JenWReeve

I recently returned from a trip to New Orleans and look what I brought back! Well, maybe not the actual bird, but the memory for sure. My mother, my daughter and I took a swamp tour, traveling across the lazy water on a small vessel with a couple from Texas and our guide who had boated this bayou since he was a small boy. Because I specifically booked a tour that advertised itself as the only one that did not feed the wildlife, I had no idea if we would see anything. I had hoped for alligators. So, gliding along […]

This week, I have the privilege of resuming an annual girls’ trip with my mom and daughter. I am grateful for the opportunity to explore a new city, but even more for the joy of precious time together. I’m reminded of one of my favorite poems. Enjoy! The Cosmic Dancer I sometimes forgetthat I was created for Joy.My mind is too busy.My Heart is too heavyfor me to rememberthat I have beencalled to dancethe Sacred dance of life.I was created to smileTo LoveTo be lifted upAnd to lift others up.O’ Sacred OneUntangle my feetfrom all that ensnares.Free my soul.That we […]

I was walking with my dog up the short path from my back door to the gate, when I noticed a pink, shiny head cresting out of the earth. This is the  same patch of ground I have passed thousands of times, yet somehow never noticed the rose quartz stone. But this day, it jumped out at me, so I started digging. As I dug deeper and deeper, I realized that this baby was much bigger than I thought! Then two words came to me: hidden treasure. And that’s my inspiration for the week. This morning, aforementioned doggie and I hiked […]

One of my Wednesday yoga students says that since I have returned to teaching at the synagogue, there is a certain portion of the class where I become showered in light. I’d like to think I’m always this way, and guess what? You are too. But it doesn’t always feel like it. Lately, I have been experiencing some deep sadness over the ending of a significant relationship. It’s grief. And as grief does, it comes in waves–some days I’m my usual joyful self, others I am not. I’m okay with that because even when I’m melancholy, I know the light […]

Last Tuesday, on the day of the new moon, I walked barefoot in the half-inch of snow that covered my backyard. I had planned ahead for this ritual. The moon was going rise in the sign of Taurus, an earthy, grounded archetype, and I wanted to experience that energy. I hadn’t counted on snow. As a person who can have cold feet even in summer, I was a bit apprehensive, but I did it anyway. When I felt the so-cold-it-burns discomfort of the snow on my feet, I also noticed a delicious crunchy-spongey sensation of green grass between my toes. […]