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Welcome ~ your heart and my heart are very old friends.
This meditation is an excerpt from The Ecstasy of Practice Audiobook. The healing meditation includes three traditional practices: a breathing experience, a classic meditation and guided imagery exercise, culminating with the Blue Medicine Buddha mantra. In just seven minutes enter into deep calm, insight and peace.
"At Home" Inner Arts Resources
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Maha Bhanda (1).pdf
each month new
where nature meets nurture
& every moment flowers with meaning
Welcome to the Garden
Nestle into the Garden
December season enjoy:
🌿Monthly inspiration Season of Light
🌿Botanical guides Amaryllis & Paper White Narcissus
🌿December from Joy with Flowers: Camellia
🌿Gardeners' gift Prithvi Namaskar (Earth Salutation) Yoga Flow
The path continues for subscribers of The Conservatory, a deep respite where the inner arts meet nature’s wisdom. Join us for $12/month or pay as you wish via PayPal/ Venmo. Flexibility and belonging are at the heart of it all. All are welcome. December Conservatory Highlights: 🌿Prithvi Namaskar (Earth Salutation) Yoga Flow
🌿Embers of Light Qi Flow 🌿Winter Yin Yoga for Kidney Meridian 🌿Golden Light Body Meditation
🌿8 Petaled Meditation for Resolution 🌿Ayurveda for the Season
Begin in The Garden... Grow in The Conservatory... Let joy take root.
Season of Light
Indigenous First Peoples
Among Indigenous First Peoples, the language of flowers is not symbolic, it is relational. Flowers are kin, carrying medicine, memory, and spirit. The Lakota honor the prairie crocus as a sign of spring’s renewal, while the Ojibwe revere the wild rice flower as sacred sustenance. In the Maxakali peoples of Brazil, the Tayra song catalogs 33 bee species, each linked to specific flowers and woven into oral storytelling. This is floriography not as a code, yet as communion, a living language spoken through seasonal cycles and ceremony.
December arrives as a vibrant season of light ~ a time to celebrate all progress made, to bring things gently to a close, and to renew. It is a return to the inner glow that needs no justification, no achievement, no applause. It simply is.
This month invites us to attune to the radiance of the cosmos: the golden sun low on the horizon, the moon in her shifting phases, the stars shimmering like ancient prayers, and the comets streaking across our awareness.
Celestial Rhythm
✨ Full Moon – December 4
Illumination, culmination, and release. Let her light reveal what is ready to be celebrated.
✨ New Moon – December 20
Stillness and fertile beginnings. Plant intentions with a joyous heart.
✨ Winter Solstice – December 21
The longest night, the turning point. Honor the darkness, welcome the rebirth of light.
Seasonal Celebrations
✨Gita Jayanti - Dec 1st Commemorates Lord Krishna revealing the Bhagavad Gita to Arjuna.
✨Datta Jayanti - Dec 4th Honors the birth of Lord Dattatreya, embodying Brahma, Vishnu, and Shiva.
✨ Bodhi Day (Rohatsu) - Dec 8th Marks the enlightenment of Gautama Buddha under the Bodhi tree.
✨Hanukkah - Dec 14–22nd Light, resilience, miracles.
✨Christmas - Dec 25th Love made manifest.
✨Kwanzaa = Dec 26–Jan 1st Heritage, unity, creativity, purpose.
Practices for Renewal
This season, lighten your journey with:
✨Prithvi Namaskar – grounding in the earth’s embrace.
✨Embers of Light – qigong flow on inner fire.
✨Yin Yoga – surrender into peace.
✨Botanical inspiration of December – let winter’s quiet beauty guide your renewal.
May this month be a recognition of light both within and in the world.
May you follow what truly lights you up.
May you rest in the mystery, and rise in your own radiance.
Amaryllis
The Flower of Radiant Strength
With trumpet-shaped blooms rising boldly from bare bulbs, Amaryllis is a winter miracle often blooming indoors in December. Its vibrant reds, whites, and pinks evoke warmth, courage, and celebration.
Symbolism:
• Strength and determination
• Beauty that emerges from stillness
• Pride and poetic resilience
Affirmation:
I am radiant strength. I bloom boldly, even in the quiet.
Paper White Narcissus
The Flower of Inner Illumination
A winter-blooming bulb that thrives indoors, Paperwhite emerges in the darkest season with luminous white blossoms and a heady, musky fragrance. It’s a symbol of hope, clarity, and the soul’s quiet resilience.
Affirmation:
I bloom in stillness. My light is not delayed by darkness.
Breathe with Camellia
Breathe into devotion, breathe out dedication to your highest truth. Like winter's perfect bloom, let your breath sustain you through any season.
December
Flower Journey
Camellia for Devotion & Protection
Access the 18 luminous flower journeys anytime ~ filled with breath, reflection, a journey, yoga & qi moves.
here
Journey with Camellia
devoted to yourself and all life.
Gardener's December Gift
Prithvi Namaskar Yoga Flow
