Walk lightly in the Spring; Mother Earth is pregnant (Kiowa)

March 20th at 5:02 am MDT is the Spring Equinox and the first day of Spring. Many traditions hold that this time of year, Mother Earth is pregnant. We see signs of birth and renewal wherever we look.

The angle of the light is changing everyday. The sky has taken on a lavender hue and the sunlight has a glisten to it. Sprouts and buds are appearing and bird song is more vibrant.

Now, how does this all effect us? We can't help but feel new hope and energy in the Spring. In Ayurveda, it's a good time to cleanse the body. This is a good time to reorganize and there's a natural impulse to spring clean the home. It's a good time to bring out new sets of clothing, get a haircut, and approach the world in a new way.

This is a time for honoring the new life that is coming. We are about to see the sprouts from the seeds that have endured the cold hard earth of Winter.

original woodcut illustration for the poem "Spring is Here," by  Edward Youl

The Miracle

~ L.H. Bailey

Yesterday the twig was brown and bare;

Today the glint of green is there;

Tomorrow will be leaflets spare;

I know no thing so wondrous fair,

No miracle so strangely rare.

I wonder what will next be there!

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Thank you Blessed Mother for the life you bring! Wishing everyone a happy Spring!