to the surface, because that's what it's supposed to do! It will push us outside our comfort zone to help us know life is worth living and all we have to do is grow to get there.

Remember how important it is to honor and respect the connection we were born to have with Mother Nature.

Many blessings to you during this sacred time in the old moon's light....Terre

Imagine a Woman

2010-01-12T22:14:00.021-07:00

"Imagine a woman who authors her own life. A woman who exerts, initiates, and moves on her own behalf. Who refuses to surrender except to her truest self and wisest voice."

Imagine A Woman is a beautiful poem written by Patricia Lynn Reilly, and can be read it in its entirety at http://www.openwindowcreations.com. I love the words and wisdom it provides. I think I've given this in post card form to most all my friends, maybe even more than once. Dare I say, I can't remember. I love my hormones. Right?!

When the moon turns new at the first of the year (with this New Moon in Capricorn), I anoint with an aromatic power oil and follow this vision into a meditation. I honor the Goddess within, the Mother Earth, and I celebrate the return of the Divine Feminine Soul.

I write this on the wings of discovering, I am becoming a grandmother this year for the first time. My excitement is building, for the reemergence of the sacred feminine is everywhere, and coming into being with each passing day. While this energy is playing out in my own life in unique ways, on this day, I hold high prayers for the people of Haiti, as they too are riding the wave of new creation after devastation. As we bear witness to the Mother Earth and the balancing process she must go through, our faith must remain solid and strong so we can withstand the struggles of everyday life. We must trust and believe we were born to help create this shift and make the impossible, the possible.

I've been asked before, "What does this mean; the divine feminine soul? Aren't we all one?"

Of course, we are one. Oneness is everything. Oneness is the love of this planet and the heart of every soul. Oneness is the harmony for the note coming into presence. The principles of quantum physics shows us that we are one with our universe and are connected together by energy, the field of endless possibility and mystery. We are multi-dimensional beings and in our core essence, we are patterns of information and light, waves of ultimate imaginings and creative consciousness that flows beyond our grasp. Within this Divine Oneness too, lives our sacred feminine and sacred male nature, energies that create everything that we are.

The Divine Feminine is the part that holds the key to creation, to creating and birthing the new. With the global transformation now upon us, we need to awaken and empower for the healing of this planet, which must include a feminine understanding for life's wholeness. Male energy dominance is abruptly coming to its end. These changes will require that we step away from the old ways of perceiving the world. Without the embodied acceptance of the sacred feminine nothing new can be born and this is precisely what will facilitate the balance we need. This is what rocks the world.

Spiritual teachers and earth-centered folks know and acknowledge the sacred feminine holds the mystery of creation, qualities that belong to both men and women. No matter our karmic gender, we draw from these energies from within. Divine Male and Divine Female is a part of who we are and a blessing from the Spirit of Earth and Sky. Women own the spirit of endurance; that which remains constant when life has a way of changing our course and the assumptions we've cherished. When shift happens, innate receptivity will kick in and our internal patience will ask for a grounded constant truth to appear, only to keep us safely in tune with our higher destiny. The spirit of endurance is something worth pausing for in the twinkling's of silent reflection.

In this new moon, contemplate the vibe for what we are creating. Imagine a woman.....become the priestess.....emerge with the Sacred Feminine..... bask in the reflection of light and love. Be soulful, and tomorrow when the sun rises, kiss the flowers with your mind and remember who you truly are. The dawning of the divine is here.

This goes out to my daughter, to the women who have touched my life, and to the men who recognize and value the sacred feminine as energy to embrace and uphold. I love you.

Many blessings, Terre

Circle of Light

2009-12-10T16:06:00.038-07:00

Happy December New Moon and Welcome to my new blog!

My dearest friend Kat, suggested I do this diary blog. I think we all have living faery angels in our life and Kat is certainly one for me. Someday this blog will be connected to my website, Sacred Rose Alchemy..... A portfolio and cyberspace shop to feature my natural world creations and collections with the intention to promote peace, love and spirit-driven aromatherapy. A body of work that feels like a weaving artfully created from 52 years of my life.

In thinking about the purpose of a blog and how it works, I remembered the movie 'Julie & Julia' with Meryl Streep and Amy Adams (what a cute movie!). A movie based on true stories with blog writing as the communication theme about two woman, Julia Child and Julie Powell. No, I won't be cooking my way through a cookbook, one recipe at a time, but I do plan on sharing experiences that have come from my own brand of cooking; aromatic alchemy and how this frequency uplifting with the plant spirit realm can assist with evolving and healing one's being. Okay, maybe there will be a few recipes too. Essentially, I want to share information based on my own journey, and hopefully to inspire others to achieve their own path of personal transformative liberation too!

I love the elemental power of the senses and the enrichment it adds to everyday life. I love practical magic. I love to write. I love to create with spirit energy running through me. I think of myself as an alchemy artist, woman transformer with beauty, one who seeks the divine mystery in all things. I like to chase butterflies and hummingbirds with my mind. I give and receive love for the well-being of the planet. I believe in tapping the shaman/goddess within and following your own heart. This is how I try to live my life.

With so much going on in these quantum leaping times, I feel an even greater need to value human connection, the connection with our personal circles and the global community, the love for our animal allies, the organic green world, and the relationships we have with the unseen. Right now it feels very important to understand we must be kind and less harsh on ourselves. We must be clear and present so we can shift with this huge evolutionary transformation that is upon us.

Weed out and let go.

How many times do we need to hear this before we can develop deeper levels of understanding? Don't judge and re-light the fire within if you need to. Judgement only separates us from the Source within. I believe with all my heart it's time for us to tell a different story, to rewrite history. It's time to recognize and respect her-story, to support the return of the divine female essence by opening up to what this may mean in our own lives and to the cosmic whole. Ask your true self, "Where does balance need to be created in my life and how do I ground my core energy field?"

December 21 - Winter Solstice is the longest day of the year and a time that merges darkness with the light. When this turn of the wheel spins around, I think of the winter trees and how they release their leaves only to become bare, naked, yet rooted deeply within the Mother Earth. Their message is clear, "Create a bridge, create a balance between heaven and earth. Be strong. Shed the old. Emerge with new growth and a trusting wisdom, something to naturally exhale. Embrace and welcome the new light."

Solstices and equinoxes mark a time for high power alignments that affect our body-mind-spirit frequency field; our connection to the Circle of Light. Mother Earth and her seasons provide these ceremonial opportunities so we can expand spiritually by being in sync with her cycles of death and rebirth, darkness and light, root and flower. At this time of year, we naturally gather to celebrate and nurture community. Mother Earth and Father Sky draw us to one another so we can understand there is no reason to feel alone. Light is love in all its forms, and from deep within, we are all part of the same circle. We are grace.

That's my story and I'm sticking to it!

In this season of darkness folding into light, let the angels of long-lasting harmony and unity be the guide. Light a candle and join the universal circle. Remember this is a time to envision. Dream the seeds with vision, dream something to unfold in the coming year. See what you wish an outcome to be. See what you wish to manifest in 2010. Bless one another by telling those around you, their best qualities and the reasons why you love them. Sing and dance out loud.

Light a candle and feel that you are loved.

Blessings Be, Terre

Living In Peace In The New Decade

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Living in peace in the new decade will require walking the fine line into balance and harmony. We are entering a time of rebirth.

I moved to Santa Fe a little over two years ago. One day when walking around the plaza I was thinking about how, "you really never know where life will take you." This had certainly been the case for me. If there was one thing I had learned from my life's journey, it was to have no expectations and to embrace the surrender into spirit.

I grew up in the Midwest neighborhoods of Kansas and Missouri with a sort of Norman Rockwell appearance on the outside. Truthfully, places where I didn't feel accepted most of the time. I was drawn to the different, or out of the box from how I'd been raised. Now it all seems a bit apropos since I have moved to a town dubbed 'the city different', a place known for its holy faith and sense of magic.

Just like the official state sign says, New Mexico is the land of enchantment. A place with more eclectic beauty than one can imagine. I love the Kansas skies and the prairie land, a landscape so faithfully watched over by the red tail hawk, but to be in a place where there actually is a season of rainbows is equally powerful and beyond words when you see it. The high desert is home to expansiveness like a halo is hovering above the mountains. A place that grows optimism and grace. All you have to do is tune in and feel the power. It feels like the mystical bridge was built right here, out in the open, patiently waiting to offer passage to anyone seeking the road to freedom. Easy rider, I guess!

I think New Mexico is one of those rare places with lots of wild still left to explore. When the full moon appears, so large, sometimes you can't believe your eyes. Passion colors are always visible with a hint of ebb and flow, trailing in the off-cast of shadow and light. The variety of sky-moving shapes encompass other worldly scenes like the Divine Intelligence has opened the window to the other side, all of which feels like many dreams coming true when you see them in person. I've seen more shooting stars and twinkling sky objects that have no identity, and as my friend Kelli says, "Can you believe we live here?!" And of course, in the grand scope of all living, what a gift for humanity to have the experience of this beautiful planet. We are blessed.

Kelli is from Port Townsend, Washington, and a newbie to living here like me. We do have many 'pinch me' moments and WOW is the emotional word that comes out! Here, I feel like I co-exist with the great Oz and before I felt like I was always striving to get somewhere, never really knowing if the yellow brick road would ever end. Well, something must be working, right? So, I say cheers to great change when it happens. More thoughts later about the great change all-mighty and the fear of the 2012 destination tipping point. It seems to me this is one of our latest cultural viruses run a muck that needs less prediction and more love put into the mix. Today on December 31st, with the arrival of the Blue Moon, and then again in 2012, certainly can be no coincidence. So for today, soak in the light for the changing times!

Before moving to Santa Fe, I discovered this hallowed land sits on a bed of quartz. I'm also a rock hound, so this was a nice surprise. One of Mother Nature's many gifts to the people who live here is natural magnification. Quartz crystal can provide direct energy to help heal and transform experiences, a give and receive type of energy to help enhance and heal relationships. It's a stone that holds and vibrates a frequency for awakening consciousness. One of those energies you either get in the flow with or you don't.

To live on a bedrock of quartz is like having a built-in barometer, something that monitors thoughts which can provide helpful insight into account before taking actions. Insight to be received while practicing the art of centered living. I have found Santa Fe to be a spot for manifesting very powerful opportunities with intention as setting the pace. I can step out my back door into a treasure grove filled with sparkling nuggets of carnelian and citrine forming in the milky quartz stones. A matrix of elemental creations of earth and sky, and all protected by the forests of juniper, sage, cedar and pinon pine. I do believe gratitude has become my middle name.

I love it how divine intoxication naturally floats in the air. The signature smells of the southwest take me into the ethereal realms of centered bliss. Truthfully, it was the lure of the plant spirits that brought me here. Every day joy rises and provides a new reflection like a call for wisdom to rise to the top. How can anyone not love that?! It's a good sign and makes me feel at home. Years ago, it was the Southwest plant spirits that summoned me to formulate an aromatic blend called Ancestors with expressions of Frankincense and Sage, to name a few. Divinely inspired by the 11:11 world spiritual synchronization for you metaphysical kindreds out there who might remember.

Essentially, it was a powerful time when a new cycle, a new foundation was being established just like now. The alchemy power of the ancestors helped me embrace the new by keeping me centered and connected to Source. All else was spinning around in new directions that felt highly unfamiliar, yet exactly where I needed to be at the same time. The wise ancestors understood the unknown, the void, and played daily with it's mystery like a cosmic game of chess being directed by the Star Nations. A meditation to diffuse the energy for a peaceful existence. It's a reminder to use our inner mind, the psychic center and intuition as information from the Divine. If something doesn't feel right, don't do it. Remember where your heart is and breathe.

My Midwestern roots are strong and before moving from the heartland I felt tangled. Metaphorically speaking, it felt like digging in the dirt to heal all the hurts of my past. It became a necessity to process and felt like a full time job. My family are strong willed and hard working people, and we can also have our heads buried deep in the sand when it comes to facing uncomfortable situations so we can fully heal. In my case, my co-creation was a fire that no longer could be ignored and at the same time it brought forth the rebirth of my true essence. It was a conundrum with lucidity, crazy but true. I carried forth a family tradition by marrying young and having children, just as my parents and grandparents had done. In those years my focus was purely family and friends, and nurturing my love for metaphysics and the natural world. It was a full life and I have two amazing grown kids that I count as my pride and joy, proving to me the trip was worth the ride.

It was a time when my spiritual curiosity took me into the arms of the cosmic mother and father. What happened was an awakening for my soul. The discovery of essential oils, and the already existing connection I felt to the spirit of plants, rescued me from emotional stress and took me on a shamanic sojourn. Call it my destiny and an opportunity to evolve with my soul. I was a seed growing into a plant. My artistic talents came out in a bigger way. The work and the relationship to the natural world I was tending to, gave me a feeling of purposeful resonance and a sense of liberation within my heart and mind.

My practice with plant spirit medicine and aromatherapy began in my home in the early 80's, eventually transforming into 13-year run as Hummingbird Song Healing Center located in downtown Lawrence, Kansas. This aromatic journey took me across the United States, into Mexico, and to the south of France. There's nothing like the fields of lavender and jasmine in the South of France when the moon is full and the local wines are flowing. It was a unique and rewarding time. I recall being very aware of how the self-help generation had come into its own. Evolution quickening right before our eyes. A global community was assisting the formless into the form.

The quantum leaping taking place in the holistic circles were huge and the community in Lawrence was very happy to have a place like Hummingbird Song. It was a nest with new modalities being born every day. The experience was a blessing and we all knew we were in the best of company. We were a small knit group with people coming and going. Kansas University, the Native American college of Haskell and the music scene brought folks in. The out-of-the-box spiritual community felt like a family who supported the connection that brought us together, and we grew by leaps and bounds as a result. We became a part of the ever-growing web of light.

I remember when word reached William Burrows (famed, eccentric author and artist) about how I had a large pyramid in the space that was meant to magnify and project good vibes. Well, one day he came in with his assistant to ask if he could sit in the pyramid for a while. William Burrows fell in love with Lawrence and decided to make it his last home. In the early days, one of my spiritual mentors on the path to self-empowerment was Lynn Andrews. Once in a conversation, she told me William was attracted to the middle-of-nowhere quality and charm that Lawrence had to offer. Somehow their paths had crossed and she referred to him as one of her dear old friends.

When William Burrows started visiting Hummingbird Song, he was a frail man, inward and practically invisible to the public. I think Hummingbird Song - the comforting smells and relaxed nature of the place gave him a bit of peace in the end. One day he even sent his assistant to ask if he could sign the guest book, which I found to be incredibly sweet and characteristic of his enigmatic personality, as if to say, one last time can I leave my obscure mark on this world. After all, I think in those days, especially in the Midwest, new age metaphysics were considered eccentric and the beliefs held by the love and peace hippies.

My life work that began in Kansas City and Lawrence broadened my knowledge and served as a practicum for me. Working with individuals, teaching classes, facilitating women's groups and hosting well-known authors and healers out on the circuit was an extraordinary experience to be a part of. It was a magical time that of course will impact me for the rest of my life. It gave me faith and empowered by belief in the human spirit. The sharing of wisdom and conversation over tea, it was a meeting place with mutual respect that took all who participated to new levels.

Lawrence is a very charming place, but ultimately for me, the abundant emphasis on sports and the undeniable control of the good old boys club was something I came to outgrow. Perhaps one of those moments when you realize there's more out there than the cards you've drawn. The southwest had always been a draw for me since I was small when I spent the summer with my grandparents in Arizona. The colors of the sky and the red clay color of the earth took my breath away, and still does to this day.

With a 33-year relationship and traumatic divorce now in the rear view mirror, I have been gifted with a chance to start over. For me, turning 50 turned out to be an initiation, and indeed, a very auspicious turn of the life-cycle wheel that lead me into a deep healing place within myself. Everyday I'm thankful to have the life skills and sacred tools I carry in my bag of tricks, all of which helped carry me through a time of potent transition. I felt drawn to make a radical change and even though the crisis was disorienting, it was liberating too. In the shamanic world, I knew this kind of life-altering was called the dark night of the souls.

By embracing change and doing the soul-searching necessary, I was able to access from a higher perspective the intimacy issue that existed in my marriage. It gave me the ability to shine a light on the secrets that needed to come out in order for healing to take place. My intuition knew something was looming that I couldn't identify. The details were veiled and the only choice I had was to get out of the way. I believe in timing, and I was very aware that I was in the process of ending sacred agreements, which had been put in place from lifetimes ago waiting for the opportunity to spin the wheel of karma for the last time. Well, that time arrived and all in sync with the evolving and transitioning times the world is facing now. What I have always felt as truth is this: the power that exists, when we are willing to shift within ourselves, is the most valuable first step in creating love power for the greater good.

It makes sense to me in my heart, this is what the 2012 prophecies are really about. Whether from the Maya or other indigenous cultures perspective, the message to awaken to new levels is obvious. We know this is a potent time for magic to happen. We also know the greatest power to heal and transform is love. With the Blue Moon alignment ushering in a new decade, remember all the love that has brought you to this point. Be love and live peacefully as we enter this new decade of rebirth.

Perhaps this moment in time, as well as, the significance of the 2012 is for clearing the way to make good, a spiritual opportunity to create through the beliefs we embody within ourselves. I don't feel 2012 is a date of destruction, but rather a time to mark the start of a new astrological, earthly cosmic cycle that gives us a chance to create with balanced consciousness, simply the way Mother Nature intended it to be. Our intention is what needs to be radiating now. Who says we can't rewrite history. I for one believe we can.

Maybe if the dissolution of what our world looks like and how it functions on the outside needs to be altered then we have to trust it by releasing any expectation for what may appear. No judgement. We need to understand that it's time to move forward with an open heart and into a life that resonates at a higher vibe, which also means accepting where we are in this present moment now. If you are being divinely inspired, you already know it will be a time to usher in humanity's return to nature, something to be welcomed. Secrets are coming out, becoming unearthed from the tangled mess below and egos are being busted. It's time for people to get real about why we create what we do in our individual lives, and it's time to see how our own actions impact the world. It's time for us to give the best of ourselves and create happiness in all we do, in all that we are.

I recently read in the Oprah Magazine, a quote from author, Jeannette Walls, "Secrets are like vampires. They suck the life out of you, but they can only survive in the darkness. Once they're exposed to the light, there's a moment of horror, of recognition, but then poof - they lose their power over you."

I think when you love with your whole heart the lost parts of yourself will return when you have the courage to break away with the belief that life can be different. At some point, you have to decide to take the leap of faith or not. Getting clear and being honest with myself was something that helped me move forward. Learning about connection in all forms and absorbing how this affects everything is valuable wisdom to know. To understand that in relationship if one person, for whatever reason, can't connect emotionally or spiritually will then seek out what feels like connection to them.

When the dissolving of my marriage began, I felt ashamed and completely humiliated by everything I had discovered, and even to the point of being burned by the courts. My spirituality was put on trial and it seemed like the return of the burning times. Going within to expand beyond the ego was the trick. The intuitive processing and the releasing of the body-memory pain removed the nagging question of why and gave me a renewed sense of strength. It put me on track to where I wanted to be. My years of experience and training in the holistic world provided me the tools I needed to gather up the true me, the true self, and always with the spirits of plant medicine nurturing me back to wholeness along the way.

On that beautiful day wandering around the plaza, I found myself in a local jewelry-making shop owned by a shaman. I knew this because I'd been coming here for years and my past purchase of crescent moon earrings were among my favorites. What does a girl like for a pick-me-up besides new shoes, that's right, new jewelry and blessed by a shaman no less, all the better. Dazed and confused was a phrase I'd heard before and now the reality of my own life in that moment, the kind of dazed and confused that feels like a nice surprise is around the corner. What felt at the time to be forced out of my comfort zone gave me the opportunity to realize the universe was offering me this beautiful day out time as a reminder, like pulling a new card from the tarot deck to access where am I now? No way was I going to complain. The beauty of my new surroundings, new love from an authentic spiritual man, and the blessing of a new circle seemed to lift me up and say:

"Embracing the new is all there is, so why not enjoy it. Why not be willing to eclipse fear?"

I bought two silver bands that day, each with a hopeful message. A reflection to continue the transformational journey I was on, roller coaster feelings and all. I knew it was important to keep an open loving heart, and even though I was nervous and sometimes afraid, the feelings didn't last long. It didn't keep me from appreciating the fact that I had landed on both feet in my beloved high desert landscape. I moved to an environment I found to be nurturing to my soul, and I knew it would provide a grounding space for all the new that was about to happen. Following my nose took great courage and something that was not missed by me. More than anything, it felt like a test to help me overcome how I had mistrusted my own judgement. Trust was something I had prided myself on and now in hindsight, I know I needed to look deeper and let certain relationships dissolve if I was to follow the connection I had set out to reach.

The message on the rings read, 'Never give up....because nice matters." I look at these every day and have even thought to myself what a great title for a book this would make! Nonetheless, we know life presents challenges and what makes us who we are is how we get back up when the illusions of the world come tumbling down. I suppose it's good to remember we all have a bag full of tricks to pull from when the unexpected happens. Sacred tools and inner skills that we know completely as the truth, and always available to help us embrace the journey as we know it now. I think to live in peace, we must remember we do not live in a linear existence. Our existence is the totality: as above, so below, as within, so without.

Happy 2010 and Happy Blue Moon on this New Year's Eve! My wish is for happiness to prevail!

Until next time.....Blessings Be, Terre