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Fox Wisdom

Fox has been showing up in my life a lot lately.  In my dreams, on my late night walks and even in my chicken pen.  Fortunately, the chicks are safe and sound.  I can't really blame her, it's in her nature to find food and resources are more plentiful in the neighborhood than her normal habitat.  I have come to draw some good physical boundaries while also opening my curious heart to Fox teachings. Fox is commonly associated with trickery…

Declare to Be Aware, Turn of the 12 Moons

I wonder if I should be spreading my mind across the Internet searching for what the astrological charts, mystics or latest new age teachers are prophesizing for the New Year. I wonder if I should be making lists of all the things I intend to do, or lists banishing all the things I shouldn’t do. I wonder if I should be stepping on the scale and measuring my waistline or cleaning out my desk drawers. I should probably be focusing…

A horse named Halo

My stomach rolled with anxiousness and excitement, like a little girl getting to pick her first pony.  Stacey lead me to the barn where half a dozen stunning rescue horses awaited their call to duty.  I wanted to work with all of the horses; each seemed to share something unique and deeply appealing.  However, it was Halo that captured me and drew me in.  Her crisp, sea-blue eyes, braided mane and black and white prints were breathtaking.  Her beauty was…

The Mindful Brain

When I was about 15 years old, I had just moved from Montana to the Tempe area and I was doing some deep soul searching.  I was finding ways of connecting to a place of peace within myself and learning how tame the monsters in my complicated, teenage mind.  One day while walking around Kiwanis park, I stumbled, literally, upon a beautiful, antique looking, gold leafed Buddhist meditation book….which, years later, I intentionally left at the same park, hoping it…