It’s another warm morning in Austin. I am peeking out at the world this morning through the wall of windows in my smallish but comfortable studio house. I am still nestled here in Austin continuing with a housesit that began back in November.
It’s been a bit of a journey here in Austin. Strangely still finding my way post-covid in a world that seems shifted and different to me as I too indeed am shifted and different… and continuing in motion! What began as a multi-month commitment extended into a longer stay as it worked for the homeowners and myself for me to continue to stay here. Their lives ebb and flow between their home in Austin and a second location, so sometimes they are home when I am here, them comfortably in the main house and me tucked in back in the studio. Grateful for the pool in back which makes for a great respite on a hot summer’s day.
I have been taking care of an elderly cat… who I learned doesn’t like to be directly acknowledged as so, so I must be sensitive about saying such things in her presence. But she is genuinely an older lady at the beautiful age of 17. Slowing down for sure but still enjoying her simple pleasures including being roosted on the screened in porch furniture to soak in some of the day. It’s fun when she comes to visit me in the studio as I see her golden fluffy face perched in the bottom window pane of the door wanting to come in and say hello.
Life outside of that has continued to be out of the ordinary in many ways. No regular settled life has come to find me just yet. As a few noteworthy things recently shifted in my world, I am doing my best to find new ground in life, on the earth and within myself.
I don’t know about you, but in these changing times I continue to feel myself unearthed from within, sometimes grasping for friends and support in what feels like an earthquake of change. And sometimes, more and more frequently in little ways, finding more of that support lodged from within, a more steady place to start for sure with such things.
I have spent time recently nurturing these changing times of mine with long walks along the river surrounded by the comfort of the neighboring trees. I am grateful to seek, receive and explore wisdom for health and spirituality from grounded community and guides who are lighting a little torch on new things.
This is unequivocally a time of healing for me. Can you relate? I have had more experiences that I can count now where conversations with community, friends or guides have given way to a very deep, tender gentle and sometimes not so gentle flow of tears. It seems perhaps for many now healing past hurts and sensitivities that maybe we didn’t even know where there is the call of the moment.
One new set of tools I have been exploring to support healing is a process called Aroma Freedom Technique developed by Dr. Benjamin Perkus. Dr. Perkus uses Young Living Essential oils to support his varied processes to guide and heal past hurts, challenges and traumas and support moving forward in life.
And so the journey continues! The first order of the day for me is grounding! Walking barefoot on the grass. And one moment, one step at a time from there.
My best for now from my little nook in Austin. Hot summer days for sure but grateful for gentle heat in the mornings, the satisfaction of being wrapped in bursts of heat for moments at a time, and respite in air conditioned spaces.
Have any tales to tell of your own healing journey? Always good to hear from you!
Gypsy Woman 