Catherine Beerda-Basso
Reflections
June 03rd, 20246/3/2024 JUNE
Beautiful Transformation collected by me 2022 Transformation is always happening Within that place resistance is natural. In this life Transformation and Transmutation are inevitable Re-birth ever present Here we take what is and was Compost it into our memories Not for pain purposes Rather to re-member for medicine and guidance It is said that we cannot heal our future without remembering our past This calls for acceptance of all our parts A place for each of them to be with no shame or judgment To allow us to return home again and again with each sunrise with each breath with each experience Transformation allows us to rebirth ourselves back to OurSelves again and again We came here with more than one life to live. Here I remain #changingwoman #june #transformation #transmutation #rebirth #breath #behinagain #theast #butterfly #earthmedicine
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May 01st, 20245/1/2024 May – Beltane
‘No voices now speak to man from stones, plants, and animals, nor does he speak to them believing they can hear. His contact with nature has gone, and with it has gone the profound emotional energy that this symbolic connection supplied’. -Carl Jung as the earth stirs and life takes root as seeds grow that have been planted may we tend well to the New Life rising may we be mindful may we be true may we weed out that which chokes out good life may we tend to, fertilize and feed that which sustains wellness, health and well-being not only for ourselves, but for all that lives may we remember that we are part of this world response-able to contribute to Life’s flourishing and abundance may we remember that together, we are stronger and together does not need to look the same may we see this Season of Spring as an opportunity a Divine opportunity to speak with the earth and each other to begin again ~CBB #beltane #spring #beginagain #hummingbird collected by me 2023 April3/31/2024 APRIL
I want to fly like an eagle To the sea Fly like an eagle Let my spirit carry me I want to fly like an eagle 'Til I'm free Oh, Lord through the revolution … Feed the babies Who don't have enough to eat Shoe the children With no shoes on their feet House the people Livin' in the street Oh, oh there's a solution … I want to fly like an eagle To the sea Fly like an eagle Let my spirit carry me I want to fly like an eagle 'Til I'm free Right through the revolution … Time keeps on slippin', slippin', slippin' Into the future Time keeps on slippin', slippin', slippin' Into the future Time keeps on slippin', slippin', slippin' Into the future … I want to fly like an eagle To the sea Fly like an eagle Let my spirit carry me I want to fly like an eagle 'Til I'm free Right through the revolution -Steve Miller Band Eagle Eye collected by me 2023 #bethechange #youarethemedicine #Eagleeyes #eagle #EagleMedicine March 26th, 20243/26/2024 ![]() Breathing myself out of The Shadows I find myself breathing deeply these days. There has been much to witness, much to release much to face and much to process. I recently had a thought that life isn’t about being easy or hard. life if Life And that, for me, encompasses All. ![]() During my 55 years of walking this earth, I have come to discover that sometimes I must move into the shadows, I must move into the darkness of my being, in order to find the light and this is no small undertaking. These kinds of journeys have often brought pain or been spurred on by deep grief. And with each journey, I seem to know less and expand more. Recently, I found out a little more about the caterpillar metamorphosis into being in a butterfly. I was aware that a caterpillar turns into slime before rebirthing into the form of the butterfly. However, what I did not know is that within that process, there are certain cells within the caterpillar that fight this transformation, and until those cells die the transformation is not able to begin. ![]() What I found fascinating about that was that, even though a caterpillar consciousness is different than my own, even with them, there is resistance. This spoke to me that perhaps resistance is part of this life experience, and it’s not about feeling shame or guilt in my resistance, or even trying to fix it. Perhaps it’s more about leaning into the resistance, seeing it for what it is -a natural part of process- and acknowledging it as I continue to transform and rebirth. A kind of ‘feel the fear and do it anyways’ thing, I’m invited into. Truth is, for me, it is a necessity so I can live fully, and completely into this life I’ve been given. Winter has been a dark and necessary time, AND I am emerging, once again. And like the butterfly, the chick, the baby bird, I must break out of a shell, that once held me. This spring it looks like leaving my precious and treasured home, in which I lived for 21 years. This home, that grew both of my man-children. This home, that held hamsters, a rabbit and three dogs. This home, that has held both my and my husband’s businesses and way of life. This home, that came to us as such a gift, in a time when we, seemingly, had nothing. This home that told me it would be the place where the women would gather and pray; and gather they did! This home. This sweet home that has held so much, for so many has let me know that we have ‘outgrown’ it. We have completed what we came here to do. Raised our children, built our family, solidified our foundation and it is now time to leave it behind and move into the next season of our lives. A season that sees us not only leaving our home, but the community that home is found in. You can image this has brought up many emotions for each of us, as well as for those who have communed within these walls and on this precious little piece of land.
Leaving behind what you know is not easy. Leaving behind what you love deeply is life changing. We have decided to take the challenge, crack the egg, and invite in what is already waiting for us. I am forever grateful for how Life weaves in support, in unexpected way, to help us through these hard changes and decisions. My legs are shaky, my heart is strong, and my mind exhausted & willing. And it is here, I remain. Breathing myself out of the shadows. For the air in our lungs For the invitation to begin again For new beginnings and renewed life For Illumination Clarity and Wisdom For Eagle Vision and Hawk Focus Where does Spring find you, my friend? Spring Equinox*Ostara*The East3/20/2024 #springequinox #spring We welcome the EAST For the Breath in our Lungs For the invitation to begin again…and again For Spring and Renewed Life For the Child within each of us and For the promise that after every dark night, the sun will rise again And in this truth, we find the Wisdom of Peace We call in the guardians of the East, Eagle and Hawk
That we too, like them, will rise above and see the bigger picture That they will guide us, help us, teach us how and when to use our eagle vision and our hawk wisdom to see beyond our own selves, our own pains, our own sufferings, our own stories and instead, see the whole of all things and all that is a part of it. We ask for help as we learn to lean into the wisdom that there are many things going on, that are unseen and learning to trust that we are cared for in every moment, even during times when we do not understand why things are happening as they are. We give gratitude for this bigger picture view and the peace within it, that passes all understanding. Blessed Be Here I remain March 13th, 20243/13/2024 Last weekend I had the immense honour and joy of holding and sitting in circle with other like-minded women. Three different circles Three different experiences Three different possibilities. 🕯️🙏🏻🦌 In the first one we sat in the process of learning to give voice to feelings,thoughts and celebrations. Not as easy as you think. The purpose of giving voice to needs, thoughts and celebration is to interrupt the brain patterns of guilt, shame, and self deprivation. We one has lived in the thoughts that they don’t matter, it can feel like a challenge to take up space with your voice, while talking about your needs. I am ever moved by the bravery of these souls who take this chance on themselves✨♥️ Next circle was one of intentional listening,learning and healing ❤️🩹 A deep unraveling of our stories of now through our Ancestors eyes. Brave sisters, inviting in possibilities and sitting in curiosity. 🌟 The final circle held new and old faces. Strangers and yet strangely connected. Gathering to be seen, heard and to witness as we gave voice to our challenges as we gleaned the wisdom from each of them. Vulnerable and Honest each woman showed up with a hunger for community and sacred feminine connections. Each soul clear about the need to be in sacred feminine space and clear about the possibility of healing and renewal within that space ❤️🩹 The medicine I come away with is this:
Women need each other Women are stronger together We all are moving from our own experiences and We are are capable of honouring that Sisterhood is different than friendship and the same When one woman rises, we all do We are here to be in relations with one another, not to compete, judge or teat down. This is how we heal our trauma and the trauma of those who have walked before us. We do this better, together. Here I remain 🔥🦉✨ 📷 Hannah House x2 oracle cards by @autumnskyeart 📷 Voices if The Wells x2 oracle by @autumnskyeart & #weaveroracle by @carolynhillyer.nigelshaw 📷 #shaenalachhealingandretreats #earthmedicinehealingcircle oracle cards by @sharonblackiemythmakings #prayersofhonoring by @pixielighthorse March 12th, 20243/12/2024 March
Dismantling Distilling Finding Vulnerability in Strength Finding Strength in Vulnerability Being the Alchemist of and in my own Story Moving with and being Guided by the air in my lungs the fire in my belly the water in my blood the earth in my bones Unraveling knit together stories that were not meant to be crossed, but as a child everything was Everything and lines were nonexsistent... These are the days of Winter The Wisdom of Challenge To see with changed eyes To allow To trust To release And in these challenging places Be Human For to be human is to be messy I am made of flesh, blood and bone and there is no shame in that... I feel disappointments, sadness and grief... I do not hold within all the answers and I don't always know the way. I stumble*I fall*I disappoint*I hurt those I love*at times I feel lonely and not heard*I am flawed...but there is no shame in this... there is only grace... and acceptance....love and patience I feel the push if all the"shoulds" I feel the pull to sit and blame I feel the pressing in of The Collective Fear...and I weep, I feel unsure, tired, and confused.... And there is no shame in that. For right along side these shadows of my Be-ing Human is a vibrant heart, hungry for life... this life... this messy, complicated, shit-show life. A life where cartoon characters run countries, mental wellness units are found in basements of hospitals and not all the earth community will eat today. In the words of the great MLK I've been to the mountain top... I've seen things that I cannot explain, I've witnessed amazing compassion, heart wrenching love, and wordless courage. All within the fragile human frame. Love is The Way and WE are the vehicle Living an Uncommon Life is a Challenge and can feel Lonely ...and the results will blow your mind. This is what I am learning and so I remain Honouring Imbolc2/2/2024 February
Imbolc & St. Brigid's Day Springs Beginnings Winters Thaw And perhaps in this place Love will be invited…will be allowed To Rise Love shown in troubled times is the most precious of all It is easy to love when there isn't tragedy hurt strife challenge Bone Love happens when it is hard Love built with the sturdy, rock solid commitment Flourishes Love when it hurts creates Fortitude Love forged in a time of Challenge lives Forever It takes great courage to stand in this kind of Love May we all have such courage aho aha amen may it be so December12/13/2023 DECEMBER
TS Eliot calls Winter Solstice ‘The still point of the turning world’. A time to hold still, right there in the heart of the dark. A sacred pause, in the place between stories. Winter Solstice is a time of renewal. It’s a time to immerse ourselves in the cycles of nature: of death and rebirth, of darkness and light. It’s a time to think about change and transformation, letting the long, cold dark strip us down to the bare bones. Let winter strip us bare like an old oak tree. Letting the final leaves that we’re clinging onto fall. Letting it all fall and see what still holds us upright. Darkness is not just a lack of light. It isn’t even the opposite of light. It is a wonderful, tangible thing with characteristics all of its own. Darkness is the place where life comes from. Darkness is the great melting pot, the great cauldron of creativity, the womb, the cocoon, the cave. Darkness is a great, wondrous thing of beauty. This is the season of the dark; whilst nevertheless hoping for the return of the light, we should celebrate the beauty of the dark...TS Eliot goes on to write ‘At the still point, there the dance is’. - Sharon Blackie The gifts you willingly give to others The ones that heal their heart and brighten their path Are the very ones you need to heal your own heart and brighten your own path. Love Light and Shadow dear ones. November11/2/2023 November for the Water in my Blood for the Wisdom of the Heart for the Emotional Self as the season of grief, death and dying continues I choose to move gently and notice the small things that make this life everything I choose to grieve the deaths inside and around me I choose to grieve alongside those I love, as I simultaneously acknowledge their fortitude and bravery I choose to grieve with & for the earth community I choose to acknowledge the wrongs and live into the possibilities that only divine love can bring I choose to live into the death and honour the grief stories that feed the re-membered the re-newed the response-ability the re-birth that is always happening in one way or another I pray you’ll join me Stay tuned for more Elder Bear collected Fall 2022 by me LOCAL PEEPS
Come see me tomorrow morning, Friday, November 3rd, at Kanaka Creek Coffee and let’s talk Grief. Grief is a reflection of your Love and is not something to ‘get over’. Why would we want to get over the feelings we have of a loved one leaving this earth or the love we had for something that could no longer be? Come sit with me and lets see where the discussion and the medicine takes us. I’ll be there 8am-11:30am ’mini session’ by donation “Come with your grief Come with your loss Carry all the pieces of your heart and come with with us... Bring your empty cups and we will have a feast" ~Kamand Kojouri ReflectionsHere you will find my process in writings. Archives
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