Art of Love
: dedicated to deepening our human connections, so that we lead more spiritually and emotionally fulfilling lives, by exploring the wisdom and secrets of our ancestors, and unveiling the beauty beyond the veil and within ourselves.
Folklore, Myth + Literature
What Thumbelina Knows
Let’s dive into the cultural and societal significance of true friendships and belonging, through the beautiful tale of Thumbelina written by Hans Christian Andersen …
Along the Rivers of Grace with the Golden Girl
In today’s Story Threads, we’ll dive into the rivers of grace with the Golden Girl, a beautiful folk tale from Bulgaria, holding depth of meaning, rich layers of beauty and spiritual wisdom …
Let the wind, let the snow, let the sparrow gently on your shoulder
As part of my Story Threads series, today I’ll tell you the beautiful story “Master of the Winds” from the far snowy lands of the Siberian Indigenous people Nenets …
Wild Marriage
What happens when two worlds touch one another? They kiss. And we find that love is not only felt in the hearts, it is known by the hands also …
The Enchanted Horse
Today we’ll dive into an old mystical and enchanting tale from the East reminding us how we all sometimes need an ebony horse to take us beyond the horizons …
The Homogenization of Language, and the Importance of Handwriting
I go to a box, tucked away in my closet. I open the box. Inside it, a hundred handwritten letters …
Finding the Nameless Horse
In our storytime tonight, a tale of Dao …
The Art of Weaving, and the Unfolding of Your Life’s Purpose
Our talents are gifts meant to be shared, to be danced for others, so that we inspire them to dance in their own unique and beautiful ways also …
The White Stork
In love and support for Drago, Draga and their little ones …
The Real Love Story That Inspired Fitzgerald’s “The Great Gatsby”
Perhaps sometimes we long for the open seas and open threads, for the incomplete and not done yet, and there’s a time for that to be done, it’s the cycles of the land. The green light is what calls us forward towards itself, like a vision, a dream, a longing for a future, or a heart’s desire, or longing for a past. But one needs to know what’s air and what’s hands, what’s ashes and what is yet to burn like a flame to warm our skins and hearts …
Love, Lore and Magic with Bulgaria’s Eniovden
What can we learn about the wisdom of love and its many shapes, forms and movements across the paths of our life from the beautiful Summer Solstice folk tradition of Eniovden …
Following the Bear
Let us follow the wisdom of the bear as it walks us along our unique physical, emotional and spiritual wildlands – so that we settle into harmony and deepen into love …
