Blog Archives - Journey with the Seasons

Busy bee?

6/23/2016

I spent a moment this morning watching the bees swarming over a gorgeous scented bush in my garden, seriously they were on it! SO busy!! We all have busy-ness to be getting on with and sometimes we can feel like headless chickens (horrible expression sorry) running around feeling our hearts pounding and our heads busy with lists of lists.

The energy of Summer is much slower and paced than Spring, this doesn't mean you will get less done however. By tending our Fires and keeping it well fuelled with Fire 'food' such as hugs, loving kindness to ourselves and others, dancing, sun-charging our bodies and generally cherishing the relationships we have with people in our families and communities we can keep our Fires burning bright and so giving us glowing, sustainable energy to achieve everything we need to, that's my plan anyway🌼🌻

Have a glorious day lovely people who love the seasons with us 💜💖 lots of loving kindness Carol xx

Embrace relationships...

6/23/2016

The Firey Summer with all her passion, exuberance and joy gifts us a chance to explore our relationships; is our heart appropriately open or closed to receive love and protect us from hurt, do our relationships bring us joy and pleasure and do we enjoy the intimacy and support a heart connection can bring? One of the classic signs that we are protecting ourselves is when we sit with our arms crossed protecting our heart. The four meridians of the Fire element, the heart, the small intestine, the triple warmer and the heart protector all run either up or down on the inside or outside of our hands and arms giving us the ability to reach out to someone, embrace a loved one and equally to push someone away and close ourselves down. Thank you Fire and the Summer for the gift of love and choice 💜💛💚💓...have a gorgeous day, love Carol xx

June 23rd, 2016

6/23/2016

Time to blossom...

6/23/2016

Time to blossom 🌻🌼 have a fab day ...Love Carol x

Live life with Heart...

6/23/2016

Good morning journeyers, it's raining today which means the garden has exploded in growth and the veg beds are looking lush, have the local village festie tomorrow so really hoping things dry up so we can all enjoy the day!
This beautiful heart shaped fuschia caught my eye this morning and prompted me to reflect on the heart energy of Summer, (the Heart meridian is one of 4 meridians that are linked to Fire)...this full and expansive time of year calls us to reconnect with the generous and compassionate qualities of the Fire element and this includes towards ourselves as well as others. In Chinese medicine the Heart is known as the Supreme Controller of the body, mind and spirit, a benevolent leader who rules with kindness and heart.
For us to be able to to put kindness, benevolence and compassion out into the world we need to find it for ourselves first. Just for today keep an eye on how you speak to yourself, do you speak with softness?....if not try changing this, connecting with yourself as if you were a beloved and special person and see how you feel. When I first did this I was shocked at how I spoke to myself as I would never say those things to another, now I regularly check myself and try to be kinder 💖💗💟
Wishing you a day filled with love and heart, Carol xx

Dance...

6/23/2016

Morning journeyers 🌞 I was reminded yesterday by Sarah-Jayne as we did our summer updating, that we can really connect with the Fire element when we dance. Dancing connects our heart with our body, expresses inner passion and emotion and reminds us to be a flickering flame in the world. Dancing always makes me laugh and feel joyous and reconnects me with my inner child reminding me to loosen up and relax and play a little...all perfect Summer medicine.
So lovely journeyers do you love to dance? Share your favourite way with us :) have a glorious day, with love Carol xx

Summer and Fire!

6/23/2016

We have decided we are in summer...heres our fire element celebration.

Welcome Summer!...

6/23/2016

Welcome Summer, welcome fire! 🌞🌄🔥

Open up to Summer...

6/23/2016

Morning journeyers, happy Monday from glorious Devon, it's been a rainy weekend but yesterday afternoon was glorious so I managed to get a good load of gardening done and I didn't have to water the outside veg beds! 💧💧....today it seems bright and steamy but who knows what later will bring, one thing about Devon is we never know quite what the weather is going to do!
So we are slowly blossoming into Summer; this is the time of the heart, an opportunity to connect to our heart's desire, our passion and compassion, and a feeling of softness and openess. Through opening our heart and connecting to passion we can add extra depth to our busy Spring plans and get really clear what drives us to fulfill those goals. When we can do this our dreams and plans are able to fully blossom and bring us joy 💜💗💜💗 ...have a wonderful and joyful day, much love Carol xxx

Plug into peace...

6/23/2016

These beautiful peace lillies have appeared outside our front door in our fairly new to us garden. They actually glow. Our home is not often a peaceful place in the classic sense of the word. 2 adults with demanding jobs, another 'getting there' adult with a huge weight of responsibility on his shoulders, a younger lad with a non neurotypical make up, plus a puppy going through the teenage stage. Peace could be seen to be in short supply! However peace is always present if we plug into it. Often buried fairly deep in crisis or transitions, to me its the feeling of "it will all be ok", 'I know I am doing the best I can' or 'this too shall pass'. These lillies at our front door act as a wonderful reminder that if I have been knocked off by something....to plug into peace....return to centre...then respond. How often I achieve this is another matter.. at least I get a reminder! Love to you and yours this sunday. Sarah-Jayne.