The new edition of Christiane Northrup’s bible for women’s health and wellbeing is even more impressive than before. She’s done an amazing job of synthesizing the best of modern scientific knowledge with traditional tried-and-tested wisdom, plus her own deep life experience in working in the field of women’s health. Every woman should have a copy, and it makes a great gift for the women in your life.
You can buy Women’s Bodies, Women’s Wisdom from Amazon.com
The disaster in the Gulf is very much in my awareness. The Buddhist sangha I belong to, Tara Mandala, did a group meditation last Saturday praying for healing for the Gulf. At the end I had a vivid vision of the dakinis (feminine spiritual beings) guiding sea-turtles away from the oil. It was a strong vision and gave me hope that the creatures of the sea are being assisted.
How do we know such meditation and prayers have any good effect? If they have any connection to reality at all? Many of us have witnessed the power of thought and intention and prayer, and that helps to give one a sense that one is not wasting one’s time. But even if you have never had such an experience, logic tells us that it is worth making the attempt — better to do that than to do nothing and simply worry or space out.
So if you feel so inclined, take some time to sit and tune into that part of the world, and send your loving thoughts that humans find a way to clean up this mess as soon as possible, and that the sea creatures move away from the danger zone.
And if you would like to make a donation, here is a recommended charity for sea birds. They are working hard in the Gulf right now: http://saveourseabirds.com/
For readers in the Netherlands and for Dutch-speakers anywhere, the Dutch edition of Growing Your Inner Light just came out, with a title change to
published by Mana/Het Spectrum
Time for an update and a bit of an explanation for my relative silence of late. My life is going through a very practical phase, and after a winter of writing I just want to be outside in the garden or inside stripping wallpaper……….We recently bought a house, an old stone farmhouse not far from the sea, in a magical valley full of sacred sites, bubbling springs, sweet rivers, hawks, deer, golden cliffs and long stony beaches. It is the kind of house I have always wanted; it feels solid but not solemn, capacious but not intimidating, old but not decrepit. After most of an adulthood spent wandering, impelled by a demanding inner process to learn by insecurity and movement, to imbibe other cultures and traditions, I am deeply enjoying the focus on settling into a place that offers so much to my body and soul, and I am so grateful for it. I’ll be running some groups/classes/retreats from the house eventually, so drop me a line if you are interested in hearing about that.
Despite all this practical busyness, the inspiration to write, to communicate, is nonetheless making itself felt every now and then, and I have just posted a fairly long update on the Saturn Uranus oppositions with commentary on the April 26 & July 26 major planetary alignments @ http://planetaryenergies.net/
The UK edition of GROWING YOUR INNER LIGHT is slated for publication in Spring 2011. Public stuff–workshops, talks, media etc–will be happening in due course.
Watch this space for news on my next books — two novels on women’s spiritual quest that you’ll be able to buy very very soon………………..
And now I’m off to plant some potatoes! Happy Spring, everyone! Luminous Greenness to you!
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I just wrote a piece on the Spring Equinox and current planetary alignments at Planetary Energies
Posted in Astrology, Planetary Energies, Spring Equinox
