Tag: spring

• Up…. Wildflowers!!….Down

  

  Outside our office window our neighbors’ red bud is about to bloom, a clear reference to the woodlands of more southerly Appalachia. The tree is struggling, perhaps with our climate, and may not make it through another year. After days of cloud and chill, yesterday the sun came out. This morning is bright and warmish,…

  Michael Watson PhD

  May 11, 2016

  Ecopsychology, Healing, Psychotherapy, Shamanism

  Ecopsychology, Shamanism, spring, wildflowers

• A Great Mystery

  I’ve been contemplating the mystery of life, and how very lucky we are to experience it. This is a good thing to do as winter wanes and spring has yet to bloom across the landscape. We do not know how frequently life develops; we know only that planets like our own seem to be quite…

  Michael Watson PhD

  March 6, 2016

  Healing, native american, Shamanism, Stories

  healing, mystery, Shamanism, spring, universe

• Shimmering world

  Yesterday was cloudy and damp, one of those days when spring and winter touch. The air was moist, although not warm, the day a bit foggy as the damp breeze touched the remaining snow. Watching, and feeling, this moment of transition brought to mind another way of being in the world, the path of, as…

  Michael Watson PhD

  March 19, 2015

  Ecopsychology, Shamanism

  Ecopsychology, Shamanism, spring

• Spring and the Post-Human

  I am drawn always to the presence and processes of Nature, seeking each day to notice the play of the living world. Yesterday was warm and sunny, a truly ecstatic, early spring-like day. The recent warmth and sun have melted back the snowbanks, and the ice on the lake is looking a bit slushy. We…

  Michael Watson PhD

  March 10, 2015

  Ecopsychology, Shamanism

  Ecopsychology, nature, post-human, Shamanism, spring