Making Every Moment Count ~ Spring Richness in Full Gear Inside & Out (Updates & My Neck of the Woods)

Days continue to be laced with much more than usual, which feels aligned with the buzzing of Spring both above and below the Earth’s soil right now. That’s how it feels – things rapidly happening in the outer world and richly happening in the inner one, simultaneously. Although it hasn’t quite been two weeks since the last, fuller update, it feels like months of events have taken place in that short window. This to include dream time and all of the in between percolation.

Having a lot going on definitely keeps my mind and energy focused on what’s only presently in front of me, rather than drifting off to the future or past. That’s not to say I don’t still dance in the realms of visions that tickle my heart, but I don’t have the bandwidth to replay anything old, nor give away energy worrying over what might be. I’m on ultra awareness of not trickling energy into mind chatter repetition of stories that are over because I’ve seen how the present rewrites and rewires all of it when I embody the new with alignment.

There’s only here and now and that’s just fine with me.

I’m curious how others are experiencing this new season in what I’ve heard many have been calling a “big” and pivotal year energetically?

Personally, I feel that the more I stay my own course and bring forth more fullness, the less any kind of matrix framework hovers in my experience. There’s no resonance for any of that to attach to, and therefore creative liberation can spark toward a wide open field of potential.

And I know I say it a lot, but I do believe strongly in the value and power of being more playful, staying soft and flowing in my approach, and walking through life with curiosity and wonder. That helps me hugely.

This simply feels to be a reminder of how there are always other ways or approaches for each of us, depending on how we feel currently about our lives. Exploring what you may not have yet – which could be a more playful attitude or simply something different than your norm – could be the other side of the coin that would help open up possibilities where doors feels closed or things feel frustrating.

Yes, I hear you that this can be challenging to do in the face of contrasts, yet this is exactly why these things are so integral and needed.

The point is, if you find yourself unhappy about things, curiosity might lead to a different choice that could bring a different feeling. And that choice is one you are the navigator of – not anyone else.

It’s all about discovering whether or not we as individuals feel good about our experience of life and building from that inquiry’s answer in the way and timing that is ours alone to unravel. It’s not about trying to imitate someone else, nor control others to bend to our individual ways and needs.

One of my hopes has always been that each of us could truly accept one another, recognize the value of variety, and be kind in the face of differences.

We all have different paths, trajectories, and purposes we’re here experiencing. Each a puzzle piece to the other. So to think that there is only one way for everyone doesn’t make sense to my heart. Does it to yours? My feeling is that if someone chooses to experience their version of embodiment that is contrasting to mine and isn’t asking or wanting to change, that doesn’t make them wrong. It simply confirms our uniqueness and underscores compassion because without the contrasts we may not know of any personal, evolutionary path we’d like to embark upon.

This is one of the big reasons why I don’t feel guided to provide straight readings for people because I don’t believe in taking the power out of someone’s hands to choose, in any way. I know how influential a reading can be, even though a person DOES always still have a choice, because it can feed ego thoughts and bypass higher self. I support self sovereignty and have come to believe that every choice is for the highest. I have loved that about The Speakers as well. That their messages are guide posts for self discovery. I mirror their trajectory in feeling detached guidance to be my personal path.

So my blog posts have, over time, shifted a lot energetically with my own personal evolution – preferring to share a more personal journey and adding to the pool of inspiration and possibility in the world where and how I can because it just so happens that this is the guiding star to my heart compass.

There’s just so much we each have to share, which can be simply and potently in emanating a frequency all on our own through our embodiment as example even if we don’t ever talk to others about it. I do know that many of you experience rich layers in your life and are finding these days to be full of synchronicities. I also know many of you may think you aren’t experiencing things and yet you are surrounded by so much love and support, as well as reflections of your heart. It doesn’t matter how things show up, the fact that you’re showing up here on Earth right now speaks to a soul courage and value that is recognized even if challenges don’t make it easy to see yourself.

So, thank you for that.

For being you and being here.

There’s no particular way that needs to be.

Only the way you feel to be in each moment.

That is and will always be enough.

This brings me to share some of how I have been experiencing things and showing up in this small corner of our wide world and because I haven’t posted for about two weeks and likely won’t for another week or more, this will be a longer read.

Perhaps you will find threads of reflections, synchronous connections, an inspiration to see with your heart more, or simply enjoy a break from the every day of it all with some story shares.

I feel to highlight some of the standouts since last I wrote that have included both waking and dream time. Sharing in this way provides a glimpse into how one might journey through life noticing what could otherwise seem subtle or disconnected. Yet, with a pause, a lot of messaging and confirmations we wonder about can come through everyday experiences. And some of it (even if I don’t draw inference to what they fully mean) just highlights the things that are personally important to me and what have supported the wholeness and wellness I make a commitment to so I can continue to show up in the ways I desire.

I’d say that the themes have been a lot of outdoor activity, community (as in friends near and far), animal guides, dreams, closure, and new groundwork.

Do any of these themes overlap with you in some way?

I noticed things ramping up on the 15th. We have jumped into hiking and biking mode here with Spring anchoring, although it takes a little more time in the mountains to fully shift seasons. This means we will stick to biking, since the paths are usually clear for that at lake level, and look for hikes where we don’t have to do a lot of sludging through old snow melt-off. That usually means that we’ll also go down to the valley, just a half hour’s drive, to hit some completely dry trails.

The beauty of living here, at least for me, is the variety we have so close of options and that we can experience both alpine and high desert landscapes. That also gives us options to embrace and make the most of during in between times.

So we did just that on the 15th – went down to high desert terrain and met up with a friend of ours who lives there for quite the hike! It started at the same trailhead we have often done, but being that she used to be a professional mountain climber, she took us a different route – straight up!

Although the hike wasn’t super long – 1.68 miles each way – it was very steep (climbing roughly 1500+ feet in elevation) and the climb was through deep sand on top of that. It was equally a feat in both up and down directions because of the sand and pitch to the trail. We definitely got a great workout for deep breathing lungs and all-over lower body muscles.

And as we climbed up I was finding some cool smaller raw quartz and then discovered part of the jaw bone of a wild animal with sharp teeth. I’ve found a couple of jaw bones before, but this was a different one.

Our end point was a beautiful area with views all around that felt like a vortex – small and protected by granite rocks.

On the way down, I found a perfect, dead Painted Lady butterfly.

That, along with conversations of the day, felt potent.

The next two days I followed through with my intention to clear our yards of Winter’s past. And the theme continued, as upon just heading outside to begin my Spring yard cleanup on the first of those days, I discovered a perfect and peaceful dead mouse. Following having had two dead birds at our home around Boojum’s passing and the previous day’s finds all felt underscoring of rebirthing cycles.

I buried the mouse next to the two birds in my garden animal sanctuary before starting my work.

Not long after I was into my first day of raking, I also came upon a tuft of Frith’s fur in one of his favorite spots he hangs out in, along with a very tiny feather. I loved finding this little gift of his magickal essence and rabbit medicine.

I had some really good muscle soreness from the previous day’s hike in places that were new from the type of climb we did, and coupled with two days’ of yard work, I was feeling really physically activated in a great way.

I actually love raking – it’s a great way to get exercise outdoors, but is also instantly rewarding with immediate results that tickle my Capricorn placements.

I also love nurturing the land and helping to support my blossoms and plants to shine on a new clean stage.

You might remember that last year I did the yardwork while Dave was away on a 12 day silent meditation, so I did the raking, loading up of bags, and hauling them out front on my own. This year, Dave helped with the bagging and hauling, while I made and left piles all around for him. It went pretty fast even with a half acre that gets dumped with heavy loads of pine needles, branches, and pine cones because of living on the National Forest. I put in about 4 1/2 hours on the first day and another 3 or so hours the second day doing the back, side, and front yards.

We ended up with 19, thirty-three gallon bags this year. Last year I had 21, thirty-two gallon bags.

It felt SO good! Team work rocks! And a clean, season’s slate really amplified both closure and readiness.

On the night of the 19th, we headed back down with friends to the high desert valley to do the more regular, long trail in the same area we were at with our mountain climbing friend.

It was a gorgeous day, and going along our usual route provided glimpses of some of the Spring desert wild flowers just starting to bloom.

It was another beautiful day of gorgeous vistas. We love this hike because you get the best of both worlds – starting in the high desert and then working your way up into the forests of the mountains.

You also get to see both the mountains where we live, the farm pastures in the valley, and high desert rocky areas in between. And there’s a lot of things for my faery heart to explore and discover along the way!

Always a fun adventure!

That night while we were driving home and I saw a very large doe on the side of the highway munching on some grass in the dark. She felt kind of ethereal and shape shifting. Dave didn’t see her, but I can still see her face and eyes that peered into my own.

It was around that night, too, that the bear dreams started all over again.

The first dream was about a bear that kept showing up everywhere I turned, over and over. The bear seemed to be following me, but there wasn’t a feeling of any threat. And the interesting part was that the bear kept biting my hands, over and over too. And each time, I would stitch them back up, over and over. There wasn’t any threatening, bad or painful energies around this and when I woke, I felt like there was something being imbued into my hands and blood stream…like an infusion of sorts. And then I was fixed back up, but different each time. Something energetic was being activated. Since I use my hands for healing work so much, directing energy, and even communicating, this felt important. It also felt to be both cosmic and primordial in essence.

This same night I also had another potent dream that involved a dear and magickal friend of mine. I shared it with her and this is a summary of it:

My friend was organizing or cleaning out in a big house and I walked in with another friend and then we started talking about something and my attention turned to just her. My friend was telling me something, but it seemed I wasn’t to remember the conversation. What I DO remember, however, is that while she talked, I touched my left eyebrow and felt the hairs there. They were uneven. Some were really long near the inner part of the brow toward my nose. I pulled on them gently and two giant brown feathers came out. This reminded me of the dream I shared from a couple of months ago, or so, where I ran my fingers through my hair and feathers were sprouting from my crown. Anyway, I looked at the two feathers and the top of them were shaped like ankhs and even had the subtle design of an ankh on the inside – kind of like the design inside the top of a peacock feather. I knew that we were both meant to have one of these feathers and it was in response to what we talked about. That’s all I remember.

I thought it was interesting the brown feathers came from my eyebrow and left eye…the one that symbolizes healing, wisdom, protection, magick, and creativity. This eye is also connected with Thoth – another who has been coming up a lot more recently – he was the one who restored and healed this eye in the Ancient Egyptian stories of Horus.

I had felt the Eye of Horus connection immediately upon waking and wondered if the feather represented a gift or activation, or was representative of being bearers, bridges, guardians, and ambassadors of the knowledge they hold.

There’s also connection with the feather of truth – Thoth presided over the weighing of a feather of truth to a person’s heart when they moved between worlds. Were we being granted passage to the next unfolding? And not needing to pass to the afterlife to do this, but could do so in now time?

The next day, on the 20th, we explored a hike nearer to us to see how the trail was doing in terms of snow.

It still had more snow than we thought, so we knew that anything higher than this is still a bit of time away until we can hike it.

A great way to get our hike, or bike, a day goals in, plus a great pause to the day.

It was on this hike that we also had a grouse make itself known – not visually – but very loudly. It made its signature drumming sound and this felt in line with my dream the previous night of some kind of sacred and initiatory experience. It was the loudest we’ve heard a grouse, which means we were literally so close to it, but it remained hidden. If you haven’t heard this sound it starts like deep thumping and then it builds into drumming. Apparently they make the noise with their wings, by rapidly rotating them back and forth. Sound frequencies being pulsed into our field.

Grouse initiated the next day, which was full of potent bird messengers.

The 21st brought great blue heron doing a determined follow-your-heart-and-truth fly-by, four white egrets standing as anchors of the elements and four directions, and a bald eagle that peacefully sat atop a fence overlooking the landscape with bigger picture vision of how it all connected.

That same night, bears dropped into dream time again. I don’t remember the full dream…just that a momma bear and younger yearling were in it and when they saw me they walked the same direction with me. We were walking together, in a way, with them following me. We all stopped and I noticed a big hole in the ground and stairs leading down. I realized there was a deep underground tunnel and inner caves that could be explored. It was fully dark so I decided to enter and use my cell phone’s flashlight to see my way. There was some kind of tour that had just closed, but I went to explore what I could for now and knew I’d return later to go deeper when it reopened. Unless, I somehow found a way to explore it on my own and might find a way past the barriers to keep people out. I just remember starting to explore this possibility and don’t recall anymore.

So, yes, bears are my constant companions into new layers of alchemy.

I’d like to finish out with the animal messengers before diving into the other paralleling themes…so this takes me to Earth Day on the 22nd. That morning I was laying in bed, readying to get up when a Steller’s Jay did a fly-by from the left, down the corridor across our deck and knocked our sliding door to our room. I was there alone, as Dave had gotten up already. He hit with the side of his body and right wing shoulder, but was fine. It wasn’t a super hard knock, but enough to get my attention. He kind of bounced off and then flew to a tree. I think hitting with his plush body helped, rather than straight on with his head and neck. We had already put the reflective stickers on the two areas the birds had hit to their demise, but this was a new area. We’ll be doing the same here too now, but this bird alert is certainly getting my awareness up. I feel the connections to transformational ends and starts with literal and symbolic death cycles, as well as an invitation from spirit of break-through potential. The other two birds had been smaller song birds…this one (more connected to just me) was the crested Steller’s Jay and he did resiliently survive.

Then, wouldn’t you know it…Frith made two more appearances. You may recall that he showed up on the morning of the potent Aries New Moon Total Solar Eclipse.

Well, on the day I completed the yard cleanup, I went in to shower and relax and then felt called to look out the sliding door to our room and there he was sitting upright and looking straight at me. I noticed a big light orb in the corner, show up later when I looked at the photo.

As usual, he wasn’t scared of my presence and let me open the door and come closer and talk to him, while he nibbled on the now-cleared grass. I imagine he was watching my whole raking show and was quite happy that all the goodies were now easy for him to access – a thumper’s up from Frith on a job well done!

And then his second appearance was on 4/23’s Scorpio Full Moon. Dave had just gone out to begin work on our dripline system – we were getting it ready that day for the season – and Frith showed up in the same spot he had for me, overseeing things. He really likes to be a part of the activity. And the rest of that day proved to be a productive and potent one, as we did finalize dripline preparation. All made it through the Winter and the only repair Dave had to do was on one area of our back deck where some little forest friend had decided to chew threw a big section. That was post-Winter though, so overall everything continues to maintain and hold up well.

I’ll circle back to that day, as the story I want to share feels like a good one to end this post with.

But I did finalize all the Spring prep outdoors I had intended, with a few transplanting and new potting projects on the 25th and returning more delicate statue friends back to the garden after taking a Winter’s nap indoors. And adding in a few new ones including this sweet sleeping baby dragon with a cosmic orb, a hanging bear to keep my bunny bunch company, and a group of new faery mushroom houses, and mushrooms.

This included three new indoor and four new outdoor plants.

I’m really excited about my gardenia plants especially, as it is my favorite fragrant flower other than lavender and star jasmine.

Everything’s ready to go, and everything’s already starting to bloom!

Once I see how all of the perennials do upon return, I shouldn’t have anymore big garden/yard projects except if I add some new plants to thicken in some areas. So, that all feels good!

So, there’s been a lot of outdoor activity indeed – great exercise for the body, heart, mind, and soul – because garden work is quite the workout, as you gardeners out there well know! And of course, is quite rewarding too.

But the physical activity hasn’t stopped there. As the seasons shift, that means a shift in our choice of nature exercise and an uptick in the levels of intensity. Hiking and biking are in full swing, as I started off sharing, with that big climbing hike on the 15th.

As mentioned, we do have to pick and choose during the in between window of Winter melt-off at higher elevations. But at lake level things are ready and, of course, down in the valley in the high desert terrains it’s clear and free for the exploring too. We’ve also enjoyed exploring the food terrain too, finding new restaurants to sample, including an all vegan one!

Longer hikes and bike rides are a favorite of mine and always make me feel so refreshed and invigorated. We’ve done quite a few already with friends and on our own, as well as biking down to the lake and back from our house.

Biking has increasingly become a favorite, as I’m big on both moving my body, challenging my stamina, expanding my lungs, and being in motion while letting thoughts and visions flow. I personally need higher amounts of physical exertion than most people and I do balance it out with downtime, self nurturing, and things like infrared sauna and massage chair time.

During our couple of weeks away last Fall, Dave and I were on our first-ever bike tour in Europe, celebrating his birthday, where we biked nearly 250 miles in six days.

It was something neither of us had ever done, although Dave does hardcore and technical mountain bike rides, whereas I stick to the paths and easier, lower elevation trails. The most we’d biked together in one day is around 34 miles and on that Fall trip it was 40 – 45 miles average most days with a couple of 35ish mile days and one over 50 mile day in between. I had no idea what it would be like, but knowing my Capricorn and Mars placements, I knew I could do it, as I always say that my abilities are all about a mind set. What I am determined and committed to accomplishing, I will. I won’t say it was easy, as it was quite demanding. But the point being I did it and better than I thought was possible, without giving up or opting out for a chaser van ride, and accomplishing that definitely increased my abilities for the things we do around here.

It’s one of those experiences that drive home how the things we think we can’t do, are sometimes only a belief away, or a shift of stories that we allow to run the show.

So, the uphill bike ride home from the lake here was sprinkled with more ease because of having gone through that week of challenge-made-into-accomplishment.

Hikes have been lovely though, in the Spring warmth and mix of still-cool partly clouded days. Sun at high altitude always penetrates more, so even lower temps can make it tank top and bathing suit weather. I did actually have one day of deck sun time to soak in vitamin D. I love me some high altitudes!

One of the things we love on the hike or bike ride we do from our house to the lake is exploring how the new wetlands habitat is reshaping itself by the resident beaver family there.

It’s incredible how they’ve transformed the area and we always find fresh new beaver evidence that means they were just there at the previous dusk hours, working away.

Snow melt-off is creating a lot of waterfalls and running water everywhere, which is beautiful to experience that pure and fresh alpine flow, along with the music of the element that reflects my native sun sign.

We even had quite the swing shift day in weather yesterday going from rain, to snow, to everything covered in a light white blanket, back to sunshine and blue skies, fully melted away ground, then rain, wet snow, and sticking snow again!

Mountain weather is unpredictable, which is one of the things I enjoy about it…the surprise, variety, and contrasts all inhabiting a space and time at once.

Amidst it all I’ve been working quite a bit too and laying the groundwork for upcoming things – some of which I can feel, but don’t see yet and others that I know, but the details are an organic unfolding.

It’s kind of like prepping a garden and planting seeds, before you see any results. Yet, the process is at hand and the manifestation is contained in the tiny foundations that will yield a transformative harvest.

I did fill up with Intuitive Guidance Sessions, but am now able to open up two more spots again. I’m still feeling led to offer the hugely discounted sessions, so if in need and this resonates, you’ll find that offering here:

Intuitive Guidance Sessions

I’ve also been quite busy with rabbit foster/adoption trainings, doing 1-2 a week and in fact this last week I had 3!

And enjoying an upswing in making some healthy yummies like these medjool date rolls made by blending dates, pecans, coconut, cacao powder, vanilla extract, vanilla protein powder, a little water for moisture to form, and rolling in more coconut.

They make great hiking and any time snacks, as well as a healthy dessert. Dave’s gotten into making his own whole wheat bread with a bread making machine, so he’s experimenting with different varieties and tasty blends too.

I haven’t had a lot of extra time to JUST specifically tune in with my crystal skulls and crystals, but they are assisting me on a daily basis with everything, nonetheless, and being increasingly a natural part of everything I do for the time being. For example, I will feel guided to have one sit with me in my lap or next to me while I’m working, sleeping, or just feel I need to touch one or take them outside for a few minutes in the sunlight for a break. There’s a lot of movement happening behind-the-scenes with them, as they all as a collective tell me when it’s time to record a new episode for Talks With Crystal Skulls.

And speaking of crystal skulls, I did want to mention that I spent time updating the page of listings to reflect what’s currently available. I removed all sold and reserved pieces to make it easier to navigate. I also added links to metaphysical properties because so many people ask about these.

Although a couple more have moved on since last I shared about these, there are still 5 skulls remaining – 4 plus 1 that was reserved that is now back to being available again. As happens sometimes, the person who claimed the white feldspar and light smoky skull and dragon pair ended up letting it go. So, if you were one of the people that had been interested in this beauty and reached out, perhaps it was meant for you all along and as it goes, energies rearrange themselves as is reflective of the hearts who call and divine timing and readiness.

I also updated the page below with two short videos at the top that show the five skulls that are left, before you explore the individual listings for each.

AND, not only are all five offered with a discount, but a few of them have been majorly price-cut to help home these cocreators. There’s one in particular I’m shocked is still hanging around. Here’s the link:

Crystals & Crystal Skulls

And that leads me to the last little story I wanted to close out with, returning back to 4/23 that I promised to get back to.

This was the day of the Scorpio Full Moon and as it turned out, that day was a special one for our little family here on the Forest Portal.

I mentioned before how Sweet Pea is doing really well considering her condition and enjoying her time with us both, while receiving all the spoiling she deserves. I’d recently been telling Dave that I felt both that we could do some short trips with her, which might be nice to change up the energy, and that I think she would do well on short hikes too.

She was never a huge fan of her harness and leash in the past, like her brother was, but I got the sense that being our only child and her loving to be with us all the time now, that she may have a different idea about this now. I told Dave that I thought we should try out some short hikes out back in the forest with her and see how she does and if she did well, we could look at taking her on some, a bit more regularly and also think about a road trip now and then.

Well, on the Full Moon Dave said he felt called to take some of Boojum’s ashes and bury them in a special place we hike to out back with view of the lake and we thought it was the perfect time to give this a go, as having our whole little family together for this felt important.

So, I found my cute forest friends backpack, lined it with plastic (for any potential accidents) and then a towel over it for comfort, and strapped it on backwards so I’d be able to talk to and pet her. Then we got Sweet Pea in her little pink harness and loaded her in and off we went!

This is a two mile round trip hike and she did amazing!

Not a peep from her of complaint or discomfort. She either had her head poked out the side watching the sights and dad upfront, rested on my arm, or cuddled up inside around her. We took her out once on the way to the lookout spot and let her try a little exploring on leash. Not bad.

She’s still hesitant and prefers sticking close to us, but this was the best she’s ever done. Normally she just sits in a corner and won’t move.

We then got to our spot and when we reached it we were pleasantly surprised to find daffodils blooming in bunches all over the little area where Dave had intended to bury some of Boojum’s ashes and special things.

We had never seen daffodils growing here before and any earlier or later, we may have missed them.

This, along with it being the Scorpio Full Moon all felt to be supportive confirmation of Dave’s feeling to do this on that day and of Boojum smiling down upon us. Dave didn’t know it was the Full Moon – he happens to be a Scorpio – and the perfection of it all was just a beautiful experience that made it all extra special and sprinkled with magick.

Sweet Pea really liked the spot too and explored the daffodils, the manzanita, trees, and then enjoyed sitting on each of our laps as we had a little ceremony and spent some time there together talking about Boojum.

Dave has had a challenging time with this, and this was a way he thought would help create more closure and assist the grieving process for him.

I thought that was perfect and beautiful.

Sweet Pea did too.

And the place where Dave chose for Boojum was equally perfect – a place we can visit and look out at the vast landscape we love and all dream together.

We were so pleased with the experience and how well Sweet Pea did.

She seemed proud of herself that she was a big girl going on hikes with mom and dad now.

She was so good, didn’t even have any potty accidents, and really felt to be enjoying herself.

Upon returning, Dave ordered an official kitty carrier for hiking and we plan to take her out on short ones like this, now and then, so we can continue to immerse in creating special memories together.

We’re making every moment count.

That feels, to me, what life’s about.

And speaking of memories…today happens to mark the anniversary of Nestor’s return to the stars 16 years ago – she is my twin soul that was with me in rabbit form for five Earth years. That was a year of profound life changes for me when she departed in 2008. My soul family in bunny bodies sure know how to aid my personal evolution.

Today also marks Dave’s 16 year vegan anniversary. Big markers of personal growth all around indeed.

Our little family is going to be away for a short little trip, actually, beginning the 30th – but will return on the 3rd. So, if you do in fact find a crystal skull calling, just know that any claims made this weekend will go out this Monday, the 29th. Otherwise, I’ll get back to shipping on the following Monday. I’ll also be taking a work break for these few days, too, and will return to things soon.

Until then, now, later, and in between…here’s to making every moment count.

Episode 8: Tips & 1st Step Groundwork to Open up Communication Lines With Your Crystal Skulls AND to Access Your Gifts

This episode comes in response to questions and frustrations around connecting and communicating with crystal skulls and crystals. I do offer one-on-one sessions to help with this, but wanted to put out some tips for the wider collective since it’s become a part of more people’s experiences in the community that have been following along, as well as people just searching for help overall.

While the focus is on crystal skulls, anyone who is having challenge with opening their gifts in the more energetic and esoteric fields, will find this episode helpful as well. It covers an overview of pre-communication things to explore and address that could potentially be hindering your process from the get-go. And therefore, they can be applied across the board to many areas of life you are wanting to empower more.

I do also include one, next-step access point for beginning the communication.

In an upcoming episode I’ll touch base on a few more post-groundwork processes and tips, so look out for that one.

But stay tuned for the next episode, as it’s a special interview with a return guest to this blog that many of you enjoyed hearing from.

Until then, remember that if you ARE interested in watching this video and received an email update about it, that you’ll need to click through to the post because WordPress doesn’t embed videos. And as always, I welcome your insights, experiences, and comments.

I’ll be sharing updates and latest inspirations soon, but for now I hope you enjoy the new episode of Talks With Crystal Skulls. Happy Earth Day (today) and Scorpio Full Moon liberating wishes (tomorrow)!

Episode 8: Tips on Opening the Channels to Talk With Your Crystal Skulls ~ Addressing 1st Core Step Groundwork to Connect More

An Energy Check-In ~ Appreciating Our Puzzle Pieces to Each Other

I’m feeling like doing a little energy check-in with you all and seeing how you’re experiencing this month of April and the way the Eclipse energies may have woven into your life. Sometimes this can be as simple as a pause and asking some questions of yourself to receive a gauge from your own intuitive and body wisdom.

Doing these little check-ins, at the least, help with becoming more present about what you’re feeling and reflects that you are in fact worthy of giving love and acknowledgment to.

If you look at recent days with what is on the table and compare this to the past that you’ve made it through, what are you noticing different about what is showing up now and how you are feeling about it?

Are there areas you notice to no longer be as important, whereas others are taking on more prominence?

Are you caught in between a new and freeing feeling you caught glimpse of and an old one that’s felt painful, but familiar?

For many this recent period has been a highlighting of things – underscoring that which has felt promising and that which has felt uncomfortable. The two feel connected to me, and through the contrasts, life’s purpose reveals itself as a way to experience each layer with the same gratitude and embrace for how it invites you to entertain a new relationship in each circumstance.

The Eclipse energies felt light for me, but I acknowledge, and am grateful for, being strategically anchored as such to be able to assist others because I know it has been intense for many. And I’m grateful to see the contrasts, as they help me to deepen my own practices around unity. We are all a perfect puzzle fit with each other.

My own feelings around the Eclipse were about a slow and organic undercurrent that mirrors Earth’s shifts over time, rather than anything explosive on either side of the fence.

What I CAN share about some of the experiences the Eclipse brought through, include the following things.

I had some potent dreams, the two nights leading up to the New Moon Eclipse that I recognize were about clearing and rewriting layers of old that were ready to be easily released. The dreams were gentle, but powerful, as I deliberately walked through dark and old tunnels connected to childhood and faced the ghosts (represented by literal spirits of dead people) and fears head on. I just kept moving through it, and actually traveled the tunnels twice – there and back – with greater lightness achieved.

I also remember part of the dreams of the second night where I actually pulled out what appeared to be a small branch of dried arteries from one of my nostrils. This happened without any pain or blood…it came out fluidly even though it was branched out like a fan and there was no possible way it could have come through that narrow passage. That felt amazingly potent.

This pointed to something unknown and deep-seeded that was hindering flow in some area of my life having been removed – things that no longer served me or the support system of my life, which could have been some kind of stress, pressure, belief, or fear, I had now eliminated from within.

I was so amazed at the ease and gentleness of it all and again, how the Eclipse energies had overall felt this way for me.

I know that everyone has had a lot of varying experiences to move through (including Dave who’s been navigating rough, but potent waters with Boojum’s transition) and so, once again, I feel that where ever we each find ourselves is a place of synergy to others and exactly where is perfect to be.

Some are maybe being asked to lean into community, support from loved ones, or more inner trust and love of self while reflecting needed alchemy to their puzzle piece companions.

And others perhaps being that support or energetic anchor and creators of possibilities on the other side of the bridge where the pieces join.

Each integral to the other and even if not interacting directly in these ways, we are all frequency holders of equal value to the whole.

That second dream was the night before the Eclipse, and again, it moved with a flow that made it feel like an alignment had ignited and the portal the Eclipse opened, enabled the readiness within to move forward.

And in fact, I had a special interview lined up for three days after the Eclipse and when I viewed the video there was a noticeable frequency emanation I saw and felt when watching myself. We don’t often see ourselves, so it was very interesting to me, as it was truly like looking in the mirror and being able to see direct shifts embodied from what I recognized taking place in dream time. A very powerful reflection.

That’s why taking that pause to tune in with ourselves, how we’re feeling, and where find ourselves in the moment can be helpful as so often we overlook just how much we have actually evolved. It’s healthy to honor those steps.

Some other things that happened around the Eclipse were two nights of coyote packs howling and yipping directly behind our house in the forest. The first took place just as we went to bed, on the actual night of the Eclipse. A pack went on for a while to the left of the house in the forest, just down the trail we usually walk.

And then the very next night, after the Eclipse, they loudly woke us up at 3am, but this time we were both surprised as to how close they were. They sounded to be directly in back of our house, maybe no more than fifty feet from the back deck.

Coyote medicine is a prominent force on my current path, weaving in with my other key animal guides. I feel that their vocalization is a big part of that because sound is so front and center and speaks to me of creative self expression in communicating one’s authentic song, or voice. Even their ability as guardians to see things that others don’t feels important, as they highlight the potency of cycles from death to rebirth.

There’s been a lot of excitement here on the edge of the forest with birds and ground dwellers in a dance of joy for Spring’s presence. I’ve been watching all the varieties of birds going crazy, literally…as wild songs and excited chirps, as well as spiraling chases amidst lovers take place.

Even the little furry ones are squealing in delight, playing games of tag, and exploring my garden to discover what a new season offers them to enjoy. Chipmunk and squirrel cuteness run by the windows round the clock and of course Frith is reigning over it all like the Lord himself that he’s named after from Watership Down. Lord Frith is the Sun whom the rabbits basically see as the God of Rabbits.

And wouldn’t you know it…Frith was front row and center in our front yard bed on the morning of the Eclipse, just at the start of its cycle to totality.

We were heading out to drop Dave off to ski, while I was going to do some errands and personal things, and a feeling made me turn my head to find Frith sitting quietly, but regally as if he was awaiting us. I told Dave and we both watched him peacefully sit, munch, and sit some more – watching us.

Dave even noted that he wasn’t afraid at all with all the noise we were making loading the car and pulling out.

Of course Frith would be there for this potent event.

Later that day I found half of a bird’s eggshell on our hike out in the back forest, which spoke to me of cycles always renewing themselves and fresh ideas and possibilities were in the beginning phases of growth.

And even though our location visually experienced only 36% of the Eclipse, the animals were at 100% in terms of what they were mirroring to me of what I felt as a subtle dimensional roll although could have resulted as some being caught in between.

Our yard and garden here reflect that as well…the in between. I have so many bulbs flourishing in green brilliance with first the purple then white, and followed by yellow crocus beginning to blossom, but the ground is covered in the memories of seasons before.

I went out front to take a closer look at everything in the beds and I was greeted by two giant bumble bees enjoying the first crocus blooms.

I decided to take some photos, both of these harbingers of new beginnings and messengers between the spiritual and physical realms, while also of the merging of old and new in the beds before my Spring yard cleanup begins.

I thought I’d be starting this on Friday, but we had some thunderstorms and on and off showers that afternoon after a couple of days of warm 60’s temps.

And the forecasts also changed, yet again, so that the weekend’s predicted rain to snow visitors didn’t happen as thought. Saturday was precipitation free and the kisses of snow flurries got pushed to a short window on Sunday evening.

So, I’ll begin today after a hike, as the weather is perfect to get my clearing mode on during the partly cloudy and mild temps up ahead.

It feels really good that this process will begin and complete this week, as it’s one of the in betweens that will feel freeing to move into the next phase.

In crystal news, the afternoon of the Eclipse also highlighted some things around crystal cocreators I have with me. In particular, a Sirius Quartz known as one of The Pures that connects with Mt. Kailash and so much more, wanted to be front row, center stage and taken outside to be explored and in the energies of the day’s unfolding. I discovered rainbows I had never seen literally drenching the entire crystal in faery dust sparkles of color and light. The whole crystal just lit up and also revealed a key to me and a hidden manifestation. So, I would say that this crystal had been activated with the Eclipse energies to take me to the next step of the adventure. And since that time I spent with this being, there’s been extra sparkle and aliveness I can see, even indoors, from where it sits next to me at my desk and has called in another cocreator not long after that.

All of my crystals and crystal skulls feel and look like they’ve gone through an upgrade this week actually. There’s rearranging being called to order for refreshing grids, a lot of chatty activations going on between everyone, and a readiness approaching for tuning in on receiving messages and names that have been holding out for the right time. This all may lead to one more, final release – I’ll keep you posted if anyone tells me so, as it would make sense why they’ve stayed quiet in that regard until after the Eclipse kind of rearranging things in the subtle fields for connections.

Until then, for anyone who is looking for a first skull friend or an addition to your council, there are five special crystal skulls remaining and I am happy to assist with exploring the energies of any that may have been speaking to you. Four of them are perfect little travel companions and one is quite the powerhouse anchor. I added two videos at the top of the page link below that gives an overview of the last five, and then their individual listings, videos, photos, and info are found below that. Three are magickal children – these can be a softer access point for people to connect with deeper energies (for example the black obsidian supports a soft, playful entry into what one might deem more challenging) – one is humanoid (the amazing heart chakra emerald bridge), and the largest is a cross between galactic being and humanoid (the incredible blue apatite and orange calcite channels Arcturian energy to me).

Crystals & Crystal Skulls

Stay tuned, as there are a couple of new Talks With Crystal Skulls episodes upcoming too.

So a lot of momentum fluidly releasing and I can sense there’s going to be some interesting things developing.

But if you have felt, or still do feel perhaps, like you are in the in between and it is feeling uncomfortable, the first thing I have found to be helpful is making peace with exactly where you’re at and recognizing its perfection.

It also helps not to compare yourself to anyone else’s process and to remain present to your own experience.

In general, really focusing on your own journey, tuning in with yourself, your process, and your expression in life, I feel strengthens your sovereignty and nurtures the beauty of your own unique voice to flourish.

Some other things that could help include being curious about how you’re feeling, checking in with your body AND moving your body, shifting your perspective where possible, finding ways to feel gratitude for what you do have, tuning in to assess your core values and to identify what your heart truly wants, believing in yourself and that you deserve what you want, and taking the time to focus on self care to assist a recharge.

We are edging toward Taurus Season on the 19th, Earth Day on the 22nd, followed by a Scorpio Full Moon on the 23rd – all of which feel like a lot of deep healing at core levels to our very nature that can lead to regenerative experiences.

Makes sense, as this Moon is also the Full Moon of Primal Forces. Makes me think of the coyote packs that keep howling through my days. It’s also a Full Pink Moon and I love that tenderness leaning into the transformative process of such shadowy depths we can learn to play in, like the playful coyote as well.

That, to me, is key….to learn how to play in all fields of potential and not have judgment against one or the other being better or worse – simply a choice and also a choice as to how to experience it.

However we find ourselves to be experiencing life right now, leaning into compassion for self and others more can help to close the gaps between the differences – whether that’s contrasting spaces each person inhabits, or contrasting spaces you might feel caught between at the moment.

Everything we experience has its perfect tone within the harmonics of being.

New Moon Eclipse from a Pelican’s Point of View Plus New Updates, Episode & the Biggest Offering Specials

My Spring yard clean-up has been delayed due to another weather swing in temperatures and late storms. The last of the two storms this past weekend saw us waking up on Easter morning to a fresh, full foot of powder covering everything around our Forest Portal home, with much more at the mountain tops.

The white winter wonderland made for a fun contrast that day, as the outer world landscape was definitely quite different than the inner world one that greeted us at my family’s home.

Mom made us vegan hams roasted with pineapples on top, mashed potatoes, peas, focaccia bread, and carrot and raisin salad. In addition she added a platter of appetizer yums that included crostini topped with vegan smoked gouda cheese with salsa or spicy jelly on top!

Dad surprised us with one of my favs from childhood he used to make – lemon pie a la vegan!

Another beautiful holiday warmly spent, celebrating renewal and the promise of all things that come to an end truly do mark a new beginning.

The journey home continued to reflect the variances of experience that shift moment-to-moment, as we traveled through rain, hail, and snow flurries with the day’s light reflecting duality as one and the presence of hope and closure all at once.

As always, how we choose to perceive things can make all the difference. And while these flips back-and-forth of weather could be confusing, to me they truly illuminate the gift of embracing each moment and what it has to offer.

The extended ski adventure time has been fun and of course we’re grateful for the moisture to add to snow packs that aid fire season.

The slopes after the Easter storm were incredibly magickal with blue bird days that revealed themselves after the parting of mystical cloud openings.

It is truly heavenly.

There’s no wonder why this ski resort we live just five minutes from IS actually called Heavenly.

I love seeing my favorite flocked trees along the landscape, framed by boundless blue skies.

You feel like you’re in another world.

After that big snow dump the weather did a huge overnight shift from 30’s temps in the days to hitting near 60 for two days in a row.

This melted the flocked beauties back to springtime green dresses framing beautiful Lake Tahoe.

And then things swing-shifted back to the 30’s again with a small weather front bringing a few more inches of snow over the last two days.

Oscillating, extreme experiences are prevalent collectively, as we explore a path toward a new equilibrium on a journey through the undercurrents of contrasting energies. Everything is a process of releasing and retrieving the outmoded and best parts, to merge and create a new alchemy way of living.

I know that many are feeling the energies of this upcoming Eclipse on the 8th and that a lot of info may be pouring onto your radar from what people are saying about it. As always, make things your own experience, even though we do share in a collective one. Only you can make of it the way you choose to make it, as not everyone experiences the same things.

Especially not if you tend to your own garden of life and harness the energies as your own version of a perspective-matching expression of it.

Eclipses bring up the things we may not want to look at that are integral to our healing and evolution and with this one we will be moving through the healing of pains and seeing the truth of situations, while teaching us to have more courage and find our unique way through the changes.

This Aries New Moon Total Solar Eclipse is also a SuperMoon and a new doorway is offered with it, but will assist bringing up seeing the limitations that are holding you back. A lot of focus on what is over and old wounds that you may not have let go of fully, to assist with the last pieces of detachment in order to move forward – endings and closure to draw in fresh starts and opportunities are abound. This may be something you’re personally moving through for yourself, or that you’re helping someone or others with.

Forgiveness may also be called up. Remember that forgiving doesn’t mean condoning. It’s a way to release detachment and free yourself so that you can move forward.

On the first day we hit 59 degrees, I was driving home from the post office and saw an unusual sight in the sky for up here in the alpine terrain.

I stopped the car to watch this flock of large white birds with black tipped wings circling above.

They moved in and out, creating different formations and I was taken in by how large they were and the white and black coloring, together.

I felt immediately that they were pelicans (although would be unusual), as I’ve seen some down in the valley on the lake there a few times over the years. Yet, here they were up at this lake getting my attention. I did research it when I got home and indeed I was right. They were American White Pelicans that do in fact have black wing tips.

I read that they will sometimes travel far from their colonies to feed and that they can sometimes be seen here and in outlying areas of the Sierra lakes and reservoirs.

Pelicans are connected to water, air, and land making them a symbol of balance between these elements. Their energy supports the capability of deep-diving into the watery realms of emotions and self-reflection, envisioning and cultivating new ideas, and then grounding and manifesting the result of that introspective journey. There is a harmonious relationship between emotions and thoughts, so that mind and heart merge in partnership rather than trying to prevail over one another, and trust is cultivated toward intuition. They bring hope, strength, and new possibilities while also demonstrating resiliency and grace when navigating life’s challenges.

Seeing this beautiful sight of their graceful dance in the air, together, felt mirroring of the space both individually and collectively that is possible right now and through this New Moon Eclipse portal.

I’ve reflected recently on the shifts over time with navigating things and seeing the truth of how the things I go through in life, stretch me into greater resiliency and fluidity of experience. Especially so, when I make an effort to be conscious and curious of each moment and rich part. AND, when I engage all of my parts to work together in balance so that I don’t get locked into the denser of human experiences alone.

Darker times do get lighter and more grace filled and that can include the grieving process of parts of our lives and souls within our lives. Grieving has its own beauty, as an expression of our depth of connection. It’s an individual process for each of us, still, yet it can and does have ability to shift over time.

For me, I find that the more I embrace the sacredness and alignment, as well as the inherent wisdom of each experience, the more I am able to be in the celebration of cycles and not sink into the heaviness like the quick sand it can become without these anchors. I enable myself to then see renewal’s promise that comes through the softening of my clutch.

I find that pain turns into nostalgia.

Grief reveals itself as love and love’s wisdom is eternity.

The white pelicans coming together on that warm, sunny Spring day between two storms felt like a promising omen of things to come.

Are there little signs around you of movement and support that you might be overlooking?

Sometimes when things get tough, it’s hard to see the sparkles of hope lighting up in your path, or even just how much you already have moved through and manifested so brilliantly.

Be curious and present – look up – look down – and all around you.

Little golden threads are being thrown out for us to catch all the time.

In these extreme times of change, we need more moments of pause because it’s easy to react and be triggered, and it’s also easy to make hasty decisions before our body and spirit feel aligned with something.

It’s okay not to act immediately.

It’s okay to breathe and reflect.

It’s okay to take a moment before jumping in and deciding to land on the next path.

The pelicans circling and creating new formations above me felt reflective of this – their exploration of the next feeding ground (far from their nesting area) and reflecting upon the energy currents while in the space of thought and intuition merging, before making a decision of where to land next.

So, so many people are in the processing of navigating huge transitions in life – not just the loss of people or animals, but the shift from one way of life or part of life to another. And there is so much uncertainty of where things will land and what the conditions will be in this new space, while everyone reconfigures their positioning in it all.

Take the time you need to feel into the frequencies, each small step along the way – taking in the wider view of things, but know that you won’t fully understand the scope of the new, or why you left things behind, until you do actually land.

It continues to sound repetitive, but gentleness toward self and other, as well as self care and knowing yourself continue to deepen in value.

Even our dear Sweet Pea knows how important this is.

She’s actually doing quite well after the loss of her brother Boojum and despite her condition, living with bladder cancer. You can see her snug like a bug in her bed atop one of Astrid’s castle tunnels mom put by the window for her – her favorite spot.

I told Dave that although she navigates her own journey with it all, I get from her that she’s also really leaning into and enjoying this rich time she is experiencing by being our only child. She was the first, and truly has always been a more independent kitty who likes her space and the softness of quiet and the gentle things in life. She’s become equally a momma’s girl even though she’s more connected to Dave, while still also seeking us both out to share time with.

Mornings are her playtime with mom and she acts like a kitten as we do our fun ritual on the bed of snuggles, purrs, licks, and chasing after my quick hands. She had pulled back from Dave a bit while Boojum was in decline, but is now enjoying naps and meditation time with him again. We actually were both woken two nights ago by her licking both of our faces.

She’s been relishing in all the extra attention and spoiling she’s receiving and in many ways has actually shown a spike in her engagement and energy. She’s especially loving all the yummy treats to herself and where she never used to ask for them, is seeking them out. Unlike her brother, who lost his appetite in the end, she has a robust and healthy one. She still has her tumor, but she’s trucking along and making the most of each day as the princess of the entire house. We are grateful.

Thank you to everyone who’s reached out and shared your love and condolences. It’s a beautiful thing to experience the connection that is made possible even if we’ve never met in person. It’s simply about opening our hearts and keeping them open, regardless of what is happening around us, but also BECAUSE of what is happening. Love, kindness, and compassion is ever-more needed.

We’ve experienced so much separation within and without, increasingly so since 2020, that finding ways to connect with the heart of yourself and community are lifelines to cultivating a new level of thriving we can share together.

And that leads me to some of the other ways I am able to share support with those of you who feel called, alongside sharing reflections here that I hope in some way might provide a tiny piece of hope or a glimpse of possibility.

Below you’ll find my biggest session discount, new and heavily discounted crystal skulls, and the latest episode of Talks With Crystal Skulls.

Eclipse season may add layers of complexity or challenge to your experience and the already more intense energies of these times, or perhaps is highlighting the areas you simply can no longer not face.

I received strong guidance to offer my largest discount on Intuitive Guidance Sessions that I ever do – I might have offered this once before several years back.

I have both sensed and heard things that make me understand the pivotal space people, and humans as a collective are at, which speaks to doing all that we can within the scope of our abilities and strengthened wells to help that shift anchor.

You can read about the sessions, which are offered to support a wide scope of areas in your life at the link below, where you’ll also find the discount already reflected in single and package options.

I am able to support 5 new clients again, for sure. I will reassess if I can take on more after the 5 spaces are filled, based on the scope of intentions and needs that are involved with each individual.

Some people have asked if these can be used as a space for mentoring. Wholeheartedly, yes!

We can create a process to support any area of life that you desire to cultivate and take more prominence as your soul path, or even as an integrated piece to your life to create more balance because it truly lights you up.

Other assistance is in areas of any transitions taking place from one thing to another in your life, or any area of personal and spiritual growth that you’d like to take to the next level.

Any of these can also be combined, and undoubtedly will naturally be combined, as they are all connected. It’s about you and crafting the perfect weaving of personal reflection.

I know a few of you have been on the fence or even shared some fear about doing this work, so I’m hoping whether it’s here or elsewhere, that these powerful doorways like the Eclipse, will help you to find the avenue and support that can assist your momentum.

The discount is now effective, as of 4/4:

Intuitive Guidance Sessions

For those of you looking for other ways to work through your personal processes and activate new doorways of experience, or those of you who have been curious, I DO have a new group of wonderful crystal skulls that have been added to the offerings.

At the link below you’ll find 5 fresh faces – and I’ll just let their videos, photos and info speak for themselves, but I have a feeling they’ll connect quickly with those of you who’ve been waiting. I’ve been releasing, as they tell me to and to be honest I’d be happy to keep them all! LOL! If you watch the latest episode of Talks With Crystal Skulls, you’ll notice one of the skulls being offered shares the same material of my skull featured as energetic support in that episode. The energy of all of these beings are specially intuited as frequency matches to assist the shifts and to focus on areas those of you ready to go to the next level in your life may find especially dialed in where is most needed.

Alongside the 5 newbies, you’ll also find the 4 remaining beauties I’m truly surprised are still hanging out, given their energy and especially since many have had a lot of inquiries. Well, you’ll discover that these 4 have now received a special (and incredible) homing discount of 22% – 44% off to support anyone on the fence, compliments of them messaging through me that they are eager to get working! There is also a special homing discount on a pair, if they go home together, which is a purchase 1 and get 1 free offer.

So if you’ve been waiting for a special friend or looking to get a gift for a special someone, then you may find what calls to your heart in these 9 crystal skulls:

Crystals & Crystal Skulls

And that leads me to the last piece of support and streams of possibility…a new episode of Talks With Crystal Skulls.

This one is a short share and here’s the description:

In this new episode we add another layer to understanding our crystal skull family. What if the skulls are in fact the manifestation of our galactic family in a form made more efficient for these times we are in? We explore crystal skulls as the emanation embodiment of multi-dimensional beings to assist receiving wisdom and teachings in a conscious state that we need for Earth’s and humanity’s evolution. Included is a new collective message from The Speakers – the collective of 22 beings that speak through my crystal skulls.

If you’re viewing this update via email, you’ll need to please click through to the post in order to watch the video. As always, I hope you’ll share your thoughts in a comment at the YouTube link, share with others you think might enjoy it, and subscribe to my channel if you’d like to receive first notification of these and any other videos, as I do often post them before sharing on my blog site.

Sending you a warm embrace filled with loving support, peace, and fluidity as you move through this Eclipse and all other shifts of the year unfolding.

May each piece of the journey open like the petal of a blossom, with ease and grace of sunlit promise and fragrant inspiration.

The End is Just the Beginning

Our Winter in Spring continues here, as a new storm moved in on Wednesday and the second hits today through Sunday bringing more snow to the already thawing landscape. You can see in these windowscapes of our backyard, how things keep bouncing back and forth by the day

The seasons are being fickle with my bulbs who oscillate between the experience of receiving both sunshine and snow kisses.

On our way out for a walk at the other end of town, the morning of the first of these late storms, I snapped a few photos of some of my bulb baby clusters sprouting with glee and the very first crocus blooms.

Last year it was the yellow crocus who burst forward first and this year it’s all about the purple babies, which feels fit since I’ve been wearing a lot of purple and immersing in my amethyst crystal friends – a favorite of my rabbit and tortoise companions.

I am hoping to get out perhaps next week to clean up the perimeter of the house from Autumn and Winter shedding, but that will depend if the forecast holds long enough to provide me days of sunshine and melted ground. It will be a big undertaking again, but I do want my blossoms to have a nice welcoming and there’s great satisfaction clearing the old away.

I’m so excited for all of these beauties to emerge. You may recall that each year I keep adding more and more bulbs, which I’ll do again this Fall. It’s the perfect rebirthing energy to open new doorways and it’s going to be glorious!

And glorious is also the aroma wafting through the house right now from the oven. I’m baking one of my favorites – a crumb cake – while writing this share as the falling snow frames the peripheral of my vision in the garden patiently waiting to awaken.

It all feels nostalgic, which somehow feels perfect for this season of transition we’ve entered once again, both in the outer world visual landscapes and in the inner world emotional ones.

It’s hard to believe that it will already be seven months, on the 30th, that Astrid has been physically gone from our lives. It seems like yesterday, but that yesterday is now so far away.

Which brings me to this week’s pivotal shift that took place within the gateway of the Libra Full Moon Lunar Eclipse that I felt important to express with my friends here who are a special part of our lives.

It is with great sadness that I share our sweet boy, Boojum, has joined Astrid in the stars.

He had a rapid decline starting Friday the 22nd, which at first seemed to be one of his uremic episodes he bounces back from. This time it went longer and the effects took him out much more physically to a state that hinged on any-moment-surprise-trauma. Interestingly, I’ve noted that Boojum is very tied in with the Full Moons and in fact many of his previous episodes have all culminated on and around them in the past. I had a sense, even before the episode started, that this Full Moon Lunar Eclipse could be much bigger for him – likely the end – and started preparing Dave when in fact he did start his decline.

When he didn’t turn around like other episodes, I knew this was a pivotal point.

As mentioned in other posts, Sweet Pea came to Dave just before he and I started dating and Boojum came just months after. So while they are connected to Dave, foremost, I have been in their lives nearly since the very start with Sweet Pea and in fact from the beginning with Boojum. Dave is deeply connected to cats, like I am with rabbits, and so it is even harder for him to go through this loss after having these soulmates in his life between 15 and 16 years (they’re both nearly 17 years old). So, it would also be for him to decide if and when to assist either of them before any traumatic incidents and suffering occurred.

With a Libra Full Moon, relationships and partnerships are highlighted, and the portal that opened with this one was indeed one of endings. The kind of endings that lead to new beginnings and fostering new layers to relationships both within oneself and without – even if at yet they’re unseen.

Over the months, weeks, and days we’ve had to keep assessing things to make sure our kitty babies were having quality of life and when experiences would potentially surpass that. The day before the Full Moon, a lot of processing took place and it was in fact on Monday, March 25th’s Full Moon Eclipse when Dave knew what his decision must be for Boojum’s sake, although his heart would rather choose otherwise.

He made the call to see about scheduling Boojum’s transition and was surprised when our go-to person said she was available that very evening. It could have taken place on the actual day of the Full Moon Eclipse, but this proved to be shockingly too soon for Dave, so instead we scheduled the next evening to give us a full day with Boojum.

And that’s exactly what the 26th was – Boojum day. We both put aside everything else and did nothing but lay with him and our little family throughout the day, as that was all he wanted to do – be with us snuggled in our comfort.

That morning started off quite potent though. Dave got up, while I lingered in bed with both of the cats. I heard a bang and then the downstairs sliding door open and close. Dave then appeared in our room cupping something in his hands. He was distraught as he walked over to me, opened his hands and gently handed me a precious little bird.

I knew what had happened. The bird had hit our window and Dave had retrieved him from the ground. He said he was still alive when he picked him up, and he hoped that his warmth and Reiki would revive him. When he handed the little one over, he wasn’t aware he had died. I told him he had passed peacefully with him. Dave told me he was too fragile to handle this, too, right now and walked out of the room leaving me with the little bird.

I decided to stay there with the bird for a while, doing energy work to go backwards in time to the impact and support him through the entire journey with loving energy. Then assisted the transition to the Cosmos and felt to share the little bird with Boojum. Both cats were with me, but didn’t seem interested until I let Boojum connect and he leaned in to gently touch him with his nose. Boojum had always been a gentle boy.

There was indeed alchemy woven in the experience between Dave and the bird and the bird and Boojum. It felt to me that this bird had consciously played a part for this process. I think you can connect your own dots. I buried the sweet little one in my garden with a tiny quartz crystal and flower, and covered the grave with one of my rock finds from the area, adorned with blue quartz.

Oddly, just several days before this, I heard banging inside our chimney followed by bird cries from within. I knew a bird had somehow gotten down it and was stuck. More banging, more crying…I was worried and trying to figure out what to do, while hoping for the little one to find his/her way out. Sweet Pea was equally on alert, laying near the fireplace and looking with wide eyes each time the sounds came from the chimney. But the bird did find their way out and for about twenty minutes after the incident, I kept seeing and hearing a bird outside squawking quite a bit. I feel it was the one who had gotten trapped inside, voicing his/her relief from the fear and struggle. That also seemed reflective.

And then the third incident happened – things do go in waves of three – as just yesterday the 28th I found another dead beauty when we woke up for breakfast, laying on the fresh snow bed that cradled her now lifeless body. She looked like she had just passed from also hitting one of our other big windows. I carried her in, but only told Dave who watched me go outside, rather than showing him so as not to bring more pain to his grieving. It was very sad to have all of this happen in such a short span. And yet it all feels connected and weaving a potent alchemy. A bird hitting your window heralds significant change and new phase in life.

I buried this beauty with a tiny quartz crystal and sprig of pine next to the other one in my garden that has become an animal sanctuary on many levels.

Everything is connected.

We’ve now ordered the same special stickers we used to have in our treehouse at the very top of the mountain in our condo before moving here. These have special reflectors to warn birds.

And that brings us back to sweet Boojum.

In recent weeks, I noted how both Boojum and Sweet Pea had started seeking me out when I’m downstairs in my office – a place they normally stayed away from since they knew it was Astrid’s domain. Even after Astrid transitioned, they still didn’t want to pass the threshold of the door, nor go downstairs that much. Her presence is still powerfully present.

But each of the kitties began to look for me there, cry out to me, and want to be with me on my lap at my desk.

I knew a shift was happening, as I’ve always noted that animals in pain or transitioning seek me out.

I gently would draw things to Dave’s attention, as to prepare him step-by-step. We’ve known conditions and possibilities for the kitties for a while, so this helped in preparations behind the scenes. With Astrid it was a surprise, and that suited me more, which she knew. And although I’ve known the reality of things looming with sped up, approaching time, it’s taken a while for Dave to allow himself to fully go there. So it was good to have things go more slowly than a surprise blow for him. Especially after already having to go through Astrid’s departure. Each of our soul companions know what is best for us.

And I believe we do the very best we know how to for them.

When we learned of the critical points each of our kitties had reached, we made a commitment not to travel and just be with them at home to administer all their meds and to share all the love. In fact we cancelled two trips we had planned around my birthday because it was more important to make the most of our time together.

And that’s just what we did on Boojum’s last physical day with us. As I mentioned above, we stopped the clock on everything and literally just spent the day snuggled up on the bed together as a family with him, as all he wanted to do was cuddle, be cuddled and comforted, and rest. That’s actually really all he wanted in his last days. He’d follow us around everywhere we went and just wanted us to hold him. So we did.

And we made sure, just as we did with Astrid, to each write and read him a special message before his departure. Dave also sang him a song and he sat on the couch the whole time listening.

I won’t share the whole passage I did with Boojum, but I do want to share these parts as they feel to speak to something key to pass along in message.

“…I’m so grateful for the gifts you’ve given to me. They weren’t always easy to see at first, nor to embrace in the moment, but you helped me to ponder the beauty of all that comes before me. And that includes you. The way you live for the moment and know nothing of a past or future. The way you sucked the marrow of life, which is one of the things most people don’t know how to do, long for, and fall short in ever experiencing. The way you cradled your earthly embodiment as the gift and miracle that it is – really living and loving for the sensuality of this experience like no other. You taught me and anyone who was present to your alchemy, how rich this life is and the reasons why we embody here. Not merely to go about the stresses we add onto our lives to live for a day that may never come, but to REALLY BE in body and drink of its wine right here and now. All of the earthly pleasures, you knew so well, how to luxuriate in as the mysterious black panther prince that you are and always will be…

…Your heart is kind. Your mind a bit crafty and even at times bratty, but it was all part of your calling our attention to nurture a love for our feelings and desires in the moment…to not push away joy and breathing in what was possible to have now. It was at times hard to swallow, but that is because we’re taught not to honor these feelings. You were right there always saying, “yes” to all that you want…and teaching us the same…to say “yes” to all that brings our hearts joy. So thank you. I may not have said it enough and took me long to see it, but I have come to understand your alchemy and will not forget it in the days ahead. And I’m sure you won’t let me, as you continue to make your presence known from where you are headed…”

We lit a candle and were all together in our home and space we shared, to support him on into the eternal.

It was a beautiful, peaceful and sacred experience. Unforgettable, just as Boojum is.

After, we went for a walk out behind the house in the forest and it was a beautiful sunset sky celebrating Boojum in heavenly peach clouds serenaded by a pack of coyotes in the near distance.

We have so many wonderful memories to draw upon and call up when we need to transmute the pain.

He was such a character and made an impression on everyone – usually imparting many giggles. He pranced across the floor on his toes, galloped like a tiny pony, and proudly humped his Humpty Bear (despite being fixed) without any qualms that eyes were upon him – in fact he hoped so lol! 

I will miss the sweet moments and how my singing was able to lull him into peace, especially if he was scared or not feeling well.

I will miss his googly eyes locking with mine as I whispered “Boogish” over and over in his ears.

I will miss him riding proudly like the prince he is, excited to be swung over mom’s shoulder and carried everywhere like this.

And I’ll especially miss the way he paused time and softened me with his slow motion, outstretched arm reach to touch my face with his paw. Something he did over and over on his last morning with dozens of intentional paw presence all over my face to let me know he “would always be right here,” just like E.T. said to Elliott with his touch before departure back home to the Cosmos.

We’ve kept relatively quiet to ourselves again with this process until it was over, as it’s been important to us to create these intimate spaces to anchor in the love as a family.

But because you’ve been a part of our journey, and have shared your love with our fur children, we share this sacred passage with you.

It’s a way I heal through sharing and vulnerability, as writing is very cathartic for me.

It also feels important because of all the grief so so many are navigating these days individually and collectively – a way to help flow that energy and to know its presence in our lives is a rich weaving we share, although feels otherwise.

As I wrote before:

Grief is challenging for most people, as when you’re in the midst of it or it comes on fast, it can feel quite traumatic and send a ripple of downward spiraling and feel never-ending until or unless the softening occurs. One never really ends grief, but it does fade and joy can actually reside alongside pain and loss. In fact, grief and pain can actually be a connective bridge for joy and sweetness. And while grief comes in waves of intensities, between those waves and even after the crest of each, pockets of potential are activated that only the doorway of pain helps to access.

We grow through the pains and rise from the ashes by leaning into the inherent beauty of each piece of wholeness.

An end of an era continues here for us, with the passing of two of our three fur children within seven months and our third nearing her own day, which I trust she’ll navigate beautifully too.

In the meantime, we’re embracing each day fully with the courageous Sweet Pea who is going through her own evolution, while of course helping us with our own as well. She was the first and she’ll be the last. A full circle indeed, but also like a spiraling, unwinding itself and preparing to spiral anew.

And there’s a lot of full circle going on I see, as today’s Good Friday marks 21 years ago that Nestor – my twin soul in rabbit form – first came into my life in 2003. That was the beginning of an era for me that has shifted so much and during which I’ve seen six dear soul companions in animal bodies move on.

There’s been a huge deepening for both Dave and I through all of this. Individually and together it’s all added richness and I know will continue even though right now the other side is not yet seen.

I know that Dave will go through his own opening, as I have, through the passing of his closest companions, but unlike the last time he lost his beloved twin soul in cat body in 2008, this time he is not alone in processing the grief. He’s doing beautifully and I’m proud of how he, too, is navigating this transformation.

The hardest part was in the letting go and making the decision. He has since felt relief, although mourns the loss that taxes his heart strings to their resiliency depths.

And relief is shared on my end, while I process the grief as well. Relief knowing Boojum is at peace and now in his expansiveness to be part of my team. I look forward to the magick and mystery Mr. Jaguar shapeshifter will bring into my days and work ahead and to his beloved dad too.

So yes, a lot of releasing, relief, resiliency, and rebirthing dancing in our days. I feel that is not ours alone as experience, but a collective tapestry shared.

I’m reminded for some reason of the time, three years ago, when our little family was in refuge as evacuees from the fires. I remember seeing a large spider’s web at our garage door when we headed out and locked up our house, carrying our three fur babies with us. Webs reflect spider’s resiliency to build and rebuild, even if their web is destroyed. 

I wrote this during that time:

“I feel we are much more resilient than we think or give ourselves credit for – just like the enduring and adaptable cactus I’ve found around me recently, too, that speak to our survival and protection even amidst challenges, but in a way that creates thriving.

The human body is miraculous and the heart is an alchemist. Even though we keep getting thrown a bunch of curve balls and continue having the rug pulled out from under us with everything going on in the world, time and time again, we’ve proven we have the ingenuity to recreate and rise again.

However, in the midst of it all we need to remind ourselves about the importance of refuge – both to create this within ourselves, but also to create spaces for this in our lives in either literal ways of a safe haven, a supportive community, or recharging outlet of some sort. It’s true, this could be a home, but it could also be what ever makes you feel at home, energized, and fills your well. We need to take time for ourselves, not be afraid to ask for help – as any form of family can be refuge from harsh experiences, and be willing to seek out or build this if one doesn’t exist. Opening our hearts to, or helping to create this for others, are gifts we can also provide in the form of refuge.

And maintaining that relentless commitment becomes vital to anything we want to manifest and see in our lives and out there in the world. Remembering not to give up too soon, as sometimes when things seem the hardest, is when we need to stay the course the most. Changes can be right around the corner, but we’ll never know if we don’t stay consistent, persistent, dedicated, and focused. It’s easy to get off track with everything that comes at us, so having markers in place as reminders, staying aware to the messages coming at you, and souls in human or animal bodies (or even just guides in general) who care about you to give you that encouragement, can all be super beneficial. Also, even when things feel like they’ve arrived, the way to ensure they are a mainstay is to consistently embody that energy and not let down your awareness and connection to intentional living. Remember my mention of hawk in my last post and the message they carry of “clarity and vision…the ability to hone in on something (the micro) within the wide (macro) expanse and to be able to go directly to the goal with absolute bullseye focus.” If you really want something, you’ll come to see how truly important it really is by how much you walk the talk of that intention, hope, or dream.

We’re in some fertile and vital times as humanity and this speaks to me of each of us deciding how important what we talk about truly is to us. And if it is, I know we have the resiliency to see it through and the support matching our level of commitment. I also know how important creating times, spaces, places, or groups of refuge for ourselves is key for our well being and capacity to rebuild a new reality.

Like castles in the sand, life is impermanent and its beauty is meant to be cherished moment to moment without attachment to any fixed idea or length we think it should be or last.

There’s something to be said for those experiences of building and creating when you’re engaged in the fleeting moment to experience the rush of imagination and possibility at its height.

And even when the ebbs and flows of life wash over us, there’s this feeling of wonder that lingers in the sands that carry renewal in their memory.

Hope is never lost.

We can rebuild and dream again and again…potential is unlimited.”

With Easter just two days away, thoughts of rebirth and hope are strongly on the mind.

We got to visit my parents last Sunday for a nice afternoon of lunch and a symphony show, which gave us a chance to enjoy their Spring display of Easter-inspired decorations more than just once.

We’ll be heading down again to share in a family celebration and the warmth my parents will create for all of us and a friend we’ll be bringing since he’s always on his own at holidays.

But I did get a chance to snap a few happy shots of the sweet Spring animals and vibrant blooming colors they already had lighting up the house to share the hope.

And took this sweet video of their new dancing bunnies in a cosmic egg.

The sky and landscape were equally beautiful that day on our travels back home up the mountain, framing this whole experience of Boojum’s transition with a heavenly journey.

We continue to soak in each day and do our best to mirror Boojum’s mastery of the moment and what truly living is all about.

Where it takes us is a mystery worthy of embracing.

The end is just the beginning.

Spring Shines a Light on New Opportunities

I hope the change of seasons breathes some fresh energy into your days and experience. With our walking through the Spring Equinox gateway yesterday, I noted a sense of sweet surprise lingering in the air.

I don’t know what is held in the breeze, as of yet, but it feels like it’s brought in a new layer of trust and inspiration. Things are rearranging within and there are answers on the tip of my tongue to what I’ve been wondering about.

How about you? Do you feel like something is close to discovering?

A little more patience and I sense reveals at hand.

In the meantime, Spring temperatures are in full swing here with low 50’s and really penetrating sunshine even when out on the slowly melting mountain tops.

We’ve enjoyed beautiful outings and treks, taking in the shifting landscapes before us.

The thaw is in process, uncovering all of my new varieties of bulbs in the front beds pushing through to new days.

But the end of the week sees Winter coming back in time for Spring, as what may be our last storm is predicted Friday through the weekend, with more precipitation through end of March.

That means a little more skiing in store on sunny slopes and blue sky days.

What ever shows up is an opportunity to keep fluid and embrace each moment.

The same goes for what shows up in one’s energy field and in facing the undercurrents of fear.

I have been focusing on rewiring something huge for myself and working intricately with new activations. Perhaps some of you have similarly been engaged in your own unique way.

It feels like standing at the precipice of something incredible – like the sprout pushing through to the sunshine for the first time.

Codes, keys, mysterious pieces and notes…all for unlocking the harmonics of our essence.

I don’t believe they are hidden. I feel we have forgotten how to see and use them.  

To look with the eyes of the heart, pierces the layers our minds became accustomed to perceiving.

To tune in with the tones of our frequencies, attunes the melody of our instrument.

And we decipher the Cosmic harmony within the breath of our existence. 

Days for me are filled with this kind of adventure.

And I find the reflections of this pilgrimage in all that surrounds me.

New pathways await because I am the gateway.

And so are you.

Spring brings to mind rabbits and of course that makes me miss the physical presence of Astrid and my other loves more.

I’m grateful to have Frith visiting the garden daily, leaving behind mounds of pellets that will nurture the soil. And I just saw a large cottontail up the street while on a walk just before Spring Equinox.

Check out this sweet little chickadee taking a Spring bath. Hehe!

I have a feeling many forest creatures will be visiting this Spring and Summer.

And I sense other changes on the horizon for our little family here.

I’ve been extremely productive these days, getting so much done and making room for the new.

I’m excited to jump into some projects that have been on hold and continue forth with others.

And due to my having cleared away so much, I am able to make room for supporting others at this time again.

In response to what I’ve felt from others and the current energies, I’m going to do another offering for Intuitive Guidance Sessions.

It’s a pivotal time and I sense the struggles and also the fears around moving forward.

However you feel guided to support yourself, I hope that you will do just that.

Even if that means simply being more gentle with yourself, relaxing a bit on old ways of going about things, and lessening up on attachments that may be hindering your expansiveness.

If you resonate with and do decide you’d like to partner in a process together, then you’ll find the Spring Special on sessions at the top of the page here: Intuitive Guidance Sessions and please direct any questions you may have here: CONTACT ME

Beaming out love and wonder, as you embrace a new season of opportunity.

New Moon Reflections & New Episode 6 of Talks With Crystal Skulls

March is moving right along, with less than a week to go until Spring Equinox, less than two weeks until this month’s Full Moon Lunar Eclipse and then ending things off with Easter falling on the last day and Sunday of this month.

I’ve heard from a few people (including faery sister Laura and her followers) that the Pisces New Moon felt refreshing and like a beautiful, clearing reset and, for me, it literally has been that on a physical/embodiment and deeply integrative level since the 8th – like Uni and higher self conspiring with knocking out and loosening old stuff for full clearing. It was a catapulting thrust forward into the new. My mind feels more free and nebulous than even what is normal for my Pisces self and things are still rearranging from the activation I experienced.

I’ve felt lighter, even more flowy, and experiencing energy channels with greater clarity as well. I experienced this confirmation directly, while supporting someone with an Energy Session partnered with The Speakers on the New Moon – that the channel for transmission is through the roof. The feedback shared with me, underscored the amplification. So, yeah, to reiterate what that page’s offering shares, “these are extremely high frequency” SO “be sure of what you intend and ready for what that involves.”

I hadn’t been feeling any particular challenge before this, yet the New Moon energies in my birth sign truly felt like an initiatory rebirth. And how timely also, as March 12th was my 23 year anniversary of legally becoming Tania Marie – making my middle name my last.

In addition to all of this, the morning of the New Moon, coyote just so happened to saunter by in the forest out back again, while the day kicked off.

And the next morning a pack of coyotes was wildly yipping away in the same area. It was so loud, even with the door closed. We opened the sliding door to listen and then I pointed out four of them silently making their way in the trees after their serenade to each other. There were likely more, but it was interesting to have a pack so close again – seeking us out at home this time – and their timing felt like an initiatory one.

And with that last statement, about initiations – it’s my pleasure to announce Mody Ra joining me once again for Episode 6 of Talks With Crystal Skulls – Deepening Into Ancient Energies & Stones with Mody Ra.

In this new episode we dive a bit more into a discussion about ancient energies and stones, as well as explore some of Mody’s skull carvings to provide more insight around how these pieces truly are initiatory to us stepping more into our wholeness and authentic power. I also share some of my personal experiences with the Ancient Egyptian stone skulls I have been working with from Mody.

This topic was a guided message I felt we needed to open the door more to…and it is just the beginning. A way to open the door to the key of you.

We hope you enjoy, and please drop us a comment under the video on YouTube and subscribe if you’d like to receive updates on new episodes. Remember that if you are viewing this through your email, you’ll need to click through to the post for the video.

Here is the new episode. We hope you enjoy it.

And a little update on crystal skulls and crystals – some amazing pieces moved on to their perfect homes during the window before, during, and after the New Moon, which felt aligned with the energy shift it brought and people moving into the next phase of their journey. Thank you so much for being beautiful, resonant, heart homes for these beings! It makes me so happy to know there are wonderful collaborations coming together for the highest good.

There are six (all master carved) crystal skulls still awaiting to be seen by their person that includes one mystical white dragon/skull pair sitting atop a majestic light smoky castle for the Year of the Dragon. All individual crystals have been homed. Amongst the rest of the skulls are four small beauties that are easy to travel with you and also the rare, larger Pitico carved apatite in calcite skull – this one is almost half off its original value, as I passed along the savings I received and on top of that added more. If one feels to be calling and you have questions or need any assistance, please don’t hesitate to reach out or ask to reserve one. Here is the link: Crystals & Crystal Skulls

And if you watch the new episode, you’ll see how the essence of these two skulls (above) play into a part of deepening into our wholeness through both light and dark. I don’t know if anyone noticed this from the listing photos of these two separately, but I’ve always felt they made a perfect, sweet duo together – balancing duality, harmonizing shadow and light in a dance of alchemy, and supporting one’s wholeness at core levels, as they illuminate the highest versions for integration.

Both skulls are carved by Subhash Meena in the reflection of what is called a “magickal child,” helping to connect with the innocence, purity, joy, hope, wonder, and creative potential of your inner child and authentic soul and heart song.

One is a Himalayan quartz with many rainbows, chlorite, golden healer, and enhydros. The other is an obsidian with some silver sheen on one side.

They are already being offered on sale individually, but if anyone feels drawn to these dear ones together, please reach out as I’d be happy to provide a special to home them as a pair.

The journey of life is so unique to each soul. Although we share underlying themes, the way to work with them and how they play out is relative to the individual. 

Therefore, what you see playing out in the world doesn’t necessarily speak to your experience. So where you place focus and energy may tether you to something that wouldn’t otherwise be you and creates a division to your otherwise strength and wholeness for boundless creative vitality.  

Aligning with matching frequencies to who you are and what you want to create is key, regardless what others are doing. 

When I’m out snow shoeing in the middle of a storm, this is directly mirrored to me through my experience. 

For me, it’s enchantment and fun, with a whole world of potential blowing around me that I choose to experience through the eyes of my inner child. I forge my way and let the snow fall as it may around me, the wind blow through, and my warm heart untouchable by the cold. 

It is incredibly potent to be out in the wide open white-blanketed landscape without a soul around. And I am the paintbrush bringing new life and color into a new world of my creation.

Clear Skies, Fresh Landscapes & Butterfly’s Secret

As we enter March’s gateway, Winter seems to have finally blown in with full force here. After a mild season, the end of February through now has turned things around.

What felt like Spring days and thaw came to halt with Leap Day’s biggest storm yet. Leading up, it seems surreal that we enjoyed beautiful days like the photos reflect below.

And that all of my bulbs in the front yard bed – more than I could count – had pushed through the exposed ground that is now under several feet of snow.

And in between it all, my birthday was the quiet I intended with only some mellow celebrations the two days before.

That included a Spring-like walk followed by a surprise sushi party by a couple that are our good friends here.

They brought over all the fixings and made us vegan sushi, to show us what we could do ourselves with the birthday sushi care basket they gifted me.

Even the kitty babies got in on the fun – shhhh don’t tell them it’s not raw fish!

We of course made veggie sushi. Mmmmmm!

And we did make more sushi during the storm to enjoy and it really is easy and comes out professional looking.

Dave also took me to a birthday lunch and symphony downtown and it was a beautiful and peaceful, sunshiny day!

But on the day of my actual birthday, along with a little snow I received the most beautiful gift – we had our very first sighting at the house of a bobcat (our house seems to be earning its name as the Forest Portal where all of these appearances pop through). It was a young one and she or he decided to come right up on our deck while we were having birthday morning breakfast. We got up and followed the bobcat and I managed to get these little captures of photos and mini videos.

Just gorgeous and such a potent shamanic presence to receive on my “rebirthing” that I read can show up to reveal a new spiritual power and that felt resonant. And you’ll recall that just a few days before, a giant raccoon had visited in about the same place as the bobcat. And upon researching we are sure that she was a pregnant female, as this is the time of year that they mate and females will then go off solo. This makes sense as to why she looked so fat, and what a gift that she stood up fully at the sliding glass door to show off her pregnant belly to us. And then not long after bobcat, we had coyote run across the road in front of us. It was a full gifting of harbingers for transformation ahead, all around the Full Moon and my birthday. I’m beginning to feel that Astrid has a hand in all of these encounters to make sure I’m surrounded with the animal love she knows does my heart good.

Then the big storm came, and it did in fact bring blizzards and white outs as predicted, and we did in fact receive a little over four feet of snow at our 6600 home elevation with the tops of the mountains surrounding us, getting over eight feet. It’s closer to the ten plus feet they predicted at the higher and further peaks. It was quite the storm and even one of the two only and main highways into Tahoe was closed for over three days. And I’m grateful to say we kept safe, warm, and without incident, as I know many other communities did in fact have power outages.

Friday and Saturday night were the wildest. It looked and sounded like the gods were warring in the skies, as white blasts and swirls were thrown here and there. And during and after each night of the storm, every window and sliding glass door’s view was half blocked by wind swept snow and mounds of white that Dave had to clear a perimeter path for so that the snow was away from the house.

We enjoyed two days of snow shoeing out back in the forest behind the house during mid-storm mornings when things weren’t quite as wild. And it was incredibly potent to be out in the white landscape without a soul around. Just wide open white blankets, enchanting and mysterious forests, and magickal creeks to cross.

The first day I wore my vintage snow jacket that bears the name Polaris. I loved it immediately because of the North Star on back, the name, and of course the color. I didn’t mind that it was a bit large, as it’s so cozy, and wraps me in magick.

Polaris is the brightest star in the Ursa Minor (Little Bear) constellation and marks the little bear’s tail. How perfect is that with my bear connection? And being a large jacket, I do feel like a happy little, round bear in it.

We took turns breaking the trail on the one mile trek we like to do that circles around and crosses a creek twice.

I took some photos of the adventure to share the beauty of it all, but also some short videos to capture things in the moment.

I was so excited to find this tree trunk that we pass all the time, but only this time did I see the perfection of its rings that mirrored the sun halo and symbolism that has been coming through. I’ve never seen such precise circles.

And right after, upon coming to my favorite magickal tree canopy, I discovered someone had wrapped this tree of life talisman on it. The tree of life has always been prominently showing up for me.

We love seeing our house from the forest in all the different seasons. So we snapped a few shots of it covered in a cozy snow bliss.

The kitty babies – Sweet Pea and Boojum – gave us this look when we got back in, thinking why ever would you go out in that wild white cold?

Mom and dad are much more adventurous than these cozy kitties.

Sunday afternoon (3/3) I then saw this enchanting sight.

A beautiful, round robin sitting on the railing of our deck.

I watched him for about ten minutes, all puffed up while the snow was falling around. Since robins appear in early Spring, it was interesting to see this one in the midst of a huge snow storm.

We haven’t seen any birds around the house – only on snow hikes where the chickadees will sing away no matter how cold it is.

So, the presence of this beauty felt again like a harbinger of change and that rebirthing Spring days are around the corner.

I watched as he jumped on our cherry blossom tree and was eating some of the tiny old berries still remaining on the branches. I decided to take a short video to imprint this beautiful sight.

Pure enchantment and such a sign of new things to come.

He returned the very next day, in the very same place, doing the exact same thing when the storm broke. Skies are now clear and the forecast shows a warming trend taking us back to Spring-like weather. And it’s in fact looking a bit Spring-like on our kitchen island with the plant babies.

But for now, we’re enjoying the snow drenched mountains, blue skies, and sunshine – some of the most magickal scenes one can witness with crystalline sparkle everywhere the eye turns.

We’re back on the mountain skiing in the mornings on the great powder. And great snow conditions mean Tania becomes more brave and indeed our first day back after the storm had me taking on some super hard and steep runs with the craziest natural moguls (from the storm on ungroomed runs) and pot holed funnels I’ve ever done. Dave warned me I wouldn’t like it, but I felt guided to go anyway on my own. And I was SO proud of myself I hadn’t an inch of fear – just full trust I could do and I did.

“I think I can…I knew I could,” said the Little ‘T’ Engine That Could. YAY!

But the vistas are some of the most wonderful parts of skiing on the mountain. I love taking my time and breathing it all in.

It IS REALLY a faerytale to see and be in these landscapes and to watch the snow envelope the land.

It’s been enjoyable to watch the world outside transform once again.

And all of that transformational energy brings up thoughts of butterflies.

Their presence has been fluttering about in my thoughts quite a bit along with their connection they have to my spiritual and rebirthing adventures that has been swirling in my mind a bunch more again lately. In fact, through a series of synchronous unfoldings, one of my newest crystal skulls revealed her name to be Maya.

There’s a lot connected to that whole reveal, but it happens to weave parts of my awakening and receiving the butterfly as the symbol of my life’s work way back at the beginning of my spiritual journey. The butterfly also was my very first sacred tattoo and I did in fact baptize her “Maya”.

I wrote about that – now 26 year anniversary of the start of my Spiritual Skin – in a blog post titled Birth of Maya.

This links with my Mayan “pasts” that unraveled my other ancient threads, Pleaides (Maia star – one of the Seven Sisters), and so much of my journey, which is that of continual recreating and rebirthing over and over again. I’m a perpetual creatrix – reflecting my birth path number that associates me with the #3 Tarot card of The Empress who is depicted as the perpetually fertile and abundant mother, pregnant with creative life force for constant new beginnings.

No wonder that pregnant raccoon came around 😉 And no wonder fertile rabbits are my cocreators.

But back to butterflies…this interesting Winter/Spring mix we’ve been experiencing all season has felt so reflective of that forward and back steps that seem to keep happening. In reality, they aren’t really backward steps though, but a foothold on fertile void ground that is on another level of the spiral that just “seems” to have swung back around, but in fact is on a new playing field.

Things click into place and leaps happen. Then there’s this hold and wait period, in that fertile void, while the next clicks happen. Then more momentum, then wait/percolate/integrate…like a rubber band really revving up and soon it’s going to sling across the galaxy with all that momentum. LOL!

Perhaps this has been something you, too, have felt. And to me it’s been about this butterfly effect where the cocoon is still needed, but the butterfly has in fact made many holes to the new world of experience with legs and feelers taking in the fresh terrain. She is both excited and patient…knowing to rest and make sure to do each step right, or the release won’t be the promise it knows in her heart awaits.

The butterfly knows the secret of divine alignment and having all of her parts with her to take into the new world because if any part gets left behind, she simply won’t make it. And if any part isn’t fully transmuted into the new essence to match the new world, then she won’t be able to fly.

Patience and persistence is her strength. Trust is her fuel. Alchemy is her destiny.

She knows her resiliency lies in the very fragility of her being and the power of the now. Fully embracing the weeks she has of life, she performs great feats and spreads her gifts to the entire ecosystem of collective consciousness she is integrally a part of. But she doesn’t rush the emergence. Every little piece she masterfully orchestrates, integrates, and unwraps until the miracle of her weaving is complete.

Some butterflies can travel faster than we can run and journey over 1,000 migratory miles – small, but mighty indeed with ability to accomplish great feats because of only focusing on the knowing of possibility.

They can tell time through their antenna and track the position of the Sun through their eyes, and this tracking system lets them know where to turn to stay the course of their genetically programmed destinations – inner knowing is the guiding force that steers one to experience divine alignment and to follow the destiny of spirit embodied.

The genetic coding within their DNA makes them incredible shapeshifters moving through astonishing and miraculous body transformations over the course of its life from egg to butterfly – the inherent coding within becomes activated when the precise elements are merged, creating enhanced adaptability that leans into change with grace.

There are so many miraculous qualities to a butterfly and her journey that speak volumes to our own, mirrored potential and what awaits us to unwrap and light a spark to within the cocoon of our slumbering DNA and Cosmic coding.

Every piece of life around you is an incredible world of boundless marvel worthy of your attention, as it can redirect the course of your day and life when you truly breathe it in.

And ultimately, points you to the miracle of you, as your very existence in all ways you experience it…is a Universe unto itself.

The butterfly’s secret is in your heart to unlock, and the key is you igniting the truth of who you really are.

There are a lot of rapidly streaming energies and messages these days that people are experiencing, myself included, and it’s taking time to let it integrate and settle because once one thing comes it usually is the precursor for a whole string of many more. These are the times we’re in and in it together.

So, indeed change is the constant that butterfly reminds us of throughout her life transformations and even upon death, as she has always been a symbol of immortality, resurrection, and rebirth. Her presence affects the wellness of ecosystems even in her limited days with wings. And even as a caterpillar, both she and her excrements are a source of nutrient-rich support to the landscape and other animals.

These are metamorphic times and every single step is integrally valuable and divinely perfect in and of itself.

There are no ultimate results. There is simply continuous innovation of the all-encompassing moment for you to weave as your heart’s delight.

We are edging toward another New Moon – this one in Pisces – and Spring is definitely in the air, as Mr. Robin announced. Even my friend Frith has made his presence known again, once the storm ended. I found a hole he dug his way through for quite a long way in the thick snow to get to his favorite spot, and some poops, golden puddle, and tracks yesterday morning.

So many reflections of the journey and so many keepers of wisdom who are transmitting support for our accelerated evolution.

These days I’m guided to share less information streams and more organic experiences, along with Nature windows and other visuals, as I feel the frequencies are easier to relay and be of supportive inspiration this way – for now.

The groundwork is being laid and soon more direct expressions will deem time-appropriate, and until then we are all building a stairway through the spiral of unfolding cocreation.

A great many downloads have been coming in and it’s included a lot around the crystal skulls and revealing just why they have become so prevalent, along with other extraordinary crystal finds that are unearthing.

Some of this will be in the next episode of Talks With Crystal Skulls, which feels to be an important one.

In the meantime, a few updates around crystal skulls, include a new giveaway collaboration with Mody and discounts all around to help these amazing beings to get to their homes and do the work.

First up – in honor of Mody’s daughter, Maya, we’re giving away an ancient red basalt skull (what a beauty) and an energy session with The Speakers. It’s called Maya’s March Magick Skull Giveaway. Unfortunately, it is on Instagram, as it’s just the easiest platform for things like that. The giveaway started on 3/3 and will end at midnight PST on 3/12 with winner announced on 3/13 – Maya’s birthday.

But to create something for everyone, Mody is also offering a March Magick 20% off Discount between 3/3 and 3/13, as well, on nine select skulls. The discounts are reflected for these nine skulls at this link (scroll through): Egyptian Skulls & Dragons by Mody Ra

And, in tandem with this, I have also added an across-the-board discount on all crystal skulls and crystals from my own offerings. Discounts range from 15% – 35% to assist these connections I feel to be key to those hearing the call, which truly make all of these steals. Again, I’ll be sharing more about why this is all powerfully taking place at this time for the collective in the upcoming episode, but I hope that all of this helps anyone who has been really drawn to any that either of us have shared. The pieces that remain include some of my favorites like dreamy aquamarine, the blue stones that keep coming up in meditation, emerald for that heart chakra emerald bridge, sunstone/moonstone, and more. There are a couple of very special personal release pieces and one dragon/skull pair. The link for these is: Crystals & Crystal Skulls

And speaking of dragons…several people have been asking about dragons and both Mody and I are happy to share that there are a few dragons at the links – a couple did find homes, but there are the three remaining. All of them happen to be white dragons, which feels particularly resonant with our snow and that sparkly pure potential of new beginnings. You can find those at the links above. Included is a new full body enchanted little white dragon from Mody in Moon Stone.

Cycles of Change ~ Full Moon Energies, Processing Grief, Quiet Birthday Celebrations & New Offerings

We’ve just received the light of the Virgo Full Moon – also known as the Snow Moon – that illuminated fully this morning of 2/24/24 – cool numerology there don’t ya think? It comes just two days before my birthday and apparently we’re forecasted to have snow that day as well. So this Winter baby is feeling all the feels of the season and energies igniting my 51st.

Although we won’t be in an historical hobbit hole of snow caves for this birthday, I’m still enjoying being in my quieter cave and also happy that we’ve recently received a bit more snow to add to a hugely contrasting season from last year.

We enjoyed three days in a row of waking to fresh inches – six new inches on each of the mornings of the 19th and 20th, and then another three inches on the morning of the 21st. Yay!

That’s made for some great snow shoeing adventures and breathtaking landscapes that can lighten any day.

Some people have shared that this Moon has felt intense leading up to today. For me, I’ve been feeling extra sleep has been nurturing to the experience of a lot of integration in my physical body taking place and downloads streaming in, in accelerated fashion.

This Full Moon may invite you into a deeper dive of healing energies and ways to create greater wellness and sense of peace in your life. If blocks and fears have been taking up more space, this is an opportune time to initiate some cleansing rituals so that you can create more room for the things that bring you joy and peace. Do things that help ground you, pay attention to and take care of the fine details, and stay the course of what you’ve put in motion with commitment and personal integrity.

In my own life I indeed have found myself focusing on those details and fine-tuning things to better align with intentions and where I feel things heading. It’s driven me to make more adjustments to where my energy and time are focused – removing and adding what threads into all of that. I’ll share more on this, some new offerings, and birthday release at the end, as I like to have the focal point of posts to be on inspirations and any guided messages that feel to be of support.

I did feel to put out a blog before my birthday, as I’m wanting a more quiet and low-key one this year that will have a soft intention of deepening into the new cycle I am journeying. And since my family shared a combined celebration of my, my brother’s, and my mom’s birthdays on Valentine’s Day this year, we’ll be letting the actual day unfold without plans. Check out dad’s incredible three layer vegan cake he baked for all three of us! Weeeeeee!

This also comes after our having quite a full couple of weeks with visitors that were here back-to-back over the course of eleven days with only two days downtime in between.

So, the spaciousness is a welcome friend right now and opportune to harnessing the codes I feel awakening within.

During those visits we had some great ski days, and I had a couple of particularly great days on the mountain in fresh snow, feeling anchored in my adventurous and athletic nature – in awe that skiing is a thing I actually do and have progressed so much at.

On one of those days – the 12th – that feeling was highlighted with seeing this Sun halo, which also confirmed a thought I was exploring for the future.

And then, AGAIN, we saw another Sun halo (below) just yesterday morning on the 23rd when I was tuning in and asking about something else, which was later confirmed upon my arrival home with my pulling the Ace of Cups Tarot card.

I just love how many signs and messages show up these days for us all in really profound and consistent ways.

Is it that they are actually increasing in appearance, does it speak to our being more aware, or have we invited more cocreating to be part of our lives from our collective web of support? Perhaps it’s all of these in divine convergence.

I do feel like there’s a profound and rapid level of cycles moving through and that has involved a lot of continued grieving energy on many layers for souls and pieces of our lives moving on.

This may be because of all of the transformative energies we are deeply integrating these days, and the need for that energy to merge into harmonic alignment. But no matter the reason, these times do call for finding ways to navigate change and create support systems and processes to assist what truly is a natural part of the cycles of consciousness in totality of being – to keep moving and traveling through the various layers of interwoven experience and emotion that are all connected.

If you find yourself moving through loss, have you found ways to support your grieving so that the energy continues to flow through?

Creating a ritual can add meaning to the process – perhaps lighting a candle, planting a tree or seeding your memorial garden – any way you can find to honor the gifts of that person or part of your life that has moved on. This helps focus energy on the valuable ways these people and experiences have had impact for you, which creates forward momentum with the love and gratitude it will bring up.

Journaling and writing out your feelings and thoughts is also a great way to move energy, so that it doesn’t stay stuck in the hurt and pain alone. This supports the transmutation of feelings, as you allow the raw emotion to have a voice and outlet without becoming an energy block.

Maybe creating an altar in honor of the person or part of your life may speak to you.

Engaging your creativity and creating something artistic could also be a way of remembrance and moving through emotional energy, by deriving inspiration from the beauty of the connection and meaning in your life. Perhaps this may bring new ideas or ways to harness your creative life force and rebirthing phoenix energy, which honors the wholeness that both life and death are One as.

Finding support in a grief group might be helpful for some people, talking with a counselor, therapist, or coach, or leaning into allowing friends or loved ones to be there and listen or to do things with to help when the emotions get tough.

Sometimes you just need your own space, quiet, and personal explorations that suit your individuality and being with yourself and the emotions, as you know how, is the best thing.

All of us, though, I think can benefit from quality time spent in and with Nature. Mother Earth has the best way of knowing how to support those cycles and movements, while nourishing and being nourished by the symbiotic relationship you share with Her.

There are many ways to experience healing and help during the cycle of change that can affect everyone so differently. One of the main things to remember, is taking care of yourself the best way you can – honoring your process, allowing emotions to flow, being extra gentle with yourself during your grieving, tending to your needs on all levels, and especially not forgetting your physical wellness – eating, hydrating, grounding, nature time, getting good rest, and honoring the space you might need to consciously move through things that reflects your unique experience.

Working with crystals, sound healing, body work, yoga, exercise, dancing, singing, etc. are some other ways you can assist your energetic field to flow, your body to experience its resilience, and overall for you to find your natural course back to balance.

Grief is challenging for most people, as when you’re in the midst of it or it comes on fast, it can feel quite traumatic and send a ripple of downward spiraling and feel never-ending until or unless the softening occurs. One never really ends grief, but it does fade and joy can actually reside alongside pain and loss. In fact, grief and pain can actually be a connective bridge for joy and sweetness. And while grief comes in waves of intensities, between those waves and even after the crest of each, pockets of potential are activated that only the doorway of pain helps to access.

No one likes having to go through the pains, and yet I can only speak for myself, that it’s in the toughest emotional intensities, losses, and hurts, that some of the biggest alchemy leaps and transmutations have taken place in my life. I don’t fear the pain, even though the pain isn’t something I run toward. I just know that the nature of being is cycles and all things rise from the ashes in incredible ways when I lean into the inherent beauty of every piece of wholeness.

And speaking of wholeness guides me to share one of the recent sacred tattoo designs I cocreated with a beautiful soul. I only had a four inch by four inch space to work with, but one can still pack in a lot with symbolism.

I won’t go into all the personal details about it, but overall it embodies a mandala that has a more organic, alive flow to it than purely a perfected sacred geometry focus, that reflects a “womb of creation” with unfolding natural harmony and the feeling of pulsing energy, movement of a birthing, creating and recreating. There is the essence of vulnerable strength I wanted to capture, authentic processes, and transitions of life in motion.

There’s a triskele/triskelion at center to anchor the cycles of life and energy in motion of interconnectedness with endings and beginnings as One. It is layered over an organic, but balanced tree of life with spiraling roots that anchor and fluidly flow – receiving and giving nourishment – and an eight petaled flower for additional universal harmony, infiniteness, prosperous growth, personal power, regeneration, and wholeness energies to add to the wisdom and enlightenment of the tree’s cycles and embodiment of spirit experiencing the fullness of integration.

There are also three Runes included that spoke to personal things for the soul this was created for, but they include Ansuz (Voice of the Universe), Laguz (water/ocean), and Sowilo (Sun). There are also three butterflies layered on each side of the tree, emerging from the center, as if it was the cocoon and they are in fluid motion of accelerated flight of creative cycles. And last, there are tulips of renewal/rebirth on each side extending from multiple layered symbolism of three stems, blades of grass, water in motion, flames, and energy or sound waves.

You might see why I shared the design and some of the symbolism in it, as it does speak to the collective cycles we’re navigating that grief is a part of along the journey of undoing into ashes, to rise again in an innovative way.

There’s truly so much one could write about these days because of everything streaming in so quickly, but I find it’s better to stay in the stillness of each moment and allow things to deepen more before trying to voice what is going on in the energetic realms. There will come a place and time for more, and/or a different way to share it.

For now, I’m leaning into what feels like quite a transformative year with many surprises and turns around each corner.

If you, too, are experiencing deep breaths and exhales into more expansive embodiment, then I hope some of these Winter landscapes and images shared, have the perfect coding for you.

And that leads me to some updates about new and upcoming offerings and changes to current ones.

FULL MOON GIVEAWAY:

I know most of my friends here aren’t on Instagram, but for anyone that is, just a quick heads up that Mody Ra and I teamed up for a Giveaway that runs through the end of today – 11:59pm PST. We are gifting the winner one Ancient Egyptian Alabaster Skull that Mody has carved (you get to choose the one that speaks to you out of 3 skulls) and I am gifting a personal channeling message from The Speakers. Details on how to enter are at my Instagram page – @taniamariemagick

BIRTHDAY DISCOUNT & CRYSTAL SKULL PARTY:

And for those of you who aren’t on Instagram to share in the giveaway fun, I do have an upcoming release this weekend of skulls you may not want to miss – my way of celebrating my birthday with all of you since I don’t have any big plans. I didn’t have time to get them up for today’s post, but please check back at the Crystals & Crystal Skulls page this weekend, as listings will go live anytime between today and Monday. If you’ve been coveting any of the remaining skulls or crystals awaiting homes, I’ll be sharing a special birthday discount on them to help make those heart connections happen. And then there will be a new group of special ones ranging from smaller to larger – some including dragon consorts for The Year of the Dragon and several emanating the “blue ray” of energy that I keep strongly receiving as a key message. Something for everyone and each budget. I specifically chose some of these to bridge to you, as I know many of you don’t have access or know where to go to find your crystalline friends, but have been doing the necessary preparation to get them ready, and awaiting for their reveal.

SACRED TATTOO DESIGNS:

I will be taking a break again from custom tattoo designs. This offering is only available through the end of this month – February 29th and then I’ll be removing the page link from my website. So, if this was something you’ve been thinking about, you can still take advantage of the discounted offering I’ve made available at Custom Tattoos for a few more days.

INTUITIVE GUIDANCE SESSIONS:

These sessions are still available with one session or package session options to support you through any aspect of life you’re navigating. I can currently welcome up to four new clients, if this is or has been of interest. Packages are also available with payment options, just as I also support with crystal and crystal skull adoptions. And if you don’t see a package option that fits your needs, please reach out and I can create one for you.

ONLINE REIKI CERTIFICATION TRAINING & EMPOWERMENT SERIES:

The uptick in Reiki training continues and support with integrating this into everyday life, as well as wanting to dive into the potential zones and expanding one’s way of experiencing life have been in line with the rapid shifts. The feedback on the Reiki courses has included people feeling that even though some of them had gone through Reiki training before (wanting to renew their relationship to it) – that they found these to be especially resonant with a freeing way of experiencing Reiki with greater excitement and fresh perspective that aligns with the now. These online courses are all easily found at the links included here.

TALK WITH YOUR CRYSTAL SKULLS SESSIONS:

And last, this is a new offering that comes because of receiving many inquiries and nudges from others. People who are especially new to bringing home a crystal skull or have a growing collective of them are looking for help with how to connect with their skulls, hear them, receive names, and what to do or how to work with them – essentially how to “talk with your crystal skulls.” And although I do and will be sharing some tidbits in episodes of Talks With Crystal Skulls, the kind of personalized attention and time is something apparently people have shared needing more of. So, I am now offering “Talk With Your Crystal Skulls” Sessions – a kind of mentoring and one-on-one exploration where I can help you to discover your way with your skulls. You can find that new offering and more details here: Talk With Your Crystal Skulls Sessions

(End note: As I just finished writing this post, the fattest, biggest raccoon we’ve ever seen, and actually the first we’ve seen at the house, just waddled across our back deck in the dark – how’s that for some embracing change and exploring new possibilities energy? Into the mysterious playfulness and inner child realms we go!)

Heart Awareness is a Game Changer & Love is the Alchemy

It’s always love day in my life because the heart chakra is the portal that rules my world. I find that when we let love lead, the rest falls into place. Vulnerable strength comes by leaning into the heart’s wisdom. The heart has a power that’s undeniable when we surrender to it.

All the things our minds would rather try and work out, the heart simply does by natural alchemy.

True, it’s not always easy to step into the heart space, especially if you’ve had years of conditioned structures built up around it for protection. Yet the moment you say “yes” to a little more vulnerability, the door cracks open and love feels like a gentle, fresh breeze tousling your inner child’s hair with a long awaited welcome.

I’ve shared the photos laced through this post before, but they always speak to me as the epitome of love and the sweetest love story I know – perfect shares I feel for Valentine’s Day. I will never get over the way these two formed hearts with their entwined bodies, and would touch temples together in communion with one another.

These two – Cosmo and Joy – and all of my bunny loves have been on my mind and heart a lot and today – Valentine’s Day – couldn’t go by without sharing these most memorable photos of the two sweet angels that embodied the meaning of this day and LOVE.

Cosmo, my special needs son, was and always will be the epitome of unconditional love and he cast his heart’s spell on Joy – helping her to surrender and lean into a deepening love and interdependency, rather than independence. Joy was always a sweet angel, but Cosmo supported her into the next evolution of her deepening transformation, while Joy provided her strength and love to enrichen Cosmo’s solo journey into a super power bond.

The power of one is great, but two joined in heart is unstoppable.

These angels – rabbits – have taught me true, unconditional love and opened my heart to greater expanse forever.

Love Day is every day for me, especially because of the souls in rabbit bodies who have been my best friends.

The heart chakra became my logo, if you recall, which I called the Emerald Bridge and in fact, that logo shows up in each episode of Talks With Crystal Skulls.

Having learned the alchemy possible through this vortex portal, it has been a focal point of my life and life’s work. So any day that we can talk a little extra about love and focus on the heart is a good day to me!

I wrote this a while back, and felt like today was also a good day to reshare it.

The Bridge…..

See what someone can become – their wholeness of being, not solely what they appear to be or the temporary clothing they wear.

See the magnificence of possibility in an individual that resides as their essence. Then you can see what they are attached to as a current reality – their pain, their tragedies, their story of incompleteness.

By doing this you create the space between – an immeasurable void of enlightenment.

You see what is and what could be.

This place is the origin and return where the stars of the Cosmos are alive within.

When you meet someone in this void and infuse intent into the starry constellations of the heart center, a shift will occur and becoming is activated into being.

Stars move and form anew.

Love is the Bridge.

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The Heart Chakra is where unconditional love resides. It is the balancing integrator of opposites (between body and spirit, male and female, persona and shadow, ego and unity) and acts as an energetic “bridge” between the lower and upper chakras.

Love is the most powerful energy in the Universe and is a vital energy to be focusing on every moment of every day, more so now than ever. Holding your hand over your heart with conscious connection, for even just minutes a day, can help you to stay present in your heart, help heal and open it to greater depths. It can help you to see with eyes of love and choose, respond, and act from love. Ask for help in doing so from your guides, angels, your Source connection and even ask your essence to be present in your higher heart always.

Heart awareness is a game changer.

Love is the alchemy.

And if you would love a little friend to help with a powerful heart boost, one of the crystal skulls I recently released is a perfect wisdom keeper and guide for that journey – the Emerald Skull. Emerald is known as “the stone of successful love” that opens the heart chakra, nurtures the capacity for giving and receiving unconditional love, and supports emotional healing and equilibrium for more nourishing relationships.

That beauty, along with three other powerful skull friends, are still looking for their cocreators. If you would like any added insight about them, I’d be happy to assist.

Mody is also providing a Valentine’s Day special on his skulls, so any at the link will receive 15% off through the end of today. If you are called to anyone, please reach out and I can put you in touch with him, or if you’re on Instagram you can directly message him at his page.

Thank you Cosmo and Joy for always being such beautiful ambassadors of love.

And thank you to everyone who is doing their best each day to open the heart door to your inner world of love potential a little further.

There is so much love to discover and no end to how far we can go with loving even more.

Happy Valentine’s Day!