by Anne Peek | Jul 31, 2019 | affinity, aging, amusement, birthdays, childhood, communication, connection, harmony, heart, home, life-giving, memoir, messages, play, possibilities, practice, self-care, surprise, tenderness
My birthday was ten days ago. Miraculously, the weather was lovely that day—sunny, highs in the 70s, low humidity. Highly unusual for that date. My birthday almost always falls on one of those insufferably hot, humid and airless midsummer days familiar to Minnesotans....
by Anne Peek | Jun 3, 2019 | affinity, animals, body wisdom, breath, communication, connection, growth, heart, intuition, life-giving, listening, messages, mind, modern life, possibilities, practice, senses, spirit, tenderness, transformation, Uncategorized, vision, vulnerability, wonder
Last year at this time I went to a daylong personal growth workshop with horses. In these workshops horses are not ridden; participants touch, lead and observe them. Powerful, gentle and extremely sensitive, horses are excellent mirrors because they attune to what our...
by Anne Peek | Apr 4, 2019 | affinity, aging, beauty, communication, connection, creativity, harmony, heart, imagination, joy, life-giving, listening, modern life, possibilities, rejuvenation, senses, stories, surprise, tears, tenderness, the feminine, women, wonder
It’s a truism that we all affect each other. I am reminded how surprising and nourishing a chance meeting with a stranger can be as I recall fondly an incident that happened several years ago. After Tom and I had finished brunch at a busy local restaurant on a Sunday...
by Anne Peek | Feb 5, 2019 | artistic expression, balance, body wisdom, childhood, communication, conflict, connection, creativity, crying, darkness, heart, inner critic, joy, messages, self-care, shoulds, subpersonalities, tears, tenderness, the feminine, Uncategorized, vulnerability
I’ve been feeling small the last few days. Fragile. Young. Sensitive. I want to be held, snuggled, tended. And I’m tired. And weepy. I’m fighting off a skin infection and I’ve had a busy couple months—that must be it. Why must I always search for a reasonable...
by Anne Peek | Nov 7, 2018 | affinity, ambiguity, balance, clearing, connection, dreams, freedom, growth, heart, hope, imagination, life-giving, listening, modern life, noise, overwhelm, poetry, possibilities, rejuvenation, self-care, shadow, tenderness, transformation, Uncategorized, vision, vulnerability
I am posting this blog on the new moon, the day after the midterm elections. We begin two new cycles–lunar and political–yet much has not changed. I found helpful today the wisdom in this poem by Carrie Newcomer so I thought I’d pass it on....
by Anne Peek | Sep 8, 2018 | affinity, amusement, babies, balance, beauty, body wisdom, communication, connection, gardens, heart, hope, imagination, joy, life-giving, modern life, nature, possibilities, practice, senses, singing, tenderness
I just finished deadheading the petunias around my mailbox. Noticing how much I enjoy doing it. I like to check how the flowers are doing, see whether they have enough water, pause to enjoy their colors and scent. I like to touch them, talk to them, spread their stems...