A question from Laura…what is the opposite of fear?
Ponder…as you listen to our delve with Aunt Laura…Pixie’s aunt to be precise! Laura came onto our show to share some of her magic. We felt like we were so lucky to share this moment with her…twice. We finally felt the pain every podcaster feels…losing a recording and having to tell the guest…and BEG for a re-record. She was so kind to do so!
Tune in for Laura’s chat, she shares poetry, what she feels works well for her in her daily practice of wellness (spoiler: it’s practicing self-compassion, paying deep attention, sleeping often, and more self-compassion).
The poems Laura shares can be found here:
Stars and Dandelions by Misuzu Kaneko
Deep in the blue sky…
Dawn breaks — another cloudy day
with mist and fog — all shades of gray…
And lastly, one her of favourite John O’Donohue poems from A Book of Blessings
I bless the night that nourished my heart
To set the ghosts of longing free
Into the flow and figure of dream
That went to harvest from the dark
Bread for the hunger no one sees.
All that is eternal in me
Welcomes the wonder of this day,
The field of brightness it creates
Offering time for each thing
To arise and illuminate.
I place on the altar of dawn:
The quiet loyalty of breath,
The tent of thought where I shelter,
Waves of desire I am shore to
And all beauty drawn to the eye.
May my mind come alive today
To the invisible geography
That invites me to new frontiers,
To break the dead shell of yesterdays,
To risk being disturbed and changed.
May I have the courage today
To live the life that I would love,
To postpone my dream no longer
But do at last what I came here for
And waste my heart on fear no more.
Also, something Pixie came across in the Stardust App:
At her first bleeding a woman meets her power.
During her bleeding years she practices it.
At menopause she becomes it.
It’s a native american saying but hasn’t been attributed further.
Magic with Laura Vendryes