Tending Your Heart

We are in between Equinox and Solstice, a passage between seasons, a transitional space that bridges what has been with what is coming into being. There are diverse cultural traditions that mark this transitional time with ceremonies and celebrations, recognizing the power and beauty that live in the in-betweens.

In-betweens are sacred spaces filled with mystery and wonder, with questions and quests. You may feel you’re in the currents of a flowing river. What direction are you heading? Pulled off balance by turbulent waters? Floating in gentle eddying pools?

In-betweens are inherent in the passages of life. We leave behind what has been and move through thresholds of change. In-betweens are transformational times and places. Dying away is intimately woven with birthing. Endings join up with not-yet-lived possibilities. There is spaciousness here. Boundlessness. Vastness to wander around in and explore.

You may feel lost, waiting and wishing for a clearly defined map. You may find yourself grieving. Passion for the adventure may come alive. You’ll weave and unweave, build and dismantle, rest and pause and regenerate. Creativity and co-creating will be at play, in each and every one of us, in all the in-betweens.

Like the magical transformations inside a chrysalis to generate wings and awaken the capacity to fly.

Like the extraordinary gestation in the watery realm of the womb before entering the outside world and breathing air.

Like the mysterious journey of leaving behind physical existence on earth and becoming pure energy and spirit.

In these sacred passages, there lives a challenging, empowering, loving invitation to settle into the wonder of not knowing.

Even here ~ especially here ~ let your heart be your guide.

Originally Published on https://joannedodgson.com/blog

JoAnne Dodgson Ceremonial Healing

JoAnne Dodgson’s life is centered in the lineage of Ka Ta See and the path of the kala keh nah seh ~  medicine storyteller, weaver of webs of balance, healer, teacher, and ceremonial guide. She offers ceremonial healing, apprenticeships, and retreats to remember our belonging and weave harmony in our relationships with ourselves, each other, our earth, and web of life.

JoAnne has been learning, living, and sharing the ways of the kala keh nah seh for over twenty years. She has a doctorate in Counseling Psychology with a specialty in Holistic Health. As a therapist and community activist, she worked in trauma healing centers and college counseling centers. She has been on the faculty in Transpersonal Psychology, Women’s Studies, and Holistic Health programs. Earlier in her career, JoAnne was a teacher in public schools and residential programs for adolescents. She also served as the director of a women’s shelter.

To share her passion for the healing medicine of stories, JoAnne has written several books including Spirit of Chocolate: A Woman’s Journey to the Rainforest in Search of Her Dreams and UnLeashing Love. She lives in the enchanted desert mesas of New Mexico.