Katherine HastelowMay you open to desireI spent the last week of November distilling the last ten years of my life into a two-page CV. It feels so small, so incapable of…Dec 6, 2020Dec 6, 2020
Katherine HastelowLearning to trust hopeI’ve largely stepped away from social media, from screens in general, this week. Maybe the months of illness have caught up with me. Maybe…Nov 20, 2020Nov 20, 2020
Katherine HastelowThis body is the exact right vessel for your soul“This body is the exact right vessel for this (your) soul in this life.” The words come unbidden to my mind. I recoil, and quickly try to…Nov 6, 2020Nov 6, 2020
Katherine HastelowChoosing our next stepsI wrote a to-do list this week. It’s not something I usually do, but my mind was so full of things I wanted to get done and I had so many…Oct 30, 2020Oct 30, 2020
Katherine HastelowMay your undergrowth nourish youA few months ago, I drew a mandala that declared its name ‘undergrowth’. It’s been sitting in my background ever since, occasionally…Oct 23, 2020Oct 23, 2020
Katherine HastelowMay your fire fuel youElection season can get people pretty fired up. Thankfully it’s Election Day in New Zealand today, so things should start calming down into…Oct 16, 2020Oct 16, 2020
Katherine HastelowOn finding a place to startThe warm spring sunshine has been beckoning me outdoors, inviting me back into the rhythm and routine I had last summer, before the…Oct 10, 2020Oct 10, 2020
Katherine HastelowOn devotion to small joysThe last two years have found me choosing joy as my starting point, one small moment at a time, hoping that they’ll eventually string…Oct 2, 2020Oct 2, 2020
Katherine HastelowMay you open space for all of youI’ve felt the shift in light this week, as we crossed the equinox. In the southern hemisphere, we start the climb towards summer. In New…Sep 25, 2020Sep 25, 2020
Katherine HastelowOn the invitations of illness, or: May you know you are heldThe invitation of illness is a strange one. Three days of being sick in bed can lead you to interesting places. And I’m not just talking…Sep 18, 2020Sep 18, 2020
