Magic with Laura Vendryes

Magic Hour Dreamcast

A question from Laura…what is the opposite of fear?

Ponder…as you listen to our delve with Aunt Laura…Pixie’s aunt to be precise! Laura came onto our show to share some of her magic. We felt like we were so lucky to share this moment with her…twice. We finally felt the pain every podcaster feels…losing a recording and having to tell the guest…and BEG for a re-record. She was so kind to do so!

Tune in for Laura’s chat, she shares poetry, what she feels works well for her in her daily practice of wellness (spoiler: it’s practicing self-compassion, paying deep attention, sleeping often, and more self-compassion).

The poems Laura shares can be found here:

Stars and Dandelions by Misuzu Kaneko

Deep in the blue sky…

The Color Gray

Dawn breaks — another cloudy daywith mist and fog — all shades of gray…

And lastly, one her of favourite John O’Donohue poems from A Book of Blessings

I bless the night that nourished my heartTo set the ghosts of longing freeInto the flow and figure of dreamThat went to harvest from the darkBread for the hunger no one sees.

All that is eternal in meWelcomes the wonder of this day,The field of brightness it createsOffering time for each thingTo arise and illuminate.

I place on the altar of dawn:The quiet loyalty of breath,The tent of thought where I shelter,Waves of desire I am shore toAnd all beauty drawn to the eye.

May my mind come alive todayTo the invisible geographyThat invites me to new frontiers,To break the dead shell of yesterdays,To risk being disturbed and changed.

May I have the courage todayTo live the life that I would love,To postpone my dream no longerBut do at last what I came here forAnd waste my heart on fear no more.

Also, something Pixie came across in the Stardust App:

At her first bleeding a woman meets her power.During her bleeding years she practices it.At menopause she becomes it.

It’s a native american saying but hasn’t been attributed further.

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