Be still....

Be still -

so I can feel your breath

 

Be still -

so I can find your hand

 

Be still -

so I can follow your heart

 

 

Anne-marie

 

 

 

 

What is your name?

 

 

What is your name?

Not the name I call you,
 when I have no imagination

and enviously watch you soar.

 

What is your name in heaven?

The sound which stirs your soul,

the sound which sets you free.

 

What is your name, here, at early dawn?

Where you sit perched, with knowing eyes.
Brought here by my tears,

because I forgot your name.

 

 

Anne-marie

 

 

 

 





Nature's poetry...

Why did you mate the moonlit night
With the honeysuckle vines?

How did you know Madeira bloom
Distilled ecstatic wines?

How did you weave the velvet disk
Where tangled perfumes are?

God, when you thought of a pine tree,
How did you think of a star?

Source: God the Artist by Angela Morgan

 

 

 

Now...

I have future regrets about yesterday;

and old fears about tomorrow.

But in this glorious nothingness of now -

I am free.

 

Anne-marie

Gaia mantra

~

Om Shri Gaia Ma

Purnatva Gaia Ma

~

Beautiful, Abundant Mother Earth

You Are Perfection, Divine Mother Earth

~


 

My word?!

I try to take time during classes to get to know the students. One of my favorite exercises is to ask them to give me one word which would describe them best.

This is very enlightening, especially after reading Sacred Contracts from Caroline Myss: She uses archetypes to assist you to symbolically understand your relationship with yourself and your environment, in order to let go of those patterns which do not serve you anymore. An excellent read if you are looking to find your purpose in life, but feel a bit stuck.

So after giving it much thought, I came up with my word - Storyteller. Very chuffed I was ready to display this to whomever was available. This word was not received with much enthusiasm by my loved ones: Eye rolls and comments like "is this going to take long..." is currently breaking my stride. But because Student was also a possibility, I keep at it with courage and perseverance.

Although, thinking about it now, Princess might not be a bad one either?!

 

 

 

 

Another special night with special friends!

My "goddess" friends surprised me with an impromptu marking of my birthday...or shall I say birth-month?! We met at Caren's place and after so much sadness and heartache over the last month, it was amazing to see them again - still overflowing with love!

 

 

 

Standing in abundance - what a blessing to receive this gift of feminine energy, grace and of friendship and unconditional love!

 

 

 

A special day with friends...

A special place,

soul friends,

shared connections.

Oh, time has wings!

The last of summer days,

all is love.

Blessed!

I have enough.

Anne-marie 

Same time, same place next year?