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Reflections on trauma and healing, memories held up to the light of the present moment, spiraling through this body – this spirit – this heart – this society – this earth – all interconnected to each other, interconnected to all that is your life.
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All Snakes Bite
“There is a mama snake,..a daddy snake…a brother snake…a sister snake….a baby snake….and all snakes bite.” – Children’s game My children...
Gail Seavey
Sep 11, 2021
Cosmic Teachers
I have no instinct when it comes to yoga. I can’t imitate a pose – an asana - by watching someone else do it. I cannot quickly move...
Gail Seavey
Aug 12, 2021
Lounging on Shesha, the Cosmic Snake
I meditate with some gentle yoga every morning. Different images appear to me during mediation that I do well to pay attention to. The...
Gail Seavey
Jul 28, 2021
Snake Rescue
“Evolve or die.” – Lilly Tomlin My husband Jim used to say “I never change,” but of course he did. For instance, he was an angry young...
Gail Seavey
Jul 13, 2021
Sometimes a Snake is Just a Snake
Sometimes a little snake can turn into a sea serpent that takes you on a transformative journey. Sometimes a snake is just a snake. ...
Gail Seavey
Jun 21, 2021
Snake Handling 101
I was heavy with sadness on Mothers’ Day, grieving for my Mom. She died two years ago suffering from a dementia that had carved her down...
Gail Seavey
May 9, 2021
Playing with Snakes
Earth and water have spoken to me through both form and story. In 2004 I was facing up to a deteriorating ministry and wondering if I...
Gail Seavey
May 4, 2021
The Gloucester Sea Serpent
“’Is it back in the deep?' 'Is it eating our sheep?'/ 'I think,' I said, 'that the serpent is playing.' " – from The Serpent Came to...
Gail Seavey
Apr 20, 2021
Stories More Beautiful Than Answers
“And here is the serpent again, dragging himself out from his nest of darkness, his cave under the black rocks, his winter death.” – From...
Gail Seavey
Dec 17, 2020
Go Deeper into the Fear
Yesterday – presidential election day. My stomach was sour – ate very little. My lower back has been hurting all week.
Gail Seavey
Nov 5, 2020
A Way to Think about Vision
“The Serpent says to Eve, ‘You see things and you say why?’ But I dream things that never were; and I say why not?” – George Bernard Shaw
Gail Seavey
Nov 3, 2020
A Woman Who Listened to a Snake
“But there come times – perhaps this is one of them – when we have to take ourselves more seriously or die;”
– Adrienne Rich
Gail Seavey
Oct 28, 2020
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