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February 2022

Feb 25
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Episode 109: A Prayer for Peace

By My Shamanic Life Podcast
I set aside my plan for this episode to instead record a meditative prayer for peace. I am following the invasion of Ukraine with a heavy heart, and this is my small offering towards cultivating peace, light, hope, and love in our world. I also pray that I can return to a serious but somewhat lighter topic next week. May…
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Feb 18
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Episode 108: The Turtle (Yoga) Episode

By My Shamanic Life Podcast
It has been a while since I shared about my journey into wildlife rehabilitation and why I work with turtles. The story I tell was originally written for and shared with my interfaith seminary class last year. Then, you will be guided in a short, gentle yoga practice culminating in a long-held turtle pose. Registration is open for Shamanic Reiki…
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Feb 16
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an American red squirrel stands on snow with one front foot against an outstretched human leg covered in snow pants

The Land and Me

By Blog, Real Wilding
I have been thinking about ecology, which is the study of how beings interact with each other and their environment, to better understand what terms like “eco-spirituality” and “spiritual ecology” mean. Ecology seems pretty science-y, and science and spirituality are often thought of as opposites. Both spirituality and ecology are about relationships, however, and there is crossover in the way…
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Feb 15
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Moon Magic: Full Moon in Leo

By Blog, Moon Magic
Each New and Full Moon I dig into lunar astrology to write my newsletter and to set the theme for the associated Turtle Journey. I am not an astrologer, but I have enjoyed learning about this one aspect of astrology. I share some of what I am discovering here, along with a bit of magic. When the Moon is full,…
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Feb 11
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Episode 107: Practicing Love

By My Shamanic Life Podcast
Before I recorded this episode, I sat outside for meditation, as I do daily, watched the squirrels, and contemplated love. The squirrels have been flirting with each other of late, but the love I was thinking of was not the romantic kind, but the deeper, divine love at the center of our beings – yours, mine, the squirrels’, and all…
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Feb 09
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bust part of statue of St. Francis of Assisi showing him petting a beetle perched on his finger

St. Francis and the Wolf

By Blog, Spiritual Ecology
When I began my research into St. Francis for an interfaith seminary essay, I knew little of him beyond his designation as patron saint of ecology and the animals. I was curious how he became associated with animals and found a story about a wolf that intrigued me, especially in the context of wolf conservation challenges in the United States.…
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Feb 08
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Moon Magic: Second Quarter Moon in Taurus

By Blog, Moon Magic
Each New and Full Moon I dig into lunar astrology to write my newsletter and to set the theme for the associated Turtle Journey. I have recently begun to look at the Quarter Moons as well. I am not an astrologer, but I have enjoyed learning about this one aspect of astrology. I share some of what I am discovering…
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Feb 04
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Episode 106: Yoga for a Warrior’s Heart

By My Shamanic Life Podcast
The yoga practice sequence in this episode, which I’m calling “Yoga for a Warrior’s Heart,” came out of a moment when I was demonstrating Warrior II for a virtual client and remembered one of Will Keepin’s principles of spiritual leadership. The principle is that love creates the form, just like an open heart creates the alignment in Warrior II. I…
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Feb 03
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a grey squirrel sits on his haunches on snow covered ground behind a fallen branch

A Blanket of Snow

By Blog, Real Wilding
After a warmer-than-average December melted the little snow we received and early January froze that into a dangerous coating of ice, I appreciate the blanket of snow I see now. Even very cold days are brightened by the sunlight reflecting off the ice crystals. It's hard to capture the glitter in photographs, but the squirrel says to trust me that…
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