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Tag: self-care

The Power of the Playlist

Posted on January 17, 2022January 14, 2022 by GlasseWitch

I will never forget the first time I heard the music from the Pure Moods album in the early 90s. I was a tweeny and my parents brought home a copy of the CD. I clearly remember dancing around the living room while listening to it.  I needed to move my body in order to…

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The Top 5 Blogs of 2021

Posted on January 3, 2022January 2, 2022 by GlasseWitch

Happy New Year, friends. 2022 is here and I hope it’s starting off gently for you. The other day, I saw John Beckett (an absolutely wonderful Pagan blogger – you should definitely follow him if you’re not already) post a wrap-up of his most popular writing from the year. It inspired me to look at…

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One Word ~ An Intention for 2022

Posted on December 27, 2021December 22, 2021 by GlasseWitch

Many years ago, I was introduced to the idea of selecting a single word for each calendar year to act as an intention, touchstone, and big-picture goal. The beauty of a single word intention is that the simplicity means multiple ways of connecting are possible. For example, my word for 2020 was ‘Manifest.’  An interesting…

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Fallow Season ~ Burnout, Fatigue, and Sacred Rest

Posted on December 13, 2021December 10, 2021 by GlasseWitch

Within the world of agriculture, there is a vital part of crop growing known as letting land “lie fallow.”  To fallow a piece of earth is to leave it deliberately unsown – to let it rest. This time of rest allows more fertility to gather in the soil, guaranteeing a better crop later. It is…

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7 Ways to Welcome Winter

Posted on December 6, 2021December 2, 2021 by GlasseWitch

When my spouse and I first got together, they hated winter. An early career spent outdoors in the worst of the weather caused a strong aversion to everything related to the months of the inward spiral. Seven years on, they’ve shifted their viewpoint to a grudging tolerance for the season and genuine enjoyment of some…

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The Skin I’m In ~ A Reflection on ‘The Body Is Not An Apology’

Posted on September 27, 2021 by GlasseWitch

  When I turned 40, my social media feed changed. I’ve always gotten some advertisements for yoga and other fitness products and programs. I’m a yoga teacher, so I’m a good target for those kinds of ads. Likewise, I’ve always seen at least a handful of ads for makeup and hair products. But it seemed…

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The Autumn Awakening ~ Returning to Center

Posted on September 7, 2021 by GlasseWitch

Sometime during summer, I go a little dormant. The high heat and humidity where I live in the mid-Atlantic weighs heavily on me. I begin to drift, to slip into the doldrums. I tend to slide out of my patterns of practice and choose checking out rather than dialing in. I go through the motions…

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Summer Burnout~ A Sun-Baked Divination

Posted on August 23, 2021August 19, 2021 by GlasseWitch

Some days, there’s just not enough coffee in the universe to get me going.  During most of the year, doldrum days are pretty rare for me. I generally have good forward momentum: I have dreams and visions I’m trying to manifest, sacred Work I’m focused on, and a beloved community to serve. For some…

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The Gratitude Project

Posted on August 2, 2021July 28, 2021 by GlasseWitch

When I look at the path of a river, I sometimes marvel at the way it cuts through stone to wend its flow through the landscape around me. I’m lucky enough to live near both the Potomac and Monocacy rivers and I’ve spent a lot of time wandering their shores and paddling kayaks along their…

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The Call to Ceremony: Rituals and Celebrations for the Modern Age

Posted on July 12, 2021July 14, 2021 by GlasseWitch

This sermon was offered to the Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Wyoming Valley in July of 2021 Every year I coordinate a large event for my chapter of the Covenant of Unitarian Universalist Pagans in Frederick, MD.  It’s a masquerade ball – a formal gala with a faery and fantasy theme. It’s our big fundraiser of…

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