Winter Solstice Earth Walk

The eyes popped open as pink peaked through the shades
Day was calling
A smile upturned the edges of her dream laden face
Was it a waterfall or golden stones
Imagery faded fast from the subconscious night talks
Now was calling
The day her soul always feels at ease
The celestial time when the sun enters Capricorn
Western astrology calls the infamous goat her sign
Horoscopes attempt to convince her influential brain
To believe
Yet the dreams fill her thoughts over the unwavering determination of the goat
Today she is a medicine wheel believer

Energy shifts from the teacher of the west 
The direction of the Fall season 
Turning about face now to the north
The direction of Winter
Here lies the call of the inner warrior 
Ringing true with her every cell of her infinite existence
For here is the season in the northern hemisphere where
The ancestors speak and the sage wise one within emerges
Beating in sync with mystic ways
And so today
The welcoming of winter
The greeter of the light
As we enter the darkness of night
A knowing rises
Evident in the pause 
In the spaces in between

And so she rose
Yoga yoked her ways
Body moved
Breath breathed
Spirit sparked
Drum beat as sage and flat cedar swirled
Sisters fusing with earth mother
Roots wove deep and the trilogy light of the feminine 
Held space amidst the well of fire

Calling henceforth towards belly joy
Satiating coffee from tropics of Cancer and Capricorn
As the crab danced and the shaggy one jumped
Quiet whispers of intuition and loving words
Parted from her lips

Then she walked

Listening to the crunch of the snow and the chatter of critters
She stepped upon the white into the unknown
And then a pause
Turning to face the sun 
He stroked glitter upon her cheeks
Onward slowly she pursued
Navigating the uneven earth from trodden feet before
Up the hill she trudged
And thus called a pause
This time a tree spoke 
Standing together in noticing each other
Her breath rose higher and higher
To the top of branches
And they froze
Giving honor to the space in between each other
The air gently released as if sighing with the breeze
And so she continued
Her 4-legged friend was enjoying the game of 
walk & pause
Noticing more as well
Snout venturing to new crevices
As once again she stopped
Eyes turned and there etched in the snow
Was the inverted Y 
A triangle with arms outstretched at top
Begging her gaze to lengthen
She could feel the furry friends who had created the art
Yet onward she plunged
Slow aware deep breaths
Filled her with awe and then the next pause 
Just before the hill a stillness
A game of freeze tag had insued
The family of deer dispersed and porcelain
Amidst the fields of snow
Knowing each other’s presence
White tails lifted and others remained hidden
Nature stood still 
All paused
To watch the play of human and heart
At one in beat
She continued
The crow a friend of the northern ways
Called loudly
Following them through trees
Owl flew
And the fallen fox friend was revealed
Life was being lived
As she was a gentle warrior reflective participant
Of the winter solstice earth walk

She was called
to listen
to pause
to reflect
​to be

Pause my friend and notice
For the inner light of your life is waiting

WelcOMe to winter

Aho!!