Naked Simplicity

The stark winter has arrived, the fitful winds kicking up random snow vortexes. No embellishments to distract, no demands of interwoven colors and brilliant foliage. Only bare bones, skeletal earthlings reaching for insight, stretching high to the mysterious ivory, and doused-in-white pines, limbs heavy, demanded by the Earth. As a savior being prayed forth, that which lies deep in the core emerges in crystal-like facets, flashing aqua and violet.
To live in a world where life is constantly in bloom, no stepping back, no opportunity to go dormant, no blank canvas awaiting the brush strokes that are the inevitable thaw, would be it’s own kind of challenge. In this quiescent state, this naked simplicity, our planet most aligns with the expanse of the heavens. What is evident is essential. 

Tricia Schwaba, December 1, 2019

Wind Rules

The wind is ruling today whipping the snow into sparkling spirals. It is harsh and so cold it sears and only those built for frozen can stand right now.

Take Up Your Allotted Space Please

It's All Potential

The snow fell last night covering all with a pristine blanket of white, fresh, without carved paths. Previously designated routes have disappeared. It’s all potential. I sit inside with my hot tea watching as the wind whips the flakes into a horizontal frenzy. It reminds me of snowfalls I have experienced in the past, one standing out for offering a moment of profound stillness and silence, the subsequent clarity, cutting right through any doubt that we are divine creatures, and another stimulating persistent, visceral signs of desperation and fear, a lack of control, a spinning, wheels no longer gripping, surrender the only certainty. This snow, this particular morning is peaceful and welcoming. It calls to me, “Dare to take that first step, Seep in your own sensual acuity and witness the stark beauty that is merely a reflection of the blank canvas in front of you.”

Root To Crown Up & Down

Let your root sink in and your crown reach to the heavens.
It will serve you well.

Tricia Schwaba

Tolle Quote

Patti Smith Quote

“By doing something you like and believe in, it gives you internal strength.”

Patti Smith

The Weight of Insecurity

I see his essence buried in a self-imposed cushion. Though the time for padding is done he tries with fruitless effort to stuff his destiny further down, but fate is stronger than his insecurity. Truth sprouts through the layers revealing all that is from clear eyes and a body that serves with strength, free movement & harmony.

My Spontaneous Morning Prayer

I honor myself with stillness & silence. 

I drink in the fresh waters.

I take in nature’s beauty.

Sinking into the peace of my essence

That is the light & love of the divine. 

Tricia Schwaba, 2019

Downward Feline

Yoga Art by Jay Alders

Van Gogh Quote

I try more and more to be myself, caring relatively little whether people approve or disapprove.

— Vincent van Gogh

Yoga class reading November 18, 2019

Beginning Wisdom From Something Like Magic, Brian Andreas

Auras

Your energy system is the most infinitesimal piece of your being, the template around which your entire physicality is structured. It the essence of who you are reflected to the world as vitality and vibrancy.  Aura is the term that has become the societal catchphrase of human energetics.  In the accounting it is often distinguished by colors and expansiveness. If you look with intention you may be able to actually perceive auras surrounding those you love, displayed in nature or in the ethers. Aura is a good word to get the discerning public to grasp the idea that there may be something more to us than just the physical. Aura is a word people can hear without bristling, not as intimidating as Hara Line, Seat of the Soul or Chakras. I have seen auras in my healing sessions many times. They have been revealed in colors and, or shapes, sometimes accompanied by sensations of coolness or  warmth; sharpness or smoothness. I do not consider it something determinative but rather another piece in the puzzle that is Holistic Healing. I have had clients stand before me and ask , “Can you see my aura, tell me what you see?” but for me, that is not how it works. Rather than the goal of a prescribed spiritual healing ritual, visual or sensory perceptions that are revealed in a session are unexpected gifts, that I factor into my overall sense of a client’s energy and share the sighting of, only as I sense it to be integral to their holistic healing.  

If you do see an aura may appear to you to be emanating from the physical body. In reality the physical body is the emanation reflecting the the Spirit Energy that created each and every one of us. So take look around and see what is revealed.

Humans

“Truth be told humans scare me just a little bit.”

Tricia

Shirley Chisolm Quote

Shirley Chisolm is one of my heroes.

Channeling the High Priestess* "Root Down"

Live with roots strong.

Allow your flourishing physical essence to blossom.

Call to the Earth for grounding,

To the Heavens for insight.

Speak the truth, it will free you.

Offer compassion, it will free them.

*The High Priestess is an entity that uses Tricia as a conduit for divine guidance. She’s lovely.

Aging With Elegance

Oh to compete with and maintain the physical beauty of youth is so challenging so I think I'll continue to rely on my indomitable wit, insight & intellect to carry me into & through the sage stage :O

Tricia Schwaba, 2019

Channeling the High Priestess* "Be Who You Are"

Be who you are.

There really is no other option, as attempting to fool robs you of vitality, depletes you.

You have your own piece of this puzzle called humanity.

Without your piece in place the whole is not complete.

So please be who you are, do what you are called to do and own it completely.

This breakdown humanity is experiencing is occurring to recalibrate.

If each of you is authentically yourself, leading with love for the individual soul that each of you are,

humanity will heal expeditiously.

The time is now.

*The High Priestess is an entity that uses Tricia as a conduit for divine guidance. She’s lovely.