Lelia4 days ago2 minMars as MentorMars is transiting through my first house right now and I am beginning to feel some battle fatigue. The past couple of weeks have brought...
LeliaApr 624 minNatal Chart for Agatha ChristieAgatha Christie's natal chart reading (below) is an example of what a reading from me looks like. The reading is usually 13 pages. If...
LeliaMar 302 minHealing Touch for Animals TestimonialHere's a testimonial from a very devoted cat lover in Houston, TX ... "On several occasions, Lelia has worked wonders on our cats with her...
LeliaFeb 211 minPaying Attention with Wendell BerrySometimes hidden from me in daily custom and in trust, so that I live by you unaware as by the beating of my heart, Suddenly you flare in...
LeliaFeb 173 minAll Bad Art is SincereOscar Wilde wrote "All bad poetry springs from genuine feeling." Harold Bloom paraphrased Wilde's idea as "all bad poetry is sincere."...
LeliaFeb 155 minLessons from Ruth Bader GinsburgHarold Bloom wrote, “Information is endlessly available to us; where shall wisdom be found?” I find lots of wisdom in biographies. People...
LeliaFeb 33 minChase Jarvis's Creative Calling and the 11th house"Most of us have a gap in our lives between where we find ourselves and the life we actually want to be living. It's time for you to look...
LeliaFeb 13 minCreativity: A Commonplace Book“... art is the bridge between what you see in your mind and what the world sees…” Twyla Tharp, The Creative Habit “Everything is raw...
LeliaJan 301 minHealing Touch for AnimalsA few of my Healing Touch for Animals clients.... I've always wondered how an animal reacts to a distance session, so I was grateful to...
LeliaJan 243 minGardens: A Commonplace"In summer, we work hard to make a tidy garden, bordered by pansies with rows or clumps of columbine, petunias, bleeding hearts. Then we...
LeliaJan 213 min"Read, read, read, read, my unlearned reader!"*: A Commonplace"Read books. They are good for us." Wild Mind, Natalie Goldberg "... books have been my windows on to vast tracts of experience, both...
LeliaJan 161 min"Storytelling Is Good for Your Health:" A Commonplace*I see her walking on a path through a pathless forest or a maze, a labyrinth. As she walks, she spins and the fine threads fall behind...
LeliaOct 30, 20201 minNature Mandala as Healing PracticeI'm grateful to my friend Sarah at Studio Sadie for introducing me to the idea of the nature mandala. In the kind of synchronicity that...
LeliaAug 28, 20202 minHealing Touch Testimonials"In recent months, I have had several Healing Touch sessions with Lelia. My primary goal for these sessions was to work on stress...
LeliaAug 4, 20201 minSnibblets I love remnants and snippets, found objects and things that fall by the wayside. And I think it's really fun to put them together and see...
LeliaAug 4, 20201 minWhat 15 Minutes Can DoI've been angry at my garden this summer. Hot, humid weather, weeds, perfectionism and overwhelm have led to resentment, resistance and...
LeliaJul 24, 20201 minWobbly Mandala DayA Jill-Badonsky-inspired wobbly mandala in honor of Jill's July 26 birthday. "Trusting the process leads to peace and contentment....
LeliaJul 22, 20202 min"Inviting Us to Our Greatness"John Lewis broke rules and made "good trouble." His life and example, Jon Batiste reminds us, are an invitation to our own greatness. As...
LeliaJul 12, 20201 minNoticing Leads to WonderingI'm a reluctant gardener. Sometimes I get cranky at the work it requires. But once I get outside and start noticing what I'm seeing, what...
LeliaJul 12, 20202 minBuckminster Fuller and the Dymaxion ChronofileHappy birthday to Buckminster Fuller, born July 12, 1895. He was a man of seemingly uninhibited uniqueness, to use a Jill Badonsky...