December 2024 This blog was shared with us by Jerilyn Cole Burke! She writes: The cold has finally caught up with us in my neck of the woods! With it comes an invitation to slow down, breathe deeply, and savor the reflective season that’s now settling in. I’ve been thinking about festivals and how we […]
December 2024 December has come yet again; what a time of rich tradition and stories! This week, Acacia has a story to share with us that she shares with the children she nurtures! We hope you enjoy it and may feel inspired to share it with your own children. The story has
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August 2024 Today’s blog features a fairy festival circle, shared with us by Cynthia Aldinger. First up, we have two videos for audio and visuals, followed up by the lyrics for you to save! Cynthia’s Video Part 1 Cynthia’s Video Part 2
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October 29, 2023 The slew of festivities that come with Autumn seem to pick up so quickly. With a summer full of activity and family vacations, there is hardly a moment of rest “between” the seasons. It’s not too late, however, to stop and reflect on what we want to do this season, and consider
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October 1, 2023 A Reflection Upon Michaelmas Festival by Sharifa Oppenheimer Michaelmas 2023 This morning I joined the CWS community for Michaelmas festivities. We gathered in the Pavilion as the 7th and 8th grades processed in with song, each carrying a brilliant autumn banner. One by one the classes entered; slowly their pure child-voices began
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September 17, 2023 Michaelmas~ A Festival Dedicated to Inner Work by Shanah Ahmadi Here at Rose Rock School in Oklahoma, we are preparing for our Autumn festival—Michaelmas. Likewise, many of you may be similarly engaged in this work in your homes and communities. Festival preparation includes outward preparation—like the creation of a Circle or a Story
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June 25, 2023 In celebration of St. John’s Day and the Living Art of Nurturing Care, I share a festival tradition that nurtures the adult self. I hope you appreciate the gesture and invite you to perhaps take up something of it into your own Midsummer traditions. Today marks St. John’s Festival, and Summer Solstice,
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May 21 2023 This week’s article is a lovely bit of poetry written by LifeWays’ Board President and Representative Site Coordinator, Shanah Ahmadi. She is also the Director and founder of the Rose Rock School and LifeWays Representative Center in Norman, Oklahoma. May Day Signifies school year’s end, celebrating triumphs and making amends. Revolutions round the
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April 9, 2023 Today we have a touching story from Cynthia Aldinger, founder of LifeWays, about her reflections on her mother’s recent death during this sacred time leading up to Easter. I find it to be a very human, very heartfelt experience of the new life in death that is celebrated with Easter, but also
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April 2, 2023 Festivals are universally-shared celebrations of life, and they are as diverse as the people of our beautiful planet. In celebration of the festival traditions that bring us together, we would like to share with you the experiences of several members of our LifeWays family this year, all from different walks of life
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