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
Canoe in Algonquin Park, as Tom Thomson once did . . . Read More »
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
Guest Post by Karin Vanhinsberg, Retreat Attendee/Mentor & Circle Member I have felt the stirring to Spring clean, to make room for new happenings and people and ways of being that I have a sense of arriving; and, to gather together the threads of what I have already collected. In doing this I am noticing
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Guest Post by Maria Kornacki, Circle Member “When I am doing the work within it always has a way of rippling out in the world more than we know or understand we don’t need to know this just recognize it our interconnectedness how we are interwoven the true and holy within manifests outside ourselves naturally”.
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By Martha Lucier, CCSS Founder (CCSS Wings of Light Truth Shield) Revealing the shield of our Truth as a circle community, we re-claim the value of the way of the circle and the Edge in these times of great shifts. Coming into our hearts we remember our connection, committing more deeply, as we journey deeper
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The Canoe. It’s a Canadian Icon. A symbol of exploration, adventure, nature connection. Canoeing Algonquin Park was the way we first found connection to this special place. The canoe is the simple, iconic way we introduce our guests to Canadian culture. Celebrate Canada’s 150th anniversary of confederation by paddling with us in Algonquin Park this
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Guest Post by Jane Large, Retreat Attendee & Mentor, Circle Member At the summit of Bealach na Ba, a mountain pass connecting the Applecross Peninsula with the rest of Scotland. The Gaelic name for this area, ‘a Chomraich’, means ‘The Santuary’. When I was a little kid, one of the things I used to do
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