What remains is Divine. This a rambling blog on #irresistiblecircumstances, ones that I create in my life and all the roles: (earth)mother, wife, lover, mover, dancer, teacher, #yogawitch. I've been mostly writing poetry in between the lesson plans, the shuffling of one thing to serve another, and the naps. Poetry helps me strip down to … Continue reading Irresistible Remains
Author: erikaaltensee
Irresistible Ribat
Íss er árbörkrok unnar þakok feigra manna fár.glacies jöfurrIcelandic Rune poem #flhikes #earthmagick #midwinter Florida winters the fortresses for the weary world of warriors; the Earth in all Her charms smiles upon the stillness here and there strangers pondering the Florida snow. Elementals come to play: the winter wind sweeps across Spanish moss icicles dangle, … Continue reading Irresistible Ribat
Irresistible Haunts
In the great stilling of the year, we walk in woods, marked with evidence of winter who, like a tourist, visited and departed in a great sky river I witness above last night's fire out under the great Moon and Clouds unfolding stories: the cow jumping over the moon the speed of a cargo plane … Continue reading Irresistible Haunts
Irresistible Organization
ᛋ Sól er skýja skjöldrok skínandi röðullok ísa aldrtregi.rota siklingr.Icelandic Rune Poem from reading sources about the house; digital text and translation here) Most of my mornings for the past two days I spend figuring out technology to bring EMY and my brick-and-mortar-sorta classroom into 2021--things on my bucket list for 2020. That I even have a … Continue reading Irresistible Organization
Irresistible Middle Ground
Nec reditum Diomedis ab interitu Meleagri,nec gemino bellum Troianum orditur ab ovo;semper ad eventum festinat et in medias resnon secus ac notas auditorem rapit, et quaedesperat tractata nitescere posse relinquit. -Horace December's almost-predictable roller-coaster ride leads me to a beautiful #abundance of creative ideas and promised into 2021. The quarantining process brings with it a shift … Continue reading Irresistible Middle Ground
Irresistible Day
Dæg byþ drihtnes sond, deore mannum, mære metodes leoht, myrgþ and tohiht eadgum and earmum, eallum brice. The Anglo-Saxon Rune poem We are almost 16 weeks into this 2020 edition of a Covid school year; school is still more about adrenaline than passion. As drive myself through adrenal fatigue and increasing #pain cycles, there is … Continue reading Irresistible Day
Irresistible Sunrise
I hear your song, Sisters the gather and order of energy rumbles from the Earth into my feet and ripples through my body long ago and into the future no longer latent ready to be used I hear your song, Sisters the release and adieu of labels the loss unnoticed by the immense sky and … Continue reading Irresistible Sunrise
Irresistible Pranayama
A moment crystallized exploding into the Self-- Where worry and fears unmasked can be followed or acknowledged. A short practice, collecting negative thoughts into a bowl of my making, consists of simple stillness and just the breath; the structure of my body struggling to be present aware and nonjudgmental-- lessons that Simple isn't easy: my … Continue reading Irresistible Pranayama
Irresistible Darkness
“Someone I loved once gave me a box full of darkness. It took me years to understand that this too, was a gift.”-Mary Oliver #abundance I've been playing around with meditation and movement to stretch into those insatiable moments of perfect clarity within today's darknesses. Most naturally and efficiently, I delve into this in the … Continue reading Irresistible Darkness
A Can of Worms and Other Rituals
It's been tough going back to school. Dealing with my own fractured energy is hard enough, but suddenly I've been thrust into everything else, a day-to-day chaos which teachers must shape into learning in a not so brave new world. And it requires hours of reading and conceptualizing and creating and time! And the consequences … Continue reading A Can of Worms and Other Rituals
