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Mindful Walking

23rd May 2022 By doulamaddie 1 Comment

What do I take from this place, this time? Sometimes a pebble, a snail shell, a flower, a fern. Often a catharsis, an unravelling, A peeling, an untying of knots. Always I leave my mark: a footstep on the hill On the path to the lake or labyrinth, All fear floating, trembling and Continue Reading

This Is The Way I Pray

3rd May 2022 By doulamaddie 1 Comment

  Toes, feet, ankles, calves, knees, thighs. Salty water, cold as ice, brooding skies. Breathe, breathe, breath is blooming, I am NOW, this moment all consuming. Alive. I am alive. In this breath, In this beating of my heart, In this pumping of my blood, I am here, I am now, I Continue Reading

The eye is the lamp of your body

28th April 2022 By doulamaddie Leave a Comment

What did I not want to see, inside of me? What weeds grew, unnoticed, in fallow ground? What was pressed down into the soil of my soul? What seeds took root in the darkest crevises? What shoots twisted up towards the light? What spores grew in my muddy insides? Was it anger, self loathing? Continue Reading

All is Love Unembellished

31st December 2021 By doulamaddie 1 Comment

At the end of another "unprecedented year", I am reflecting on all the chaos and fear. The end is nigh, they say - earth's gonna burn If humanity can't see this lesson to learn. And yet we continue: daily rhythms and routines Love and laughter, joy and grief - all that life means. My year Continue Reading

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