Summer Time

It is 6am and this is my view. Decaf espresso with steamed oat milk with a splash of caramel syrup. I put the syrup in the milk before steaming it, as it makes the sugars expand with the steam, allowing a splash to bloom into it’s full form of just-right sweetness. Sometimes…a lot of times…a little sweetness goes a long way.
As it is with life, I am thinking.
Summer always tends to bring out the hot emotions for me, how about you? There’s loads of outdoor activities which I love, visiting with loved ones, which I love, beautiful summer nights in the forest or by the lake, which I love…AND the nights can be hard to settle due to the heat, the sun can be accosting on my skin and vision, and it’s heat takes a toll on my Irish blood. These occurrences, uncomfortably, invite me into deeper care and reflection of my needs and what works best for me in these hot days. I am constantly learning about my needs and now it would seem, more than ever. With no more children in the house I am left with space that invites me to go deeper into my relationship with myself, what matters most to me in this life, where my feet are called to step and what air I am meant to breathe. Even deeper, which should not be a surprise and yet, on a level, I am. How deep does/can healing go? What discovery lies beyond what has already been tended to? Mined? Uncovered? Laid to rest?
Part of what I am trying to share with you today, is that healing never ends. Most of you who have sat in my circles have heard me say that healing continues till the last breath leaves our bodies. More than ever, I am living that truth, some of which is beyond my control as it is the natural process, AND some of which I do have a say in by engaging in and being a part of the process. It’s been subtle and slow, this latest spiral through my life journey, which I am grateful for as there has been deep grief and sadness experienced as I see some of my life forming experiences through my elder eyes. When those events where happening there was no space for unraveling into the sadness, and I did not understand the process of grief. I was surviving. Please know in those places of survival, there where many lights shining, and sweet pockets of love held open. That is why I am here. 
​I have found that at certain developmental times of our life we are called to revisit, to see things from a more steady, stable, healed place to offer our younger Self the truth of what was happening. Not to blame others but to offer our own Self freedom of the burden of shame and guilt, or whatever adverse story was planted about who we were and why we deserved or caused what had happened. I see it, and am experiencing it, as a deep, transformative form of healing, a thicker layer of shedding, a gentler process of death to the past. Gentle in the sense of allowing time and space with no judgments. Sinking in, not to the healing places we’ve been before, rather a place of the complete unknown. This is what evolution looks like.
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Gratefully, we do not do this alone. Like the images I am sharing today, (collected from the location a photoshoot I did this past week), the Natural World around us is here to support us. The Spiritual Realm above, below and within us, is here to support us. We will not see it all the same, nor experience it the same, or call it by the same name…similar, yes, and not the same.
My prayer for you, under this new moon that is beginning to reveal itself to us again, is that you know who/what it is that walks with you. That you have found your spaces, places and humans who hold the light for you when it is dark AND celebrate alongside you when it is light.
As always, I love to hear from you. How has summer been? Have you felt the steady of your Spiritual Self? Have you engaged in the Wisdom of The Body?
If it feels right, let me know.
In the meantime, I have a few offerings coming up, CLICK HERE if you would like to be a part of these healing spaces, and add your amazing energy to the circle.
All love to you dear ones, all LOVE & BLESSINGS to you.
Catherine.