FRIENDS OF THE TRAVELING ALTAR CLOTH…. AN ANNUAL NEW YEAR SPIRITUAL PRACTICE TRADITION! Last year at this time I described a tradition that has grown more important than ever to me, and has come to include a wider group of people in my life…both friends and family! This spiritual practice tradition started a few years […]
Category Archives: Awakening
this will include all of her personal stories about spiritual awakening, and any other posts to do with the awakening process
I began my Intentional Creativity painting project in January 2015 with the intention to work on it for an entire year. At long last, in the energy of the full moon on Christmas day, I completed my painting! What a journey it has been, the painting and the year! For each month of 2015 I […]
My heart is heavy this morning, or perhaps “full” is a better word to describe the sensation in my chest… that is bursting with the agony and ecstasy of LOVE and loss. How miraculous to feel grief and joy, pain, and celebration all at the same time. Yesterday my precious kitty friend of almost 19 […]
I fell head over heels in LOVE with the minister’s son at 16, married him at 17, had a baby at 18 and moved to Sugarloaf Mountain in the backwoods of Oregon at 19. Here my youthful heart’s desire to experience a utopian new way of living came true, at least for a time. My […]
I just returned from the first week of a two-year program led by Thomas Hübl called “Timeless Wisdom Training”. This amazing commitment promises to be a pressure cooker of enlightenment!!! (I discovered this statue of Ganesha, Remover of Obstacles, at the entrance to the Mount Madonna Retreat Center Temple. The obstacles in our lives ARE […]
Hello Bright Light, The “COACHING MASTERY MAGIC World Summit” is in full swing now. This creative process of manifesting what began as an inspired idea into concrete reality has challenged me to grow in many new ways. Some of that growth has been immensely pleasurable and some stressful!! Are you in an active creative process of […]
Hello Bright Light!!! I’ve missed our communications during my August eZine ‘pause’!!!! I’ve been very busy during this time and proud to announce that I’ve created and will host a transformational FREE virtual series of interviews called COACHING MASTERY MAGIC World Summit. You are cordially invited. During the Summit, Master Coaches and Healers from around the world will share their stories and strategies for creating […]
Hello Bright Light!!! I’ve missed our communications during my August eZine ‘pause’!!!! I’ve been very busy during this time and proud to announce that I’ve created and will host a transformational FREE virtual series of interviews called COACHING MASTERY MAGIC World Summit. You are cordially invited. During the Summit, Master Coaches and Healers from around the world will share their stories and strategies for creating […]
Not that many moons ago, I fell into a state of comparing myself to others. Although I felt connected with some wonderful and positive elements about myself, the overall effect of comparing with others was quite destabilizing. This is because I started to doubt what I knew to be true about my creative process and […]
By Joni Maher, MSW Last Saturday I gathered with a group of mothers and their 10 & 11 year old daughters for my second Playshop, called Celebrating Beautiful You. I was prepared for these events by the “Beautiful You: From Girl to Woman” Training from Life Blessing Institute. My intention for my Playshop day was […]