Tag Archives: Jamie Ridler

Wishcasting Wednesday

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Who do you wish to give (or send) a hug?

All the vets, techs, office staff, lab technicians, etc. who helped care for Dexter, and also for Obi and Sam. May they continue to have patience and practice kindness. May their skill continue to grow and manifest.

Susan Piver, for the support she provides, to my practice and to my tender, sad heart, when she is aware of it and even when she’s not. May she continue to be confident and brave, an open-hearted warrior, a kind-hearted and wise teacher.

All the people who’ve offered their good wishes and support as we navigate whatever is going on with Dexter. My they continue to keep their hearts open and to offer help where needed.

My mom, dad, brother, and nieces, my family far away, because living 1200 miles away means I can never do this as much as I’d like to. May they be happy and safe.

The people who first rescued my dogs and cared for them until they could come home to me. May they be rescued, cared for and loved in equal measure.

The women who have helped me believe I can write, who helped me to claim my life as a writer: Cynthia Morris, Anne Lamott, Laurie Wagner, Andrea Scher, Susannah Conway, Natalie Goldberg, Julia Cameron, Cheryl Strayed, Susan Piver (yes, her again), Geneen Roth, Patti Digh, Jennifer Louden, Jamie Ridler, Cheri Huber, Tara Brach, my WILD writing group, my Artist’s Way group (with an extra big hug for Joyce, our facilitator), and so many more. May these women continue to tell the truth, to shine their light so I can see my way through the dark.

Anyone waiting for biopsy results, or other news that has the potential to change their life, break their hearts. May they be well.

Anyone who thinks they aren’t enough, who believes they have to earn love, who is smashing themselves to bits. May they know love, be filled with it, flooded, overwhelmed, and may they know that they are basically, fundamentally good, wise, kind, and powerful, and nothing can change that.

Anyone trapped in the confusion of their own thoughts and feelings, caught in a sense of being a victim of their life, feeling powerless, helpless, or cheated, feeling angry and hurt. May they wake up, become aware of their ability to choose, to let go of judgement, blame, and suffering. May whatever trauma is weighing them down quickly and easily dissolve.

Anyone suffering from addiction, stuck in habitual patterns and discursive, obsessive thinking that is poisoning them, their mind/heart and their body, their environment and those others in it. May they be released, set free, and may the poison turn to medicine.

Anyone who is convinced of complete despair, who is trapped, stuck, caught in darkness and depression. May they see the light and know joy.

Full Sturgeon Moon Dreamboard

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The Full Sturgeon Moon asks: “What is your intuition telling you about your dreams?”

Jamie says: “The fish influence doesn’t mean that things are ‘fishy’ but rather that there are shining, glimmering, messages just under the surface, in the waters of our intuition, and now is a beautiful time to notice them, to pay attention.”

The joy of making full moon dreamboards is first the magic of selecting the images, putting together the vision, manifesting the answer to the prompt, showing up and staying open, trusting what arises. And then, the secondary magic is interpreting the vision with words. It comes out like a poem, like remembering a dream, a surprise at the same time it’s the absolute truth, what you already knew without knowing. When I got to the end of this one, and this came, “The dream is now,” tears welled in the corner of my eyes, but happy ones–because I know it’s true.

My intuition tells me to live the dream.
To lighten up, relax, soften, be at ease, peaceful and gentle.
To make it an offering, a reflection of love, a still pool, a clean drink of water, a flower floating on the surface, magic that reflects, that ripples out and soothes.
To feed the true hungers, be well-fed and full.
To hold steady and strong like a tree, radiating light and love.
To be as light and strong and soft as a feather, capable of flight, able to see.
To create and make art, to embody wisdom and kindness through word and image and sound and movement and touch, to connect, to heal.
To trust that passion is energy, fuel, power.
Everything is illuminated.
Feel your best.
Bloom like a flower.
Be still like a deer.
Be quiet like a stone.
Be here, now.
Your dream is now.