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Jan 2
2 min

Steady, Now

I didn't find myself setting goals or visions as I approached this new year. My husband tells me this is because I'm always setting goals...

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Kristen Nice

Nov 26, 2020
2 min

5 Ways to Practice Connection

Whether you are engaging in your usual traditions or finding new ones, it is important and healthy to find some ways to find connection.

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Kristen Nice

Oct 31, 2020
3 min

Connection: Form and Formless

Things look different this year. They have for several months and will continue to for several more. And just when we think we have a rhythm

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Kristen Nice

Oct 25, 2020
2 min

Connection Beyond Distance

We feel connected to characters in film and literature, favorite stories and memories, we rally for shared causes with strangers.

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Kristen Nice

Oct 1, 2020
2 min

The Art of Listening

I am listening to the sounds around me. I am listening for the quiet, the subtle sounds within. I am listening for individual thoughts...

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April, The Month of Going Without and Going Within

Kristen Nice

Apr 11, 2020
3 min

April, The Month of Going Without and Going Within

When the things that surround us every day are stripped away or are dramatically altered, we can't help but reexamine how we define...

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Kristen Nice

Mar 14, 2020
3 min

March, the Month of Ritual

We are social creatures and without ritual we can feel disconnected from the world and unsure of our place in it. We can lose sight of that

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Kristen Nice

Feb 23, 2020
3 min

Letting Go to Increase Flow

It didn't matter how much I wanted the idea to come. It wasn't coming until it was ready, and trying to force it only pushed me into a state

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Kristen Nice

Feb 8, 2020
3 min

February, The Month of Listening

Two weeks ago the universe told me to rest - to take the energy of the new moon to REST. And I've been doing my best to honor this. I took a

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Kristen Nice

Jan 26, 2020
3 min

January, The Month of Busy

We can use that energy to fill our days with busyness, or we can focus that energy towards something we wish to invite into our lives.

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Reveal Your Inner Wisdom: Sage Archetype Workshop

Kristen Nice

Dec 28, 2019
2 min

Reveal Your Inner Wisdom: Sage Archetype Workshop

Archetypes surround us. We see them in our origin stories and myths across cultures, in our fairy tales, our films and books. They are those

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Kristen Nice

Dec 15, 2019
2 min

December, The Month of Unwrapping

I first thought of peeling back the layers of an onion, each concentric section encircling the center, but as I was thinking about this blog

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Kristen Nice

Nov 19, 2019
2 min

Ishvara pranidhana: Surrender

I began to allow myself to surrender to the thought that when it was time, the right workshop would present itself. I focused on the...

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Kristen Nice

Nov 4, 2019
2 min

November, The Month of Abundance

Two months ago, I put my running shoes back on. I ran cross country in high school and on and off over the years. But one Sunday morning..

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Kristen Nice

Oct 17, 2019
2 min

Breaking Samskaras: A Rest in the Pause

As we move through our Samsaras or cycles, and continue our habits or Samskaras, it can be easy to transition from one to the next without a

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Kristen Nice

Oct 1, 2019
3 min

October, the Month of Transformation

October is my favorite month. Having grown up in Michigan, thoughts of the changing color of the leaves, the first hard frost (or snow), w...

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