Tea with the Muse

Dear Ones, Every day of our relationship since 2013 Jonathan and I have Cafe’. Cafe conversation is what happens at Tea with the Muse and I learned it from Sue Hoya Sellars. In this case, we are are both the Muse sparking the inquiry. The idea is to pause in your life and see where the conversation takes you…to allow the Muses to have their way with you. To see what arises. We were having an early...

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Dear One,  My mother Caron offered a gift to almost everyone she could. Her level of appreciation for beauty of every kind, let me tell you, was astonishing. And so I was raised by a woman who saw beauty in everything and called it out. We would be walking down the street and her entire face would break out into joy as she saw different people and places and things, and exclaimed “How beautiful yo...

Dear Ones, I know that I am one of the people in your life that ‘rains on your parade’ through asking you to keep questioning the norms. I hope I provide sufficient encouragement and creativity to balance out the times I ask you to pay attention and labour towards justice. I am not apologizing, I am acknowledging. As a community and those of you who are listeners here, I want us to be as awake as...

Dear Ones, This is my wedding to Jonathan in 2014 in the Cathedral of my Ancestors. A most glorious day and I am so grateful that three of my four parents were with us! Having them leave the physical form on the planet and enter the realm of the ancestors, has been such a journey of grief, and acceptance. And also immense gratitude, because they all taught me so much. They shaped me in immeasurabl...

An exploration of the gift of how I came to teach painting. The struggle, and Blessings. Get full access to Tea with the Muse at teawiththemuse.substack.com/subscribe

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What does SOUL mean to you? No one taught us so what does it REALLY mean? Let’s dive in….. Get full access to Tea with the Muse at teawiththemuse.substack.com/subscribe

How is it possible I could be speaking to you? This sensual emotional center is something I want to share with you Get full access to Tea with the Muse at teawiththemuse.substack.com/subscribe

An invitation to explore legacy and lineage and our bodies of work, and how we choose to shape them. Photo ~ the first graduating class of Color of Woman Teacher certification in 2010 ~ this is the place where I first shared the deepest Teachings that had been passed me in image and word. Get full access to Tea with the Muse at teawiththemuse.substack.com/subscribe

Tune in to hear behind the scenes reasons for why I do what I do…. And my invitation for you to join me. Get full access to Tea with the Muse at teawiththemuse.substack.com/subscribe

In this podcast I talk about things like… * the first time I encountered consciousness * awareness as a conscious choice and not a default setting * how we don’t always use ‘sub-consciousness’ in our community and what we say instead to link to imagination * unconscious behaviour according to my two moms ( racism, sexism, capitalism) * my mother’s only two rules and how she let me change my name *...

What choice do you really have in life? Where are you not being at choice in your life? How does Self-Expression translate into a choice? Come listen and have some tea with the MUSE today! Get full access to Tea with the Muse at teawiththemuse.substack.com/subscribe

How does the Soul reveal itself through you? I rise in the dark. It is so early in the morning it is still nighttime. The dark of the moon and the mist reveal no brightness. Yet my Soul stirs me to take up the pen. Who is doing the talking here? I wonder. I want to write a poem but something else is being requested. I submit and write the first sentence… “Every single one of us comes into this lif...

Hello everyone! A little something uncommon today as Jonathan asked me some questions about my approach to business (we are starting a 6 week course today.) In this convo I share a story about sleeping under the drawing table while my grandmother and mother worked all night. Whether you are in business or not, this should be fun to listen to and tune into cafe with us. This is our daily ritual and...

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Dear Ones, Today I am sharing my poetry writing practice and the results of it from today - as well as a personal sharing. AND I am inviting you to notice what framework you are looking at your life through - to get it conscious for yourself. Today’s poetry prompt was an open gate, a metaphor that allowed this poem and to come through. It could just as well be an open window overlooking Florence l...

Sacred Encounter - Painting by Shiloh Sophia Dearest Hearts, Oh so many things. Drinking tea and watching the sunrise and thinking of you. If you have read Jonathan’s substack, The Intentional Table then you will know what ecstasy and despair I am speaking of. Breathing a sigh of relief, and drinking tea that he has made for me. I am thinking of you and knowing all that you are also going through....

Hello Dear Ones, Yes it’s true, the 500 year Circle, The Cura Council is open today. What is happening on that thread is different than this one. Time will tell if I keep both - for now Tea with the Muse will remain poetry and stories and prayers. The Tea with the Muse podcast today tells the story of WHY I am doing this - and how it all started with hearing the cries of the world and saying yes t...

Has anyone ever told you 'you don't need to save the world' ~ this is for you...I am offering another view and an invitation to inquiry.... Get full access to Tea with the Muse at teawiththemuse.substack.com/subscribe

You made it!  You are here on earth, with earth, and with us “Here" is a place we spend our lives discovering and coming into When you pause to comment on the clouds to your lover amazed at the miracle of sky blue and white poofs that make you smile  When you point at the moon to your child, and make the shape  of moon with your lips... drawing out the mooooooon, like this  When you take a picture...

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