Shaky Tenderness Beyond Our Fear

Hello Friends of Bluebird Fairies,

I hope this finds you right where you are.

I've not written since February when the Lunar New Year began.

Where have I been? Well…. last year when the pandemic began, I shared the ‘You Have Two Choices Fairy’ inspired by Dr. Christiane Northup:

“In this time, we have two choices; down the rabbit hole or through the portal”.

So, I chose a 9-month portal; Yoga Teacher Training (YTT) at Laughing River Yoga.

It is good, however, to be back in the studio of Bluebird Fairies and feeling the call of my energy towards this work we're doing here. I believe my yoga training will enhance all that we do.

I know that all of you have had your portals in the past year- I will note that my dear friend and collaborator Gwendolyn says that all portals can be rabbit holes at times and rabbit holes can also be portals. After my recent portal experience, I agree.

So I’m wondering what have they been for you? And how are you doing?

This fairy I created and shared with my fellow YTTers seems so fitting for us now. Here she is:

Welcome to the ‘Fairy of the Shaky Tenderness Beyond Our Fear’ with your bright red heart, outstretched arms with tender green sprouts and statement of ‘Your bravery is here.’

She’s inspired by the words of Chogyam Trungpa in his book; Shambala: The Sacred Path of the Warrior.

"We may not discover bravery right away. Instead, we may find a shaky tenderness beyond our fear. We are still quivering and shaking, but there is a tenderness rather than a bewilderment."

Onward and upward!

With Love,

Emily and the Bluebird Fairies

Fairy of the Dedicated and Powerful OX

Hello Friends,

Happy Lunar New Year!

This is the Year of the Metal OX. There are 12 animals in this Zodiac and each animal moves through the 5 elements of wood, fire, earth, metal and water. So while it takes 12 years for each animal to have its year, it takes 60 years for each animal/element combination to return.

What does the return of the Metal Ox mean? It was last here in 1961 when the world was so different. And yet, this is an ancient practice. My 60 year question is just a small query in a cosmos of wonder.

Here’s the fairy I created for this holiday:

Yes, in a cosmos of deep pink the strong ‘Fairy of the Dedicated and Powerful OX’ stands with its coat of gold and its face of blue. I love its loving words of wisdom “Tend to your personal needs and those of others!” and “Clear, pare down and simplify.”

Susan Levitt of Mother Tongue Ink writes:

“Oxen are reliable and strong work animals. They were responsible for the survival of humanity. That same sense of power and dedication are goals to strive for in Ox year, a time of focused work to complete what was started in Rat year 2020. Success is achieved through diligent and conscientious effort.

2021 is a Metal year to clear out, pare down, and simplify.

Onward we go!

Sending you a wonderful breath of good energy.

Sincerely,

Emily and the Bluebird Fairies.

A Midwinter Fairy of Hope

Hello Friends of Bluebird Fairies,

I hope this writing finds you happily open and aware.

For those of us in the Northern Hemisphere, February brings welcome light into our lives.

It’s the time of Imbolc; the Celtic holiday that marks the midpoint between the Winter Solstice and the Spring Equinox. Here’s a fairy for the holiday-

Ah, ‘the Fairy of Imbolc’ standing on snow beneath a star filled sky and holding a green candle in each hand. We celebrate your words of “We welcome the light.”

Here’s a piece of writing called ‘Imbolc’ by Maeanna Welti written for Mother Tongue Ink and included in this year’s We’Moon Datebook.

“Breathe into emptiness. Stir in the silence that winter gifted you. Touch new skin, the surprise aliveness, the contours winter revealed. There is an echoing silence that precedes every new thing.

Imbolc is the insistence of the spring waters, pushing up through cold earth. It is the restlessness of birdsong, the persistence of the sap. It is the dark that folds around all that is stirring, saying: Pace yourself, love.

Imbolc calls us to be simple. We have nothing but what winter left us. We have nothing but our own stirring heartbeats and desires. Nothing but the fire in our bellies that warmed us through the deepest darks. It is time to polish ourselves. To clear, clean, hone. To stand in the barest simplicity of our aliveness and promise ourselves to service, to spring.

Make a simple promise. To our wholeness, to becoming. Find the seed inside you, swollen with its own longing, that insists, with all the force of life, that it will sprout when the time is right. Simple, naked, clean, fiercely alive.

I just love this writing and hope it finds resonance for you right now.

I also would like you to know that Gwendolyn Evans and I taped a video in which we share this year’s Energy Map. Please check it out here. I’ll continue to share the fun and insightful work she and I are doing here on my web site.

On we go!!

Fondly,

Emily and the Fairies

We're welcoming in the New Year!

Dear Friends of Bluebird Fairies,

Happy New Year to you all, far and near!

Are you, like me, aiming to leave some things behind in 2020 while embracing new ways of being you? Here’s a fairy to support that intention as we step into 2021-

It’s the 'Fairy of New Ways of Being Rejoiced by You.’ I LOVE this guy with his outstretched arms and big red heart! We can join him in expressing his big words of “Oh Yeah!”

This fairy is featured in a short video I created for you-

I’m excited to let you know that I’m pairing up with Gwendolyn Evans of Gwendolyn’s Cauldron to do a workshop called “Receiving Your 2021 Energy Map.” You can find more information on that here. I did something like this with Gwendolyn last year. It was super easy and fun to create and a resource I used ALL year.

Please be in touch with any questions.

Wishing you all the best for 2021!!!!

All the best,

Emily and the Bluebird Fairies

Here’s a fairy to celebrate

New Ways of Being Here on Earth Fairy

Dear Friends of Bluebird Fairies,

As I write this we’re entering the eve before the longest day of darkness here in the Northern Hemisphere; the Winter Solstice.

I’ve been reading about this time- mainly inspired by my usual source; Lena of the PowerPath Seminar and School of Shamanism. She talks of this time being very important for us to begin to envision new ways of being here on the planet. I’ve gathered that it’s okay if we don’t yet have a clear vision and alternatively that we’re encouraged to ‘think big.’

What’s most important is to clear space in your life for these new ways to grow AND whenever you feel dismay or negativity- find ways to pull yourself up into a more positive place- go for a walk, clean, exercise, write, create, call a friend, etc.

The pandemic has given us so much room this year to go inward. At the same time, it has given us so much reason to become inventive and find new ways to connect with others and get work done.

Lately, I have been thinking of times people had to do this in the past; my pioneering ancestors and the original human inhabitants on the land where I live. I have been thinking of peoples watching the stars as we have been watching Jupiter and Saturn get closer and closer together. I have been watching the ice freeze on the river by my home and feeling even more so how for eons ice has inspired the art of previous peoples.

Do you have similar thoughts brewing in your mind? All of this is great inspiration for our movements forward.

The fairy of this season is the same as the Summer Fairy with just a few shifts of words here and there. Here she is-

The New Ways of Being Here on Earth Fairy. She, like her sister, our Summer Fairy, is asking “What Do you want to see, feel, experience in our future?

I hope you can take this wonderful time for dreaming big as you let go of things that have been holding you down. We need all of our positivity creatively working.

I’ll be in touch again soon. I have TWO fun things to tell you about. One is a collaboration with my dear creative friend and intuitive, Gwendolyn Evans that you all are invited to participate in on January 13th. The other is a performance JUST for all of you. So, please stay tuned and BE in touch.

All the best,

Emily and the Bluebird Fairies