Meeting the Dakini!

All the dakinis visited my backyard a few days ago - literally pouring in a shower of rainbow light. What a blessing to experience this! During the 5 Dakini Practice I particularly love the part where you visualise all the dakinis returning into Buddha Dakini in the centre and becoming a light showe

Before my father died, he gave me a portrait of St. Francis of Assisi. It's a dark painting both in essence and color, with only the light revealing half of St. Francis' face, the skull, and outlines of the monk's robe. My father found this artwork behind construction paper in the office of a Jesuit

On waking in the darkness, dragons having been throwing boulders at the walls of a castle. 20 ton rocks they threw, to smash those walls down. Two of them one white, one black with wings and arms and no back legs... man that was crazy I thought as I shared the dream with Deidre. The beginning of mul

Hello and happy Dakini Day ! I felt this a perfect time to post about my intuitive journey creating a Dakini (sculpture) and to hearing the Dakini’s Whisper. I find the creative process gives me greater visceral connection to the unseen and intangible aspects of a spiritual practice. Art can be spi

I have beheld the face of Vajrayogini. She has come alive opening all of my sense doors! In my eyes’ reflection in the mirror while brushing my teeth. In the gap between strong, negative emotional reactions/thoughts and awareness. In the fire in my belly when sitting in meditation. In the stale, da

It's been an impactful last two months for me and in this last week, I have seen the clearing beyond the woodline and have made a B-line towards it. I can talk at you all day about the rough feelings, the awkward asks for help, the anxiety that had settled into my chest, and even the cusp of a mid-l

So I thought I had better do what keeps showing up. Start drawing. Here is the first of what will be a journey of putting the images of practice to paper. Machiks supplication to the five dakinis keeps playing over and over each night. So I felt called to begin with her. Feeling so blessed to be dog