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Wild Geese- A Short Yoga Nidra

I’ve not posted for a very long time but heard the geese flying over our cottage this early morning and thought I’d send out a short Yoga Nidra, including Mary Oliver’s lovely poem Wild Geese.

To set the mood, you’ll hear chickadees, a squirrel or two, blue jays and the rustling of wind in the high trees.

Oh, and if you’ve been wondering what I have been doing, I’ve been gripped by Cyanotype fever. I’ve included a few images on this website under the CyanoBluePrints tab. You will find more prints on my @CyanoBluePrints Instagram account.

April 24

Story 64: Shoji

Shoji screens are made of translucent Japanese paper panels that lightly separate spaces. The screens form a thin divide between the outside and the inside world, yet intimately connect the spaces by transmitting light and shadow, sound and air. And, just as the glow of a candle, , and the smell of the rain is felt through the translucent Shoji screen, so death flickers its shadowed light onto life.

This story is about how magicians loosen our grip on how we perceive the world, and about endings.

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April 24

Story 63: Buen Camino:

One beginner’s guide to the Camino de Santiago

One afternoon my husband and I were greeted by a robed, toothless, wild haired monk under the tall arches of a crumbling monastery. He hugged us, again and again, would not let go, pointed at my eyes, then his, then the sky: azul, azul. Blue, blue.

Buen Camino is about walking the long road to Santiago.

May 3, 2022

Story 62: Temagami Time

“Trees warp time, or rather create a variety of times: here dense and abrupt, there calm and sinuous .” John Fowles

Temagami Time is about our relationship with time.

Wave: Yoga Nidra

This Yoga Nidra has you observe the rising and falling of awareness.

April 10, 2022

Story 61: Cold Cellar

Cold Cellar is about flat coke, woolen socks and our habits and hankerings for more.

Yoga Nidra: Sandstone

This Yoga Nidra practice takes you down a steep slope to the ocean.

Story 62: Temagami Time

“Trees warp time, or rather create a variety of times: here dense and abrupt, there calm and sinuous .” John Fowles

Temagami Time is about our relationship with time.

March 24, 2022

Story 60: Unheard

The Musquiem people have a word that means “things that are hidden”. The word is used to describe sacred objects, often ceremonial, that are thought to possess supernatural powers. These objects are not simply art or functional things, they embody stories and histories, the threads that tie the past to the present, the future. Because they are sacred, they are not displayed in the open, reminding us that not everything is meant to be seen, or heard.

“Unheard” is about survivors’ stories – of suicide, dispossession, fire, residential schools – that are often not told. (See Links 42)

Yoga Nidra: March

This Yoga Nidra practice will take you on a slow walk through the forest, on a winter night.

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February 4, 2022

Story 59 : Still Waiting

On my way back down I heard the ringing of copper bells that led the way, brought to life by long ropes pulled by passers by. And beside the entrance I now saw, what in the early darkness I had missed: the brightly painted Lord Ganesh, god of all beginnings, wisdom and understanding.

Still Waiting is a story about searching for understanding. (See Links ^32,40)

October 30, 2021

Story 58: Sleep of Reason

Sleep of Reason is about rules, and sometimes breaking them. (See Links 40, 41)

October 15, 2021

Story 57: Levels of Light

This past summer we explored a distant part of Lake Cabonga, an immense reservoir that was created when lakes were dammed and flooded many years ago. What was once a part of light, now lives submerged beneath the surface of the lake.

Levels of Light explores what lies beneath. (see Links 35)

October 1, 2021

Story 56: Lake Cabonga

When we rounded the corner of a large island the wind struck us. The lake changed to emerald green, then black, darkening clouds were encircled by light, and within minutes the lake was boiling.

Lake Cabonga is about a bumpy canoe trip, fear, faith, hope and trust.