Spring
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And, welcome to The Seasonal Soul. May Day feels like a meaningful day to give birth to this new, beautiful, (kind of scary, and super vulnerable) endeavor. May Day is a day of joyful celebration for all the new life exploding all around us – the flowers, and the birds, and the trees. It’s also a time to celebrate any new life growing within…
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The Spring Equinox is a powerful seasonal day, celebrated by ancient peoples all throughout human history. (Read more about the power of this sacred day, here.) I really encourage you to find some time around the Equinox to pause & celebrate this meaningful seasonal shift. Here are a few simple ways you can celebrate this sacred day: How to celebrate the spring equinox 5…
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An important part of my spiritual practice is planning a family celebration to observe the Sacred Seasonal Days–the equinoxes & the solstices. I try to make these as simple as possible, to ensure we actually do the seasonal celebrations. I’ve found the more complicated the plans are, the greater the likelihood I’ll just feel tired & overwhelmed, and just skip it all together when the day…
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The Spring Equinox is quickly approaching. On the Equinoxes the Earth is in perfect balance. On the Winter Solstice, the northern hemisphere was tilted as far away from the sun as possible. Throughout winter & spring the Earth continues to tilt back toward the sun & on the Summer Solstice, our hemisphere is as close to the sun as possible. That means at this moment,…
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A full moon Ritual for the April 1, 2026 full moon We work so hard. We’re always working so hard–in our lives, on our selves, and on our dreams. It’s hard work seeking, and learning, and growing, and evolving. Too often we forget the other side of the equation. We work so hard on the doing part of creating. We forget about the resting part.…
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Today was a struggle. I sat down to write all of you, my friends, and my brain was not cooperating. Someone had flipped the off switch. Instead of writing, I really felt like I could lay my head down on the wooden table, right there in the middle of the coffeeshop, and just go to sleep. BUT, “I have my To Do List. I…
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Mid-Spring is a Super Sexy Time of Year Everything is just really damn sexy. The colors! They’re so vibrant and rich. Those brand new baby green leaves on the trees are, like, day-glo. The flowers right now are so seductive and gorgeous. And their scent! Have you smelled a freshly bloomed rose yet?! They’re so sensual and delicious. The garden is also being…
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1. Everything is bursting with life right now. May is, hands down, one of the most gorgeous months of the year. Abundant, vibrant, delicious life is bursting all around us. The leaves have returned to the trees. Shrubs I cut down to the ground last fall are now 3’x3’ bushy bushes. Our hops are 6’ high and out of control, twisting their vines along…
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This week’s Full Moon arrives at the same time that many of us are preparing to honor the mothers in our lives. (In the U.S., Canada, Australia & many, many other countries, this Sunday is Mother’s Day, May 14th.) Even if you’re country isn’t observing Mother’s Day this week, spring has long been a traditional time to celebrate the mothers in our lives. Right now everything…
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This month we reach the midpoint of Spring. This month is Beltane; the cross-quarter day that marks the middle of Spring & celebrates the overwhelmingly fertile energy present in nature. The days have gotten noticeably longer, the temperature is warming. And we should be outside celebrating this incredibly joyful, positive, invigorating energy in nature. Only … these are not things we are experiencing in our lives right now.…