The Kindness Pilgrimage

04/02/2024

I missed Trans Visibility Day on March 31st! It's visible to me now so I'll post. Thank you Roberta Della-Picca for your loving, informative & kind post. If you had not posted, I would not have seen.

Roberta writes: "Advocates are marking International Transgender Day of Visibility by celebrating the societal contributions of trans, non-binary and two-spirit people. They're also calling for more support from allies."

For those who are uncomfortable acknowledging & seeing trans, non-binary & two-spirited people, kindness not agreement leads the way to understanding, tolerance & acceptance.

See comments for further information borrowed from Roberta's page.

02/08/2024

This month our kindness is focused on how choosing kindness in our relationship with our partner.

We are excited to offer our first chat for our Waterfall Wisdom Series with Rob & Karen.

01/26/2024

Kindness toward myself is starting fresh tonight with Imbolc ceremony & the celebration of Bridgid's birthday!

IMBOLC falls onto Feb. 1st or 2nd. We are celebrating tonight during FULL MOON Imbolc so that on these dates you are empowered to take what you've learned home to share with others in your family & community! We begin with feast followed by stories, singing, drumming, meditation & laughter! All welcome!

Now I'm off - smudging & sweeping the old out of our home, cleaning inside & out in preparation for new growth!

Bride of the earth,
sister of the faeries,
daughter of the Tuatha de Danaan,
keeper of the eternal flame.
In autumn, the nights began to lengthen,
and the days grew shorter,
as the earth went to sleep.
Now, Brighid stokes her fire,
burning flames in the hearth,
bringing light back to us once more.
Winter is brief, but life is forever.
Brighid makes it so. (Unknown)

01/21/2024

I'm looking forward to returning the the Wisdom of the Celtic Wheel beginning with the kindness of treating myself to the self-nourishment of Ceremony.

In the Full Moon gateway, join us for the Fire Festival Celebration of IMBOLC: In the Belly of the Mother! All things come from the Mother. We begin the new year sorting our seeds for planting during this next growing season. An evening teachings, ceremony, singing, drumming, chanting, storytelling. Pre-registration is required.

01/21/2024

My promise of kindness to self for 30 days is being manifested this month in celebration of the Celtic Wheel and Imbolc. It will also carry over 7 more times during this calendar year.

THE CELTIC WHEEL TEACHINGS at Imbolc lays the foundation for all other Fire Festivals because Imbolc is about sorting and preparing our seeds for the upcoming growth season. Each Festival builds toward the next one within a year. Learn about the Divine Masculine and Divine Feminine cycles of the year; the energy of each of the eight Fire Festivals and the Celtic Wheel as a Whole; use this Wheel as a practical, every day tool when growing our plants (vegetables, herbs, fruits and flowers) as well as our growing metaphoric garden of self-growth in alignment with the cycles and rhythms of the Earth. You are invited to bring some seeds for a Blessing of the Seeds and Seed Exchange. Teachings, Ceremony, meditation, singing, drumming, chanting and storytelling are all part of our time together.

We selected dates prior to the Fire Festival dates intending that you choose to apply these Teachings & Ceremonies on the actual Festival date at home, in your own backyard, with your family, friends & other communities gathering to honour these portals.

It is time to lift our vibration with the intent of aligning with the energy of the Earth.

01/20/2024

In my personal journey with kindness toward myself this month, I have been guided to once again offering Full Moon & New Moon Meditations at . I look forward to drinking in my connection with the Grandmothers. Join me!

There is a difference between Ceremony & ritual. Join us with the Grandmothers beside icy & Falls for our first Full Moon celebration of 2024.

01/04/2024

Yesterday, the kindness I offered myself was the self-care & sacredness of drinking a cup of warm, healing cedar tea. I repeated this today. Miigwetch to Indigenous Peoples who taught non-Indigenous Peoples about cedar tea. Kindness in a cup.

01/02/2024

A PILGRIMAGE OF CONSCIOUS KINDNESS

I saw this quotation: "The world is full of kind people. If you can’t find one, be one." (Unknown) It made me think. For all those who believe the world is an unkind place, I challenge you to be the kindness you perceive is missing.

I cannot challenge others to anything I am unwilling to embrace myself. Therefore, each day of 2024, I am committed to conscious kindness. To begin, for the month of January, I will extend kindness toward myself. Today's act of kindness to myself is making this commitment to a pilgrimage of kindness for a full year. I may not post every day. However, I will post my experience regularly. Who will join me?

Sharing a kindness pilgrimage in posts is not about boasting my good deeds. It’s about personal, spiritual growth & inspiration. It's about becoming a better human being.

Kindness is kindness. It is a frequency of wholeness, not merely something we do. It's not a practice of a particular religion. It is a way of living & being. It is through a greater awareness of our thoughts, feelings, words, choices & actions that we bring together our being & our doing, becoming the embodiment of the kind essence of our sacred heart.

Kindness is not positivity, for positivity is only half of the equation along the path of Wholeness. Positivity is evaluative. It breeds judgment, for where there is positivity, there is an opposite. Why limit the journey? Kindness just is. It is my intention to reach higher & inspire more kindness in self & others.

I invite you to share your stories of kindness that you have offered, received or witnessed. To reiterate, this is a space for inspiration through kindness. In the spirit of kindness, there are boundaries. Posts that judge, critique, interpret, polarize or ‘positivize’ will be deleted. Let's look forward to an exchange of kindness.