By Martha Lucier, CCSS Co-Founder 32 years ago, as I lay next to my two and a half year old daughter, Natalie, I recall hearing an important message that has stuck with me ever since. As she clutched her favourite stuffed animal, ‘Popples’, I heard an inner voice share these words ‘It is important for […]
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By Hedy Minten, Retreat Attendee & Circle Member ~ Surrender, photo by Hedy Minten In our Spirit Canoe, we sit, ready to embark. The river winds ahead. Large, smooth, dark boulders sit like calm shadows, ancient guardians to guide and protect us. Tall, evergreen trees stand sentinel behind them, alive and dancing in their quiet
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Post by Roxey Size Refreshing our connection with Nature . . . Nature gives us many gifts, and sometimes we need to see them with a fresh mind. History shows us that even if we sometimes forget it, we rely on nature to feed us and nurture us, and when we neglect nature as part
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Guest Post by Jane Large, Retreat Attendee & Mentor, Circle Member It is no wonder that water is universally loved and desired. Waters nourished us inside and out- it not only gives us the gift of Life, but it also baths us with its healing sounds and beautiful vistas. And as it turns out, water
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Guest Post by Jane Large, Retreat Attendee & Mentor, Circle Member In Japan, Kintsukuroi, is the ancient art of mending broken or cracked pottery with gold or silver. In this tradition, the belief is that the object is more beautiful for having been broken… We tend to avoid breaking anything in fear of being seen
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Post by Roxey Size At times, our history can seem unreachable. Today, when we see the past in photographs, the black and white images can feel unrelatable and washed out. The people seem distant & the landscapes dark, when compared to the vibrant colour we see in real life and more recent photography. Art is
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Guest Post by Jane Large, Retreat Attendee & Mentor, Circle Member If we could gaze upon each other with our Creator Eyes, the clearest and truest eyes we have, we would see that each one of us is a Pillar of Light, ever connected to the Heavens through our crowns and to the Earth through
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One of the earliest teachings I heard as a student of shamanism was that the drum was the horse we rode to journey to Spirit. We are carried upon that beating heart into the cosmos of possibility where teachers are met, questions are posed, and deep listening occurs. When I was invited to join my
The Canoe. It’s a Canadian Icon. A symbol of exploration, adventure, nature connection. Canoeing Algonquin Park was the way Martha & Todd first found connection to this special place that became Northern Edge Algonquin. Tom Thomson, famed painter who was a frequent visitor to our lake, Kawawaymog, and to Algonquin Park, used the canoe for
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Post by Doug Mannen, Way of the Circle Co-Facilitator Grandfather Sun was glowing a dull, reddish orange through the morning mist as I found myself floating gently on the calm waters of a small lake, high in the mountains. The mist danced hauntingly around me, beckoning me towards a distant shore; I paddled forward. Approaching