Gifts from above this morning #vesselandsoul #treasure #gifts #feathers #love #imissyouBassy
Nothing quite as profound as new life, to move through loss. What a week. Welcome to the world my beautiful baby niece Autumn Dakota Baxter. So proud of my powerful sister-in-law and brother having such a beautiful birth of their second child, after a more challenging first. All the happenings of the past week showing clearly the magical never ending cycle of being, of life death life, of resilience. Through witnessing the portals of death and birth, so many reflections rise and reveal the growth and incredible resilience of body and mind, how we can move through ultimate pain or despair and create beauty and richness of existence. I’ve moved through so much in just the past couple weeks, of deep crushing sadness and pain, confusion and the haze of numbness, motherly guilt and anger with the toxic industrialized society, passion and clarity in what we’re creating and protecting, joy and laughter seeping in again, excitement and the ever deepening of love, awe and appreciation for all of it..almost..Im getting there. To celebrate life, love and family is the greatest gift, in all its manifestations of being. I can’t wait to hold this bundle of beauty, and keep Bastians legacy of love, joy, and presence alive in me always. Yeehaw I have a niece 💛🌷💛 #vesselandsoul #love #loss #life #birth #joy #family #beauty #reflections
Everlasting love triangle ✨🌷🦋💛✨ #vesselandsoul #bastian #angel #furangel #love #family #loss #beauty #grateful #presence #goodness #rip
Well the time I’ve deeply dreaded has come, where my furangel left his body to be more closely with the earth, waters, sun, and breeze. Last Thursday we said goodbye, as he laid in our arms beneath the full bright moon; in the darkness he was glowing like the moon. So much to say, there’s nowhere to begin or end. To say we’re devastated is an understatement, he stretched our hearts so far it feels shattered like the starry sky, but I’m so grateful, so awed and humbled by his being and presence in my life. I knew I was lucky every single day, and we gave each other a world of beauty. Thankyou for your endless teachings of boundless unconditional love, vibrant joy, presence and play; you taught me more than anyone or anything. You embodied all that is good and pure and beautiful in this world, and now I have to share you more than I would like. Now I feel you with the sun on my skin, wrapped like the hugs Id give you throughout each day, I feel you in the water, so blissful and at peace, I feel you in laughter and play as you would jump for joy at every question, I see you in the pureness of children, in every smile and flicker of beauty for ever more. I’m so very grateful you extended your last dance to be with us for our wedding ceremony, so vibrant and glowing, you gave me away and danced with us all night, so so happy to have everyone together in your snow globe. Thankyou for the infinite gifts you shaped in my being and experience, so that I can find you in my heart and my lovers eyes always. We love you so. Thankyou Thankyou Thankyou, we love you😭💛🦋🌷🌿💛✨ #vesselandsoul #bastian #furangel #labsofinstagram #cancersucks #hemangiosarcoma #labs #love #loss #grief #family #furbaby #wemissyou
Benefit of lots of time at home hospicing loved one, busy mind and hurting heart, clearing inner space and soothing nerves by organizing our books by category 🤓 You can learn a lot about someone from their bookshelves, trinkets, artifacts, and etchings of their book of life. We clearly have/have-had some obsessions with: Health/Herbalism/Plant Medicine (obvi), Earth Centered Living and Regeneration, Buddhism/Spirituality/Philosophy, Novels, Poetry, and Feminine Sexuality/Power. Also cleared out a big bin to giveaway, and more space for new reads ✨ #vesselandsoul #redrockretreat #topanga #library #books #health #wellness #nutrition #functionalmedicine #healthcoach #alwayslearning #learn #grow #explore #curiosity #love #treasures #nerds #stephenbuhner #wendellberry #alanwatts #pabloneruda #octaviopaz #pemachodron #womenwhorunwiththewolves #earth
5:20:2018 The most juicy magical day, dancing through what felt like a delectable fairytale dream. Words can’t express how grateful for every person, every moment, every single thing that made this union and day so joyous and otherworldly, especially on such short notice, totally handmade, rootsy and unique to us. We are so grateful that Bastian was there with us this day, the day he basically lived for, this ultimate celebration of life and love with all his favorite friends; he was SO vibrant and SO happy. Thankyou Thankyou a million times to each and every one of you, friends, family, for trusting us and hiking to an unmarked location, we love you. And Marysia @thegaiaschoolofhealingca , you goddess, so beautiful and powerful, thankyou for your friendship, wisdom, and powerful stewarding of this union and ceremony, weaving everyone and the realms together beneath grandmother oak, wow she held us with love. Thankyou so much to these most amazing photographers @lesliesatterfield of @loversanddreamersphoto and @jamesglader and your beautiful hearts and talent; it’s a blend of your pics, I hope you don’t mind, they’re all just so beautiful and compliment so well. Thankyou @weddingsbysabrina for your help with the flow, stunning dress by @AwaveAwake that felt like water, goddess natural hair by @hair.by.kayley , natural eco makeup by @sophiehaig and more to come. Now if only some oak medicine could take me back to reliving this day again and again. Perhaps when Bastian moves on, he’ll get to. #vesselandsoul #thegersons #mathewandcolleen #wedding #topanga #wedding #diywedding #love #happiness #beauty #union #ceremony #ritual #nature