Solen over Dyna Fyr

Solen stiger sakte opp over Dyna Fyr. Varme stråler smelter glitrende frost og en skarv letter fra bryggekanten idét skrittene mine høres i det knasende løvet. Bladverk i blodrødt, oker og dyp fersken pryder veien ned til havet ~ omkranset med iskrystaller av Nattens Dronning.. Til og med ryllik og tistel er pyntet til feiring av morgentimene..

Høst beveges over i vinter og jeg kjenner et gjennomgripende ønske om å lette med trekkfuglene.. Åpne vingene mine og sette kursen mot varmere male:strøk. I år skyllet tusenvis av lomvier opp på strendene langs Oslofjorden. I mangel på mat; en desperat kamp for å overleve ~ på grunn av menneskets overfiske og andre økologiske faktorer.. På land er de hjelpeløse, og de er helt avhengig av vann for å komme seg på vingene.. Sorgen skyller over sinnet og løses rolig opp i bruset av Nesoddbåtens hekkbølger..

I dag sender jeg en bønn til alle fuglene som dør før de når varmere strender og kjenner på takknemlighet for tilgang til dyp næring.. Takknemlighet for næringen i planteriket og Johannesturten som hvisket at det ville bli en mørk vinter i år.. Jeg er takknemlig for næringen i relasjonene mine og sirklene av kvinner som vokser seg dypere og mer intime. Takknemlig for å få overvintre i Norge og få vandre på høstens regnbuebro og inn i vinterens lysrike..

Å få følge solens bue over ~ og under den nordlige halvkule med et fast blikk på Nordstjernen. Takknemlig for en stadig dypere evne til å åpne for hvile og ro på reisen innover.. Å lande ~ ikke på fjerne kyster, men i meg selv.. For alle bålene som skal tennes i hjerteriket. For det aller, aller næreste ~ og trygge reder. Takknemlig for drømmelandskapet, sagaenes tid og forfedres melodier.. Og for alle verdens lomvier.

Takk.

~ N A T U R A L I’ M U N I T Y ~

Sommerens eventyr er på hell.. I en evig søken etter å bygge broer mellom øst og vest, og veve ayurveda~vitenskapen tettere på de nordiske kyster, finner jeg meg selv i ekstatisk dans på stuegulvet med et par hundre flasker og krukker fylt til randen av magi og fortellinger.. Destillerte essenser av Johannesurt, Ringblomst, Burot, Brennesle, Groblad, Kløver, Mjødurt, Lavendel med fler ~ er nå fanget i mørke glass for å kunne bistå menneskebarna på veien til helhet.. Plantene har ledet meg dypt inn i skoger og kratt, langs varme enger og myke svaberg, og hvisket hemmeligheter underveis.. Fortryllet med sandaltre og frankincese, samt krystaller fra fjern og nær, hviler sannheten min med disse medisinene fra naturens favn..

Urtemedisin har blitt en av mange veier for meg å praktisere harmoni mellom indre og ytre natur, å mykgjøre overgangene mellom sesongene og å veve sammen lys og skygge i dansen mellom himmel og jord. I samtale med plantene finner jeg stillhet, trøst og klarhet på livets landevei, skapelse og skaperen ~ the muse and the maker… Jeg finner forbindelse mellom forfedre og fremtidige generasjoner ~ og visdommen som trengs for å støtte den stille revolusjonen som folder seg ut på planeten i disse tider.. Jeg finner min naturlige fred, sans og samling, våre nordiske dypøkologiske røtter og en stødig takknemlighet for urfolk som har tråkket opp stiene før oss. En kunst, en praksis, et hjem..

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Summer’s harvest is coming to a close.. Driven by the passion of bridging east and west and applying the practical science of ayurveda to the northern realms, I just watched myself from above ~ whirling pure magic into several hundred bottles and jars. The distilled essences of St. John’s Wort, Calendula, Lavender, Yarrow, Nettle, Meadowsweet, Plantain, Clover, Mugwort and more are now captured in dark glass, ready to support your healing. These plants have guided me into the deep forests and warm meadows, across coastal rocks and through lucious wetlands ~ whispering their secrets on the way.. Infused with aromas and activated by crystals, my faith rests in the medicines of the natural realm..

Opening to receive the wonders of the natural world.. Medicine cabinet starting to grow, just like the squash in our garden..Reminiscing about the sophisticated remedies of tibetan medicine I found in Nepal. Concentrated nature.. Deeply rooted in my own land, I commune with the plants and ask them for advice and healing.. They answer on the winds of the seasons.. Fireweed and friends come together to support our transition into the darker days of the year.. Infused with Essene lightcodes and Anastasian answers.. When foraging in the wild, I dissolve into a conversation with the local ecology.. The senses are bridges between the plant and human realm and allow my vision to open and my intuition to flow like the juicy, cristalline rivers of the Himalayas.. Dragonflies and bees are humming softly to the melodies of that organic summertime jazz ~ and I dance with the rhythm of the forests’ devis.. I whirl them all into my kundalini stream ~ bottle them and lock them safely in the wooden cabinet with the other captured essences.. A Narnia for Vestfold’s flowers.. Portals to the human realm. Right here in this wooden cabinet.

Herbalism has become my way of practicing union between inner and outer nature, soothing the transitions between the seasons and weaving light and shadow across the bridge between heaven and earth.. In deep communion with the plants, I find solace and clarity, maker and muse.. I find my connection between ancestors and future generations ~ the wisdom needed to support the silent revolution unfolding on the planet today. I find my natural peace ~ ‘sans og samling’, our norwegian deep-ecology roots, and a reverence of all indigenous tribes having walked this path before us.. An art, a practice, a home..

Sage Stories V : Soaking in the Solar Juices

“That gentle and amiable sage of the Himalayas had only one entrancing theme: love—for nature, love— for creatures, and love—for the Whole. The Himalayan sages taught me the gospel of nature. Then I started listening to the music coming from the blooming flowers, from the songs of the birds, and even from the smallest blade of grass and thorn of the bush. In everything lives the evidence of the beautiful. If one does not learn to listen to the music of nature and appreciate her beauty, then that which impels man to seek love at its fountain may be lost in the remotest antiquity.”

- Living with the Himalayan Masters, Swami Rama

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Dear friend,

Some months have passed since my last letter.. The summer months always enthrals me into an intense love affair with the Sun and the last place I want to be is wandering aimlessly through digital forests.

We have passed Lion’s Gate and a New Moon.. On the windowsill I am admiring this year’s harvest simmering in the rays of the morning sunbeams ~ contained in glass jars and bottles, pure magic waiting to be processed and transformed into healing remedies. The devis of Vestfold’s coastlines, kamis of Ula’s meadows and nature spirits of the Nordic forest realms are willingly coming to rest in dark containers, blended with aromas, essene light codes and crystal activations ~ eagerly waiting to bring you light and joy on your path..

When foraging in the wild, I am bursting with aliveness and dissolve into a conversation with the local ecology. Deeply rooted in my homeland, I commune with the plants and ask them for advice and teachings. The senses become bridges between the plant and human realm and allow my vision to open and my intuition to flow like the juicy, cristalline rivers of the Himalayas.. Dragonflies and bees are humming softly to the melodies of that organic summertime jazz ~ and I dance with the rhythm of the forests ‘harmony-aum’..

St. John’s Wart, Nettle, Calendula, Mugwort, Meadowsweet, Yarrow, Fireweed and friends come together to support our transition into the darker days of the year.. I whirl them all into my kundalini stream ~ bottle them and lock them safely in the wooden cabinet with the other captured essences.. My heart beats a little bit stronger knowing that sisters from near and far are opening the dialogue with the plant realm and bringing back the ancient ways.. The heat of these golden days is bound to bring forth shadows ~ and solace can be found in the continuous communion with our natural realm. Free from projections and karmic clutter, the plants bring the cleanest of messages from the waters of Source.. The remedies will take a couple of weeks to process ~ stay tuned to receive the full list of products.

If you are an empath and highly sensitive person (HSP) like me, you will probably feel the intensity of summer much stronger that ‘normal’ people. The Sun brings a power and will that can feel overwhelming at times, encouraging us to find our boundaries and keep the inner temperature balanced. Make sure to tune into your core/coeur several times a day and listen deeply to the needs of your soul.

• Spend hours soaking in the Sun, contemplating it’s qualities and how they are also alive in you.. The Sun has the ability to purify our karmic knots, it’s all about directing your awareness into the unconscious parts of your body using your breath and stay with the tension until it dissolves. Feel the heat embrace your skin and surrender with your every breath. Notice what this can teach you about warm boundaries and allowing your energy to drop from the mind and into the body and heart.

• Siestitas: Give yourself permission to rest in the shade in the middle of the day when the Sun is at its strongest. Bring your favourite blankets into the woods or sea shore coves let nature hold you in her embrace until you feel rejuvenated and ready to enter the world again!

• Seek clean water sources and be aware of how the running water and negative ions can help cleanse your emotional body..

• Eat light. Literally, eat light. Can you find your own way around this?

• Explore your local flora to find edible plants that are blooming at the peak of summer’s presence to prepare your body for the colder days. Frozen redcurrants are my favourite remedies to counter winter depression, an instant reminder of the inevitable turning of the seasons!

• And lastly, make use of the light and windy drafts to declutter and clean your spaces to easy the transition into fall..

Below you will find some articles that have inspired me this season, from Kami Mcbride on herbal oils to Asia Suler on Summertime Sadness, Akal Anand’s heart muscle meditations and self-love practices from Buddhist traditions..

In light,
Caroline Ināya

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Community Voices

Inspiration and practices from near and far that have sparked my flow this month!

• Mythic Medicine - Sunshine Medicine: The Healing Magic of St. John’s Wart (podcast)

• Elizabeth Meacham Ph. D. - ‘Earth Spirit Dreaming: Shamanic EcoTherapy Practices’ (book)

• Kami McBride - Healing Herbal Oils: How to make them and use them (podcast)

• Akal Anand - Heart Muscle Meditation and activation journeys (programmes)

• Maitri: Practices for Developing Loving-Kindness for Oneself (article)

• Swami Rama - Living with the Himalayan Masters (pdf)
  
  ”…and this gospel of nature speaks its parables from the glacial streams, the valleys laden with lilies, the forests covered with flowers, and the light of stars. This gospel reveals that emphatic knowledge through which one learns truth and beholds the good in all its majesty and glory. When one learns to hear the music of nature and appreciate her beauty, then his soul moves in harmony with its entire environment. His every movement and every sound will surely then find its due place in human society.”

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Seasonal Offerings

I am here to serve your highest evolution and the soft unfolding of your human essence. With experience from both western and eastern healing traditions, I offer a wide range of therapies to soothe and inspire your current energetic needs. Below are some of the tools and formulas that have helped me on my own path to wholeness.

• Pathfinding - Oslo and online

• Forest Therapy Sessions - Oslo and online

• Reiki and Nordic Touch Therapy - Oslo

• Gene Key Readings - Oslo and online

• Retreat: Inner Mountain Yoga Retreat at Mjølfjell with Vana Yoga 2-5 September

• Retreat: Nat:Urkraft Wim Hof and Elemental Alchemy at Finnskogen 14-17 October

• Cycledelics: The Journey - scheduled for October 2021

• Expressive Art Therapy and Art Commissions - on request

• Guided Medicine Journeys / Rites of Passage - on request

Join the group Norwegian Sage ༓･ Healing Arts for a community of fellow seekers - or book a session of your own if you would like to venture deeper into the forests of your inner nature..

Sage Stories IV : The Way of Water

“A new spirituality is arising, one that upholds the self, the heart and the body. It is both a very ancient and very evolutionary spirituality. It is a spirituality that calls on us not to denigrate, transcend or reject who we are as a self, but rather to embody it and ennoble it in service of mankind and the Earth. It is a spirituality of freedom and of service, in other words, of authenticity and solidarity.”

— Chris Saade

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Dear Friend,

I woke up this morning having experienced the most potent dreams in a long time 〜 full of energy to share. One of winter’s many gifts was the space to cultivate a practice of Earth Dreaming, connecting to the dreams of Mother Earth herself - finding that my dream journeys are taking new depth and form.. Under my bare feet, I can feel her waking up too - as the green life force is slowly emerging from the soil.. Another emerging practice is a deep surrender to the Way of Water 〜 of honouring the water in my inner and outer nature and a surrender to the dew drops, rivers and waterfalls of my dharma. For me, last year was all about fire - and 2021 I am dedicating to water in all its forms..

As put by Richard Rudd:

“When you see the world through the Water Eye your primary awareness rests with your breath, your body and its gentle rhythms and with the movement of life all round you … all of life sees with you and all of life comes towards you. The Fire Eye is the seeker inside you that led you here … the inquirer, the seeker, the knower. It leads you on a dance through life as you leap from one experience to another … in the ever changing landscape of dreams.

Rare is the human being who can give their life over to the Water Eye. It is the subtlest of the subtle. It is the softest, most paradoxical, most mysterious presence inside you. The Water Eye is a power without force, without emotion, without warmth. If you allow the lens of the Water Eye to open inside your being, you will begin to view your life and the world in a completely new way..”

Ripples Waves of Venus
When I dip my finger in the collective waters to tune into the temperature our shared heart-mind, I sense a feeling of relief and joy for the times that are now coming. For me, winter has been about deep shadow work and wrapping myself in new silken veils of self-respect and self-love. I have had strong emotional releases, tears streaming, channels bursting open as a result of the work put down in The Venus Sequence, a Gene Keys programme where we follow the Pathways of Love, using our daily lives and our relationships to fuel of our spiritual transformation.

Working with the Gene Keys, we are able to de-program the low frequencies in our DNA and release stagnant vibrations and old programming which prevent us from living from our highest soul expression. If you are interested in receiving a Venus Reading, I would love to receive you. We will be looking into themes such as patterns of co-dependency, emotional maturity, spiritual realization, our wounding mechanisms and techniques for de-armouring our core wound. On the other side, I feel rejuvenated, as if my human being has been put through an energetic upgrade, allowing more rainbows to burst forward with clarity and colour!

As Chris Saade so finely puts it - a new spirituality is emerging - a practice opening us to freedom and service. To our sacred selves, each other, our waters and the earth. Restoring the balance and harmony to the world again 〜 with each step and breath.

Let it flow,
Caroline Ināya

*This work arises from a dedication to serving the divine flow. If you would like to make a donation to keep the river alive, please do this here. May these words leave you refresh and rejuvenated as if you were drinking from a hidden natural spring in the wild woods of the north!

Cycledelics : The Journey
Since I began writing the Sage Stories, I intended to publish a newsletter each month, but I found myself enveloped in the tight cocoon of the seed, and was not even able to write a single word for several of the darker months. Resting in the presence of yin, immersed in the emotional waters and the silent metamorphosis of the dragonfly. In early February however, I felt an immense force throbbing in my third eye, and was not able to sleep for several nights 〜 resulting in the birth of the ‘Cycledelics’ programme.

‘Cycledelics’ is an online experience, designed to nurture your relationship to your inner teacher and carve out a deeper space for the art of contemplation to unfold in your life. It feels like the aromatic essence of all my favourite connection practices thus far on my own path, and I am so excited to share it with you!

The course lasts for eight weeks, which a combination of lectures and sharing circles - from venturing into our the caves of our inner mystery school to taking the practice into the heart of nature, learning about the glowing flames of the creative principle, and coming together in ceremony to celebrate the cosmos and life itself!

We begin on Wednesday the 14th of April - and the deadline for signing up is this week! Let’s make the unconscious conscious, reconnect to our natural intelligence and heal humanity in the process!

*If you have already signed up, you will receive the welcome letter, community invitation and material at the end of this week.

Seasonal Offerings

I am here to serve your highest evolution and the soft unfolding of your human essence. With experience from both western and eastern healing traditions, I offer a wide range of therapies to soothe and inspire your current energetic state. Below are some of the tools and formulas that have helped me on my own path, and that I would love to share with you.

• Cycledelics: The Journey - April 14th

• Gathering: Wim Hof og Elementenes Alkymi - Finnskogen, Norge - April 18-22

• Pathfinding / Solar Transmissions - Oslo and online

• Forest Therapy Sessions - Oslo + virtual experiences

• Reiki / Conscious Touch Therapy - Oslo

• Gene Key Readings - Oslo and online

• Women’s Circles - on request

• Expressive Art Therapy and Art Commissions - on request

• Rites of Passage / Guided Medicine Walks - on request

Join the group Norwegian Sage ༓･ Healing Arts for a community of fellow seekers and pathfinders - or book a session of your own if you would like to venture deeper into your own mystery school gardens..

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Poems and Prayers

cerebral streams

discern
define
your pathways

discern again
now listen
to the
air - earth - fire - water
and ether
of your channels

structure the direction
adjust
the compass of what works

navigate
practice
new currents
new depths
open these valves
and hold. hold. hold the space

for how long
can you remain in - and maintain
the field between the inhale and the exhale

feel it expand
where time does not exist
and the circle is resting
in a point of eternal non-duality

shifting, circulation, recycling
the fluctuation of the cerebral energy

your very own cycledelic remedy

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~ L A S T. C O N T R A C T I O N S ~

Once a year, I retreat into the silence of my own being.. To distill the wisdom from the days passed, to spread the seeds of light in the oceans and forests, and to listen to the beating heart of Nature. Earthwalking. Earthdreaming. In the stillness of my cells I can harvest the newborn cristalline codes to be planted in our collective fields through authentic presence, art and poetry. To be whispered to the wind and carries across continents to spread the Word of peace and harmony for all beings.

Are you not afraid or lonely, they say ~ to roam the starscapes and woodlands at night... For they know not that I am far from alone, as I carry the vastness of creation in my womb. I commune with the plant beings, the mineral realms, the soil and the land. I converse with last drops of rose root, the wild angelica and the standing people.. I dance to the birdsong, rest in the steaming moss and drink of the frothing waves until my chalice is full and I can breathe again ~ from the purest of places..

I wake up with ice cold frost breath, light the fire and let the day fill me with the incense of life.. Cleansing my body and vision. Shedding skins. Clearing the Way. Cracking open. Rebirthing my human. Activating my Creative Matrix. Remembering to walk the Earth like the ancients. Preparing myself to receive the fruits of the Earth. Learning from my Mother, my Homeland. Following the path of the Sun and the Holy One. I carry greens, my guitar and a hundered blank pages. I pay my respects to the flames. I surrender ~ and I wait..

Share the Light of the Gene Keys?

Do you or anyone you know need a spark of inspiration and renewed sense of purpose? A sense of companion-ship in the oceans of emotions, forests of mind or vastness of inner and outer space ~ a safe harbour, soft clearing or solemn exhale between your travels?

The Gene Keys is a powerful tool for self-illumination, empowerment and clarity.. By immersing ourselves in the Art of Contemplation, we allow the Gene Keys to activate our inner teacher and raise the frequency of our physical, emotional and mental bodies.

The transmission itself holds a modern blend of genetics, quantum mechanics, personal development, myths, archetypes, and the ancient tools of Astrology (heavens) interwoven with the I’Ching (earth).

Working with the Gene Keys also opens a portal into jnana yoga (the wisdom branch), shedding light on a vast range of philosophical concepts such as unity consciousness, the auric field, transcending suffering, calibrating our inner compass, shadow work, the hero’s journey and nature-based embodiment..

A deep mythical journey into your phyche and unconcious realms, the teachings can also unlock our understanding- and experience of the secret gnostic mysteries of the Sacred Wound, the Rainbow Bridge and the Holy Grail..

And the best thing? It leaves YOU in charge of your speed, depth and direction..

PM for requests.. This year I have given over 111 readings and emphasize working with the Gene Keys in close connection with Nature ~ the Sun, the Moon and the Stars..

www.norwegiansage.com/gene-keys