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The Wisdom That Was Never Lost

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“There is a faith in loving fiercely

the one who is rightfully yours,

especially if you have

waited years and especially

if part of you never believed

you could deserve this

loved and beckoning hand

held out to you this way.”

~~ David Whyte

Greetings to all my precious people!!

We have crossed the threshold into December. The darkest month of the year in the Northern Hemisphere. We are in deep Water season now—the element of winter in Chinese Medicine, the time of maximum yin, when all of nature turns inward to rest in the fertile darkness.

This is the season of incubation. Of seeds held in the dark soil. Of potential waiting beneath the frozen ground. Of wisdom so deep and ancient that it needs the quiet of winter to be heard.

November asked us to clear the way—to release what had completed, to make space for what wants to emerge. We practiced homecoming: returning to ourselves by letting go of physical clutter, emotional weight, mental noise, and the stories that no longer fit who we are becoming.

Now, in December, we remember.

Not in the nostalgic sense—not looking backward with longing or regret. But re-membering in the deepest sense: putting ourselves back together. Reclaiming the parts of ourselves we forgot. Recognizing the wisdom that was never actually lost—only buried beneath years of conditioning, trauma, and the relentless noise of a culture that profits from our forgetting.

 

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Warm Sweet Potato & Longan Tea Recipe

A gently sweet, warming tea to calm the Spirit, nourish the Blood, and support digestion on cold nights. continue reading »

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The Soul that Arrived Here

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“We shall not cease from exploration.

And the end of all our exploring

Will be to arrive where we started

And know the place for the first time.”

~~ T.S. Eliot

Greetings to all my precious people!!

This is Thanksgiving week in the United States – a time traditionally set aside for gratitude, for gathering, for acknowledging what sustains us.

It’s also the final Friday of November.

The completion of our HOMECOMING arc.

We have cleared physical space, honoring the body as sacred vessel.
We have released ancestral patterns, choosing what to carry forward.
We have quieted the mental noise, creating space for deeper knowing.

Now we arrive at the deepest homecoming of all: returning to the soul that arrived here.

Not the self you’ve become through adaptation and survival.
Not the person you were taught to be.
But the essential YOU that existed before all the conditioning.

T.S. Eliot understood this: we explore, we journey, we search – and eventually, if we’re fortunate, we arrive back where we started and know the place for the first time.

We come home to who we’ve always been.

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Bok Choy & Shiitake Stir-Fry with Ginger & Garlic Recipe

A quick, restorative lunch or dinner that clears residual Lung heat, moistens dryness, and strengthens Qi.  continue reading »

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The Quiet Beneath the Noise

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“I have arrived, I am home.”

~~ Thich Nhat Hanh

Greetings to all my precious people!!

We have cleared physical space. We have released ancestral patterns.

Now we arrive at the most persistent layer of homecoming: the mental clutter.

The planning. The strategizing. The constant need to figure it out, know what’s next, have all the answers. The 3am thought loops. The voice that says you’re not doing enough, being enough, achieving enough.

The noise.

We live in a culture designed to keep you mentally occupied. Distracted. Scrolling. Consuming information. Comparing. Planning. Optimizing.

But your soul is trying to speak. And it can’t be heard over the noise.

This week, as we approach Thanksgiving in the US – a time traditionally about gratitude and gathering – I want to invite you into something countercultural:

The practice of sacred not-knowing. Of creating mental space. Of coming home to the quiet.

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