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Week away from my life - A Covid time

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Week away from my life - A Covid time

 there is still some lingering slowness within my body along with some remaining symptoms. I always joke that I am like a turtle: moving slowly, exploring the depths of life, one contemplative reach at a time.

 

Now, I feel more in tune with the turtle energy than ever. I feel I learned to respect my space, my pace, my every moment in a way I could not even fathom before. I feel I have learned to value my personal resources more than ever before. And, most importantly, I am profoundly aware of the teaching that...

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Drum beat of the earth is calling you. Give thanks!

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Drum beat of the earth is calling you. Give thanks!
 earliest celebrations of harvest originated thousands of years ago, dating back to the origins of farming, storing crops, trading supplies and growing ancient cities. Giving thanks for the food we eat has been the way of life long before the European settlers declared it so in North America.
Many people don't know that the first actual North American Thanksgiving celebration was recorded by seafarers, in Nunavut in...

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How to bless, cleanse, 'smudge' and celebrate your home: your way

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How to bless, cleanse, 'smudge' and celebrate your home: your way

Your Story:

Honour the origins of burning sacred plants, dried herbs, trees, resins or incense by building your own story into your space. Your home, your altar, your sacred space is waiting for you to bless it with your words. 

Your intentions matter. 

your intentions matter why are you cleansing your space and what are you using

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Do you love food more than me? Show me contest!

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Do you love food more than me? Show me contest!

Let us thrive together. 

To celebrate my love of food and fall harvest, in the month of September, I invite you to have a chance to eat optimally healthy. All you have to do is show me how much you love food. 

Win our Energy of Food Challenge! 

How to Enter

Show us your love of food by:
Creating a story or a reel on your Instagram and
Follow @lealoucooks & @healingmuse
tag us @lealoucooks & @healingmuse
for an entry into our contest.
Comment to Tag a friend & share this contest.

Hurry up the draw closes on Monday September 12th.
Bonus entries for also having:

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Abundance of the Everyday Life - A Burdocks Diary

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Abundance of the Everyday Life - A Burdocks Diary

Are they weeds or are they unsung heroes?


Gardeners dislike weeds because they spoil grass lawns, suck away nutrients from planted harvest gardens and take over fragrant and annual flower gardens.
Weeds excel in the environment we have offered them in abundance!
(see the point here: we create this opportunistic landscape for them!!!)
We give them space: they come in and take it. Complaining about weeds growing where we have created cracks in the sidewalk and empty open soil beds between our flowers is like tsk tsking when people pile on into an empty subway car during rush hour. It is the natural flow of resources. Have you heard the saying 'the universe abhors a vacuum'? We fail to recognize abundance when we see it.

Your challenge for the season follows below - read on!

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