Wild Nature Heart
Journeys Into Reconnection
Tag: Elder
WHAT IS AN INITIATED ADULT?
Posted on January 18, 2019 by Ryan Van Lenning
What does it mean to be an initiated adult? Here’s Katie’s answer when I posed the question.
Category: Uncategorized, Vision QuestTags: Elder, initiated adult, Initiation, rite of passage, Vision fast, Vision Quest, wilderness, wilderness guide
“The world was made to be free in. Give up all the other worlds except the one to which you belong. Anything or anyone that does not bring you alive is too small for you.” – David Whyte, Sweet Darkness
“If we surrendered
to earth’s intelligence
we could rise up rooted, like trees.” -Rumi
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🌝BEING WITH
Last night a group of about 10 of us gathered to slow down and re-connect to nature, our inner voice, and each other. A sacred pause with the moon.
Only the moon hid behind the fog! Or was the fog there to teach valuable lessons?: That our wholeness is always there, despite clouds of distraction, doubt, division that we allow to gather in front of it.
That getting thwarted in agenda-driven life (even ‘lets go see the moon!’) can make us notice and simply BE WITH what is right there (persistent crickets, fresh air and summer scents, our bodies and breath and minds as they are, bats and mugwort)
After a simple spaciousness of silent BEING WITH the moment, we shared insights and stories that becomes medicine for each of us as we travel this human journey, as we keep coming back to wholeness, our enoughness, and our Groundedness at our core.
And as we walked back on the trail, knowing ourselves and each other better, the moon blessed us with an evocative dance through the Monterey pines, saying, thanks for visiting.
No, thank you, 🌝Moon.
In all the best and wild mysteries,
-Ryan
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🌝 PAINTS HERSELF INSIDE MY SKY
This night-owl Luna wild-eyed
she paints herself inside my sky
washing walls that gather dust
making murals moonly must
of love and lonely lunar lust
illuminating rivers lost
coloring canyons filled with moss
or mud from eroded banks
from many months of ambling aches
leaving light in her wake
got no gate to keep her out now
she waxes why and wanes my how
gliding through with brushes wide
painting pictures, pulling tides
evoking all the scenes inside
This night-owl Luna wild-eyed
she paints herself inside my sky.
Full Moon Blessings
—Ryan Van Lenning
🐋 MEMORIAL FOR OUR WHALE AND DOLPHIN FAMILY
We will hold a memorial service at dusk for the 181 whales found dead along the Pacific coast this year, the hundreds of dolphins washing up dead on the Gulf Coast, the thousand dolphins found mutilated in France, and the increasing numbers of marine life impacted by plastic.
Many hearts are breaking open as we witness these losses. These species have shared this planet with us for as long as we have been human. Our world will be a poorer place without them.
Our intention is simply to offer an opportunity for people to gather together and share our grief and sense of loss at what’s happening with the whales and many other of our more-than-human family and habitats.
Gray whales have washed up dead along the Pacific coast in record-breaking numbers recently. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration declared an “unusual mortality event,” for both the gray whales on the Pacific and the bottlenose dolphins on the Gulf Coast.
Because we are NOT separate from nature and others, we cannot help but be impacted on many levels. Grief is an essential process and a critical feedback of Earth/Gaia itself. Because we love and care for the world, we feel grief and other emotions when we see the harm being done.
We are often not able or willing to fully feel or express these emotions for a variety of reasons. The idea here is that by allowing the space to feel and be seen with these emotions, we are honoring nature's feedback loop and can become unstuck.
When: July 24, 8:15pm Where: Trinidad State Beach.
What to expect:
This is a FREE, non-religious, simple earth-based gathering and everyone is welcome. Together we will do an opening circle, share a moment of silence and an opportunity to share our grief, gratitude, and other emotions. Attendees may expect poetry, movement, & singing.
What to bring:
Layers
An item that symbolizes something you are feeling about what is happening in the world and our relationship to Mother/Lover Earth.
More info and RSVP on FB Event Page and Wild Nature Heart Humboldt Meetup (link in bio).
