Catherine Beerda-Basso

Reflections 

August

8/1/2024

 
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AUGUST

Listen to the Wisdom of your body
Engage and Commune with your Spiritual Self
And don’t take yourself so seriously 

With deep love
CoyWolf

 Sunrise with CoyWolf
collected by me 2023 
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July

7/1/2024

 
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Trust
Move with the currents of life
Do not fight them
Trust allows us to love with more serenity and grace;
it allows space for patience.
These are busy days And even in a time of fullness, passion and creativity we can still choose to take care of our own rhythms.
It’s ok to take time…to take your time by doing so we learn to breathe better notice our surroundings more and develop an all-round sense of ease as we move through an ever changing world.
Be a Peace Maker
Engage serenity
Ground in Grace
Practice Patience
Slow Down
Access your Ancient Wisdom
Practice Persistence
Delegate Determination
Nurture Emotional Strength and Understanding
Heal
#july #trust #heal #turtle
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Resting Turtle collected by me 2022
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June 03rd, 2024

6/3/2024

 
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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, 2024

5/1/2024

 
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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
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April

3/31/2024

 
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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 
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March 26th, 2024

3/26/2024

 
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​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.

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​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.
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​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.
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​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?
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Spring Equinox*Ostara*The East

3/20/2024

 
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#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
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March 13th, 2024

3/13/2024

 
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.

🕯️🙏🏻🦌
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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✨♥️

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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. 🌟
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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
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March 12th, 2024

3/12/2024

 
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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
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Honouring Imbolc

2/2/2024

 
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​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

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