Posts by Elizabeth Rainey

Hello Dear Kin  – There was a time when we didn’t have to go ‘out into nature’ to feel connected to the larger world. There was a time, not so long ago, in the timeline of humanity when nature was simply our home, our place, a natural extension of our very being. A time when…

Hello Dear Embodied Siblings  – Here we are directly experiencing the collapse of empire and much of the ways of the world that we have known. This has been going on for a longtime and will most likely go on for a lot longer.  The Hindu and yoga traditions call this time The Kali Yuga…

Hello Dear Embodied Siblings  – Here in the northern hemisphere we are in the time of Solstice and New Moon…a time of darkness, rest, withdrawal and contemplation. It is the time of transition of seasons and a place of deep considerations. I actually love this time and its invitation to turn inwards and consider where…

Hello Dear Ones  – New moon blessings. I am thrilled to share with you that after a 5 year hiatus (due to the 2020 LionsHead Fire and more) I will once again be offering a weekend retreat at Breitenbush Hot Springs. On May 16-18, 2025, we will gather for a weekend of nourishing Continuum Inquiry…

Hello Dear Ones  – Everyone I am engaging with these days is naming the very real experience of our collective anxiety of what may unfold in the coming weeks around the US election. This is on top of all the other devastation and heartbreak that is beamed to us from around the world. We are…

Hello Dear Ones  – There are times, and they seem to be happening with more and more regularity, when words feel inept and even a disservice. And for someone like me who loves words and feels the potency of language that can be a challenge. But what I have also learned over the years is…

Hello Dear Ones  – Kayf haal–ik?…How is your heart…in this moment? When I ask ‘how are you?’, this is really what I am asking. I want to know what is breaking you open and what is anchoring you? What is it that brings you deep gladness and who encourages you to dance? All too often…

Hello Beautiful Beings  – To be honest, I don’t really know what to say to you today. The world seems so unbelievably fractured and beyond repair sometimes. My heart aches right now and some days the practices of ritual and beauty feel so empty. But I also know they are needed. I know they are…

Hello Beautiful SoulBodies  – Last weekend I attended a service in honor of the life and death of a partner of a friend and colleague. I had met this man twice and each time was touched by his smile and presence but knew him mostly through my friend. She calls him her ‘sweetheart’ and his…

Hello Beautiful SoulBodies  – I am dancing with the potent reminder of how precious this life of embodiment is. How magnificent, heartbreaking, beautiful and fragile we are…as humans, as a web of life. Death will do that, if we let it. It will gather us up and remind us to remember and be present for…