Sacred Healing Journey

01/15/2026

Because by Rosemerry Wahtola Trommer

So I can’t save the world—
can’t save even myself,
can’t wrap my arms around
every frightened child, can’t
foster peace among nations,
can’t bring love to all who
feel unlovable.
So I practice opening my heart
right here in this room and being gentle
with my insufficiency. I practice
walking down the street heart first.
And if it is insufficient to share love,
I will practice loving anyway.
I want to converse about truth,
about trust. I want to invite compassion
into every interaction.
One willing heart can’t stop a war.
One willing heart can’t feed all the hungry.
And sometimes, daunted by a task too big,
I tell myself what’s the use of trying?
But today, the invitation is clear:
to be ridiculously courageous in love.
To open the heart like a lilac in May,
knowing freeze is possible
and opening anyway.
To take love seriously.
To give love wildly.
To race up to the world
as if I were a puppy,
adoring and unjaded,
stumbling on my own exuberance.
To feel the shock of indifference,
of anger, of cruelty, of fear,
and stay open. To love as if it matters,
as if the world depends on it.
❤️

01/04/2026

✨✨✨✨New Year Meditation✨✨✨✨✨
✨✨✨ with Sacred Healing Journey ✨✨✨

New Year attunement to Divine Feminine and Masculine energies to support harmonizing and strengthening your energetic field, while creating greater balance, and discovering spiritual gifts.

If you’d like to walk through our new year meditation again (for those present) or on your own (for those of you not present), feel free to follow the written version below.

Bring awareness to your heart center, the home of your soul, embodied. Breathe in warm golden light through the front with the in breath. And allow your outbreath to support release of any old debris that’s ready to be released out through the back of your heart.

When your heart feels fresh, warm, soft and bright (any or all of the above, or simply when the time feels right); bring awareness to your central channel of energy running from your crown chakra to your root. Feel this vibrant light running through you, a link to your connection with source.

For the next couple of breaths allow yourself to notice how this connection from source (crown) also brings you into connection with Mother Earth (root). Allow your awareness to pool in your feet for a few breaths, breathing into this life sustaining connection with Mother Earth; allowing gratitude to flood from your heart to mama earth, breathing into the reciprocal nature of this relationship.

Returning to your heart center, where the golden light flows… open up your palms, inviting connection with the energies of the Divine Feminine on the left in whatever form feels right—Mother Mary, Guadalupe, Quan Yin, Mary Magdalene, Mother Earth, Grandmother Moon, Venus, Hekate, etc. Breathing into this connection, attuning to her frequency, sense see and feel this beautiful being gifting you with her presence and offering an attunement. Notice the colors, sounds, and sensations… When this feels complete, invite connection with the energies of Divine Masculine through your right palm noticing the form—Jesus, Buddha, father sky, the sun, etc. Move through the same sequence as before… eventually attuning to the energies flowing from your palm to your heart, expanding from your heart out into your whole body. Noticing the colors, sounds sensations and messages of connection from this one as well, allowing yourself to receive fully.

As the energies of divine masculine and feminine begin to combine, allow your awareness to flow upwards into your third eye, where our masculine and feminine energies merge into one. As you adjust to the energies of the third eye, envision a sacred temple here in this holy space. Give yourself a few breaths to attune to the energies, looking around you, taking in the sights, sounds and aromas of your surroundings. As you attune and adjust, you are called forth to venture further into this sacred space. Making your way, you see / feel your guides before you, the embodiment of the divine masculine and feminine are here, up near the altar. They have laid before you, upon the altar 1,2,3 or 4 gifts. These gifts are meant for you, and they invite you to receive the gifts one at a time. You will see 1-4 symbols present, placed upon the altar. Please explore the gifts, noticing their energetic imprint… color… shape… size… use all your senses to explore them, attune to them, and finally commune with them to receive the messages they hold for you.

You realize these gifts are meant to be with you through the coming year. They will help you to explore and integrate new inner skills (clairs) and gifts along your spiritual path including—bringing into form what is meant to come through you this year; removing obstacles, support healing within yourself or between yourself and another, and support further development of characteristics that you will most need this year (presence, courage, patience, etc).

These times of coming together for meditation gently guided by current astrological themes is a favorite time of each month for me! And I am deeply grateful for the presence of each one in attendance and the sacred and loving space we create together. 🙏🏼❤️ These are intense times we’re living through and community is key.



Image: Artist unknown

01/02/2026

Looking forward to Community Meditation tomorrow morning 🤍✨💫

01/02/2026

No need to be alone on your healing journey… Join us this Saturday for our monthly Community Meditation. Gather in Sacred Circle… Come into community with others… We are on an amazing sacred healing journey together ~ each one of us traversing our own pathway, yet at the same time, a vital part of the Oneness of cosmic consciousness and community.

Breathe into the sovereignty of your being… Remember your sacred essence… Embody your light—journey with us in our monthly exploration of your sacred healing journey.

✨~Our first Community Meditation of 2026~✨

An opportunity for setting intentions for the new year… for letting go of what’s ready for release… connecting with your Spirit guides… and being part of a very special spiritual community.

When we gather together in sacred community CONNECTION ripples outward… The frequency of unconditional love ) ) ) ❤️❤️❤️

We begin at 7 a.m. MT / 8 a.m. CT with a centering meditation designed to quiet the mind, awaken and brighten your energy field. Then we connect around our circle, set intentions, and touch into the astrology of the month which supports our deeper guided meditation journey.

This group experience always holds a high vibration, and our community is a sacred and safe space. This specific energetic container has been nourished for 10 years.

Free for new folks, who are always welcome! No prior meditation experience is needed.

Investment: $20

2 Step Registration:
1. Click on the “going” button here on the FB event page.
2. Message me your email or add it in comments below so I can send you a link.

If you’d like to come in person in Bourbonnais, comment below. Space is limited and hosted by Suzanne at suzs_soul_speak.

12/31/2025

As the year winds down, it’s a good time to take stock of your journey in 2025.

What situations or relationships have supported your expansion?

How have you grown in 2025; what have you learned; and what are you proud of as you look back?

And in this moment of transition, it’s always important to bring awareness to what we are saying goodbye to as well. There are themes of big endings, letting go, and release in 2025 for all of us as the numerology of 2025 is a 9, which is a number of completion, compassion, and serving humanity.

How has grief companioned you this year?

What have you noticed about your own sense of compassion and connection with your heart?

In what ways have you been called to be of service, and how have you shown up?

Have you allowed grief, compassion, and / or service to be a mentor to you this year? If so, what are you learning or integrating?

Where are you feeling balanced, or out of balance?

And perhaps most importantly, what is calling out to you that wants to be lived into, or explored, in 2026?

Numerically, 2026 is a 1; a year of initiation, and new beginnings. A 1 year is a bridge between the old and the new. In which we take with us all that we are and have integrated; and open ourselves energetically into stepping into a future of open, and yet unknown possibilities.

These days around the New Year are a good time to meditate and / or journal—space for tracking your dreams, intentions and growth.

Happy New Year, and Blessings to you in the year ahead! ✨💫



Photo by Dave Volden, Arches National Park, Utah

12/24/2025

My wish for you is that you will feel a little bit of Christmas magic… in the greetings from strangers, memories that come with Christmas carols, love woven into gathering with friends and family this holiday season, the nostalgia found round the tree Christmas morning, the belief of children and the beauty of connection✨💫

May it be so 🤍🤍🤍

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12/18/2025

Do you have a certain animal that touches your spirit when it crosses your path? As though there’s a silent message flowing between you, and a sense of the unique nature of this relationship.

Some folks have one such animal that holds special meaning for them—a personal spirit animal, or guide. This one acts as a teacher, or guide through life, bearing messages, protection, or empowerment.

For some these spirit guides change over time, or there are several.

And for those who listen deeply to nature and her subtle messages, they may be in an ongoing conversation with nature; interpreting meaning from a wide variety of interesting, unusual or eye catching connections with the natural world.

In these slowed down days of longer nights, just before the solstice, there’s a quieting, a settling… It’s a perfect time for listening more deeply, moving slower, increasing receptivity. Notice what messages are here for you; and how they arrive.

🖤

12/17/2025

“Despite the immense grief I experience at the moment with the atrocities being done daily to immigrants, Black and Brown folks here in the US, Palestinians, Sudanese, the people of Congo, unnamed others, and Mother Earth; I commit daily to stay connected to the land, to the spirits, and to walk to the best of my ability the ancient ways as taught by my elders and teachers.

Remembering that unless the Earth is our lover, we won’t feel her pain to the extent she does. Allowing the sorrow of her children to be felt, without shame, without explanation, without justification, without “yes but”, takes courage and humbling desires.

“I live my life in widening circles
that reach out across the world.
I may not complete this last one
but I give myself to it.
I circle around God, around the primordial tower.
I’ve been circling for thousands of years
and I still don’t know: am I a falcon,
a storm, or a great song?” Rainer Maria Rilke

There is so much beauty and magic in this world. For everyone to share. Thank you to the shooting star, the fox, the hawks, the land, the chickens, for reminding us of our humanity and how to circle together”.
—Angell Deer 12/15/23

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2 years later and these words are as relevant as ever.
And 125 years later for Rainer Maria Rilke!

May we all live our lives in widening circles of the presence of connection✨💫

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Photo: my old office in Bourbonnais. I wonder where that tiny old beloved table is now?

12/09/2025

Rest… ❤️

It’s Okay to Be Tired — A December Reflection

It’s okay to be tired.
December arrives with its long nights and early sunsets,
a month when even the sky seems to rest.
This is the darkest stretch of the year,
and our bodies feel it,
our minds feel it,
our hearts feel it too.
Nature isn’t asking for momentum now.
It’s whispering something softer:
Slow down. Breathe. Turn inward.
Even the trees release their last leaves
and stand quietly in their bare truth,
trusting that rest is part of the cycle.
So if your energy feels dimmer,
if motivation flickers like a candle in a draft,
know that nothing is wrong with you.
You are simply syncing with the season—
responding to what the earth already understands.
It’s okay to be tired in the darkest month.
Rest is not weakness;
it is wisdom.
It is the gentle pause that prepares you
for the light that will return.

Artist Credit : Elaine Bayley

12/05/2025

Full moon in Gemini tonight with Sag Sun, stirring the eclipse energies on the Pisces Virgo axis as we are midway between eclipses, forming a mutable cross on the zodiac.

Mutable signs are known for their ability to transform, as they are signs that usher in a change of season—Sagittarius brings us from autumn into winter; Pisces, winter into spring; Gemini, spring into summer; and Virgo, summer into fall. These energies are skilled at bringing things to a conclusion and opening up new possibilities, as are full moons in general.

The light of this final full moon of 2025 is a call for reflection, a time for taking stock.

What are you ready to release?

How are you remaking yourself or a part of your life?

Where are you in transition?

What areas of yourself or your life are needing nurturing over these winter months of rest and renewal?

Our world is changing quickly; in what ways are you being called to change, release, grow, become?

No matter how big the task at hand, it’s important to remember that you are never alone. In these days it’s important to remember to ask up, seek wisdom from on high. Support is always available from the spiritual realms if we but ask.

Join us this Saturday for our monthly Community Meditation for support of Community. And together, we ask up and receive guidance. This month we’ll be working with spiritual symbols and communication.



Photo by Dave Volden, full moon rising over the Sangre de Cristo mountains of Santa Fe, NM

12/04/2025

Community Meditation is this Saturday!
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12/01/2025

Humility makes us real…

Pride makes us artificial and humility makes us real. —Thomas Merton

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This one’s an ongoing learning curve for many of us on the healing journey from CPTSD. On either end of the spectrum—from shame to prideful, with pridefulness at times being a pendulum swing out of shame. Or false pride, resulting from being ridiculed, or outer pressure to be perfect, and then you find yourself striving to match those expectations—to always know the answer, being “certain” rather than curious (with fear / shame underneath).

The older I get, the more I find curiosity to be a gateway to wellbeing, healing, wholeness.

Curiosity guides into humility, self compassion, and vulnerability.

Humility makes us real, and fosters connection.

💛



Photo: sunrise at Bryce Canyon NP 12/1/25