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Shivaani Strand
Renewel + Spring Tea Sits

Renewel + Spring Tea Sits

We hope this season has treated you well, baring gifts of insight from the continual cycles of time, and Life as Ceremony. We’ve been quiet here for a while... befitting for winter... Hopefully you have found some quiet moments yourself this season... Nature’s gentle pause from growth and fruition, a time exuding teachings of rest, replenishment, and deep nourishment... an abundance of life-giving water, and the silent presence of the tall trees, who, like us, in their very beingness bridge heaven and earth.   As days continue to grow longer, visions slowly begin to stir, and seeds just below the...

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Shivaani Strand
Late Summer Musings

Late Summer Musings

A summer full of river plunges, mountain meadows, and long sunshine-filled days is beginning to come to a close. The first hints of fall show themselves in the crisp early morning air and the cool breeze in the high country. These in-between seasons have a special magic to them, and...

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Shivaani Strand
Turning Towards Spring

Turning Towards Spring

Here in the mountains of Southern Oregon, spring is slowly and steadily emerging. Delicate pink plum blossoms amidst the crystal blue sky is a feast for the eyes, and a welcome showing of the miracle and beauty of the earth coming alive again and again. Immersing ourselves in Nature, we can feel we are part of that cycle too, and a resurgence is also brewing inside of us. Sunshine drenches the land and plentiful spring rains beckon flowers who lay sleeping for many moons to peek their colorful blooms above ground......

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