The Benefit of the Doubt
At this time of year, when we celebrate the advent of miracles, it seems the perfect time to reflect on the Benefit of the Doubt. Have you ever become completely absorbed in a fantastically impossible...
View ArticleMoving from Doing to Being
We live in a culture of overwhelm. At a time when many of us have multiple responsibilities we feel driven, out of control. Technology brings information to our fingertips in overwhelming amounts. We...
View ArticleAwakening
This life is about waking up from the dream. It is 3:33 am. I awaken from a most powerful dream about coming to the crossroads. My Brother Jim and my husband Tebbe are there I go outside to sit by the...
View ArticleEfforting as Spiritual Practice
How are efforting and spiritual practice related? How do we awaken to the relationship between the two? I recently read “ The House of Shattering Light” by Joseph Rael, a Native American Mystic....
View ArticleThe Gift of Stress
During the month of December, when daylight hours reach their nadir, we enter the season of celebration, of gift giving. In addition to Christmas, many other holy days, including Kwanza, Bodhi Day,...
View ArticleThree words I Rarely Use
De-cluttering has become a buzzword for many, an act of shedding that which no longer serves a functional purpose and allows space for forward movement. Typically, de-cluttering is associated with...
View ArticleHonor The Feminine Podcast
Honor the Feminine is a website with podcast shows featuring Shannon Ledford interviewing various guests (male and female). The Honor the Feminine Podcast is about healing the old wounds that many of...
View ArticleReclaiming Our Birth
The intensity of the times we find ourselves in is akin to the birthing process. There is an increasing intensity of contraction, interspersed with evolutionary expansion. Descending through the...
View ArticleAll Our Relations–Making a difference in the world through spiritual wisdom...
“Walking, I can almost hear the redwoods beating…. It is winter and there is smoke from the fires. It is a world of elemental attention, of all things working together, listening to what speaks in the...
View ArticleAwakening the Seeds of Our Becoming
In this first year of a new decade, within the darkness of winter, there is a stirring; something deep and primal within us. It startles us awake in the predawn hours. It populates our dreams. It is...
View ArticleGimmie Shelter
I believe in the power of dreams and collective dreaming. In these mythic times, we have the opportunity to harvest our most sacred dreams. In Gimme Shelter, I share with you a direct prophecy that...
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