{"id":3965,"date":"2011-03-20T15:31:52","date_gmt":"2011-03-20T21:31:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gaiasgarden.com\/blog\/?p=3965"},"modified":"2011-03-20T15:31:52","modified_gmt":"2011-03-20T21:31:52","slug":"spring-equinox-2011","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gaiasgarden.com\/blog\/2011\/03\/20\/spring-equinox-2011\/","title":{"rendered":"Spring Equinox ~ 2011"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #333333;\"><strong><em>Spring is on it&#8217;s way!<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3966\" title=\"Spring ~March\" src=\"http:\/\/www.gaiasgarden.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/springmarch.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"307\" height=\"410\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.gaiasgarden.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/springmarch.jpg 307w, https:\/\/www.gaiasgarden.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/springmarch-224x300.jpg 224w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 307px) 100vw, 307px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Like many of you I&#8217;ve been watching world events with a heavy heart. How do we find and maintain our center when the ground is  shifting and changing beneath our feet. . .\u00a0 Most importantly, how do we  cope with the face of inevitable change?<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3980\" title=\"prayer\" src=\"http:\/\/www.gaiasgarden.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/prayer1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"318\" height=\"296\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.gaiasgarden.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/prayer1.jpg 318w, https:\/\/www.gaiasgarden.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/prayer1-300x279.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 318px) 100vw, 318px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Each of us have different ways of coping whether it is  through prayer,  meditation, writing, painting, watching movies or doing the spiritual  work we have been  practicing over the years. In times of crisis, we often return to those beliefs and practices that restore a sense of balance in our lives. A renewed sense of connection to the Divine.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #333333;\"><strong><em>We are one ~ we are not separate.<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3967\" title=\"Spring Flowers\" src=\"http:\/\/www.gaiasgarden.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/springflowers.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"284\" height=\"305\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.gaiasgarden.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/springflowers.jpg 284w, https:\/\/www.gaiasgarden.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/springflowers-279x300.jpg 279w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 284px) 100vw, 284px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #333333;\"><strong><em>Finding comfort in nature.<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3970\" title=\"Trees with Blossoms\" src=\"http:\/\/www.gaiasgarden.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/springhassprung.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.gaiasgarden.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/springhassprung.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.gaiasgarden.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/springhassprung-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Even on days where there are more shadows than light, we find beauty.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3989\" title=\"Buddha &amp; Lavender\" src=\"http:\/\/www.gaiasgarden.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/buddhaalavender.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"290\" height=\"306\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.gaiasgarden.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/buddhaalavender.jpg 290w, https:\/\/www.gaiasgarden.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/buddhaalavender-284x300.jpg 284w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 290px) 100vw, 290px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000080;\">&#8220;A fresh attitude starts to happen when we look to see that yesterday was yesterday, and now it is gone; today is today and now it is new. It is like that ~ every hour, every minute is changing. If we stop observing change,\u00a0 then we stop seeing everything as new.&#8221;\u00a0 ~ Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000080;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800080;\">\u201cEveryday Goddessing\u00a0 is about  sharing magical techniques and sacred wisdom with other beautiful  Goddess women. I believe that within every woman there is a goddess, a  wise woman, beautiful, creative, powerful, with a deep soul, and that  everything we need and are looking for is already inside\u00a0 each of us.\u201d \u2013  Rose Arizmendi<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Spring is on it&#8217;s way! Like many of you I&#8217;ve been watching world events with a heavy heart. How do we find and maintain our center when the ground is shifting and changing beneath our feet. . .\u00a0 Most importantly, how do we cope with the face of inevitable change? 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