The In Between Time
Thank you for being here! I’m so grateful for you!
I find myself in a mini ceremony of sorts, if it feels good, join me?
I am dropping into stillness and slowing waaaaydown. Every morning I have been burning an offering of cedar to my helping spirits, including Alice, (and asking them to join me) before sitting in meditation and listening to the soul stirring music of Jon Hopkins for 20 minutes.
Most mornings, I cry for immense gratitude at all the ways that I can see the hand of the infinite leading me along in my life and blessing me in so many crazy beautiful ways.
And OFTEN I cry for the grief of all that had to die or be lost in order for this now to exist. I am in a season of rebirth and shedding is painful and also very beautiful.
Maybe you’ve been shedding too? I hope you have pure clean water to drink, yummy healthy food that’s been made with love, a fire (or candle) to sit by and friends to process with (and maybe a favorite healer or an EMDR therapist too!).
Living in this world is so profoundly complex…and I am finding that the more I shed, let go and reduce….the more vibrant and potent my experiences are.
Many wise and mythically oriented humans say that 2026 will be taking us into light speed. It seems practical to learn how to slow down internally to be able to S O A R in that sort of space, no?
A few years ago I was at a training in Hawaii for death doulas and, one day, they rolled in Ram Dass in a wheel chair. He had experienced a stroke and was unable to ambulate.
He sat just 10-12 feet from me and began to look out into the audience and repeated this simple phrase,
“I am loving awareness, I am loving awareness, I am loving awareness….”
He repeated it over and over for maybe 30 minutes as he stared with clear eyes out over us.
I will never forget it.
The mantra comes in handy always.
Here is some more wisdom from this beautiful teacher:
Beyond all polarities, I am
Let the judgments and opinions of the mind
Be judgments and opinions of the mind
And you exist behind that
Ah so, ah so
It’s really time for you to see through
The absurdity of your own predicament
You aren’t who you thought you were
You just aren’t that person
And in this very lifetime
You can know it
Right now
The real work you have to do
Is in the privacy of your own heart
All of the external forms are lovely
But the real work
Is your inner connection
If you’re quiet when you meditate
If you truly open your heart
Just quiet your mind
Open your heart
Quite the mind, open the heart
How do you quiet the mind? You meditate
How do you open the heart?
You start to love that which you can love
And just keep expanding it
You love a tree
You love a river
You love a leaf
You love a flower
You love a cat
You love a human
But go deeper and deeper into that love
‘Til you love that
Which is the source of the light behind all of it
Behind all of it
You don’t worship the gate
You go into the inner temple
Everything in you that you don’t need
You can let go of
You don’t need loneliness
For you couldn’t possibly be alone
You don’t need greed
Because you already have it all
You don’t need doubt
Because you already know
The confusion is saying
“I don’t know”
But the minute you are quiet
You find out that in truth you do know
For in you, you know
Plane after plane will open to you
I want to know who I really am
As if in each of us
There once was a fire
And for some of us
There seem as if there are only ashes now
But when we dig in the ashes
We find one ember
And very gently we fan that ember
Blow on it, it gets brighter
And from that ember we rebuild the fire
Only thing that’s important is that ember
That’s what you and I are here to celebrate
That though we’ve lived our life totally involved in the world
We know
We know that we’re of the spirit
The ember gets stronger
Flame starts to flicker a bit
And pretty soon you realize that all we’re going to do for eternity
Is sit around the fire.
~ RamDass
1. Today is a wonderful day to TELL YOURSELF THE TRUTH:…. about a situation, a relationship, a work thing or a creative project. What if you told yourself the truth? What would be the logical next step?
2. In this liminal period at the end of 2025 this quote from my daily reader, How Good Are You Willing to Let It Get? stood out to me….
from Alice (My Core beastie!):
“Today is a great day to think about your death. Lie down somewhere cozy. Do a mental run-through, as if it were happening right now. Ideally, who is here with you? As you look back on your life, is anything missing? Don’t wait another minute to take action on anything that bubbles up. This is really living.” – Alice
from SARAH:
When I think about my death, I mostly think about gratitude and wanting to love people better. You might think about your will, a letter you need to write, a soul dream you haven’t acted on yet, caring less about what other people think about you, or giving your Gmail password to your designated power of attorney. All of it is valid. When you’re ready to die every day, you’re fully primed for life. If you had died yesterday, what would you wish you had done more of? Less of?”
― Sarah Bamford Seidelmann, How Good Are You Willing to Let It Get?: Daily FEELGOOD Inspiration for Creatives, Healers, and Helpers
3. This time of year is a LOVELY time to PRINT THIS FREE BOOKLET OUT and reflect.
It is so potent to look back over my many past filled out booklets and realize that these precious reviews MATTERED. I wasn’t always able to make all my dreams come true…AND so many times it feels like these pages were pivotal in helping me feel good about where I have been and excited about where I am going!
If you’re longing for support in the form of coaching, healing work or shamanic mentoring- you can book that here.
The more resourced we are the better we do!
much love,
Sarah
P.S.
I just dropped a bunch of small pieces, restocked greeting cards, books and card decks to ALT Creative in Duluth which is a magical place!
They are located right net to Gear Exchange on 4th street!
508 East 4th Street in Duluth, MN
(Tap on image below for a quick TOUR)
Dreams come true!
My art is NOW available at @jewelweed.shop in their NEW Excelsior, MN location! If you see a painting above that you love- feel free to contact them- they ship!
952-476-7631
Plan a visit soon to stroll this quaint + lovely downtown and get all the goodness- flower essences, wonderful books, crystals, and SO MUCH MORE! I’ll be teaching a workshop there July 13-you can contact them to see if spots remain! See a short video tour of my visit here.
(these are the pockets sized Creative Soul Retrieval Books we will be making!)
Local friends! I’ll be teaching at @duluth folk school in January 2026! Would love to create with you! You can register here for Creative Soul Retrieval!
