9/6/22 Tong Shu: Yang Water Dog, loyal to the feeling and flow of your want—what do you want? On this Full day that shares The House, yang emerges from yin, new confidence and chi patterns are forming through your reverent, honoring, inner-feeling and vision. Patiently allow the feeling to come from your heart—do not force. Forcing only brings confusion and harm: “Pleasuring in dominance. Danger…Do not seek pleasure too aggressively,” Pleasuring: line 5, page 130. (Note: today contains the wildcard element, use your own divination tools to discern this added aspect of your day.) *************************** VAN LIFE I’d been loosing my shit last week. My body and mind working to make the transition to “empty nesting” aside menopausal hormonal flares. It was depressively stormy within. Then @vilma_from_the_andes suggested the cleansing power of the ocean. And @riley_worthington said we could borrow his van. So we packed up and departed for the Washington State 101. Starting south and making our way up… slowly. One intuitive stop at a time. Back to Nature. Back into my body. Slowly finding peace within again. Michael, Clover and I are trying on a new rhythm. Trying on a new way of connecting with ourselves and each other and this life. Simple. One breath, one small action at a time. This is how I like it. Thank you #worldwideweb and the beautiful humans in our life for making this possible. Image: Getting ready for bed with @michaelwilliams5208 in this super awesome #van. Loving #vanlife HTTPS://www.beautyofbeinghuman.com #dog #yang #water #emotions #feeling #pleasure #reverence #astrology #chineseastrology #tongshu #fromtheheart #intimacy #spiritualcoach #somatic #healer #writer #speaker #healing #feeling #manifestation #compassion #intuition #inspiration #empowerment #livingsensualway #beautyofbeinghuman #piperlaurisalogga

9/5/22 Tong Shu: Yin Metal Rooster, in your element, focused and clear about what you want… calling/pecking after it. On this Divide day that shares The Roof, yin nurses yang, shedding inessentials (things, thoughts, feelings) makes it easier to cross over the threshold before you. Holding the Center, feeling into this center that is the basis of Life everywhere and in you, brings balance to the vulnerability of needed loss. Negotiation and healing may be called for: “Disagreements may arise, but ultimately, a new alliance takes place. Illness may arise, but ultimately, there is recovery,” Changing, Pleasuring: line 4, page 130. Trust you are clearly guided to what you want and need. *************************** READY! Hat and hood and double-coats on. Boots tied tight, wool socks high, and pant legs rolled up. I am ready to face the miles of fine sand in wind and storm outside. Ready for the ocean’s great force to move through. Ready to open my inner-cavity and let the stale and old blow out. Let go. Loose what is not me. Make room for the beauty that is. Happy Labor Day! Images: #grayland Beach State Park, WA; inside the van with layers on HTTPS://www.beautyofbeinghuman.com #rooster #yin #metal #clearmind #shedding #centered #astrology #chineseastrology #tongshu #fromtheheart #intimacy #spiritualcoach #somatic #healer #writer #speaker #teacher #facilitator #healing #feeling #manifestation #compassion #intuition #inspiration #empowerment #livingsensualway #beautyofbeinghuman #piperlaurisalogga

9/4/22 Tong Shu: Yang Metal Monkey, in your element, clever, quick, and playful/trickster. On this Design day that shares The Void, yin gives birth to yang, new beginnings and new inspiration come out of the vulnerability of emptiness and all possibility. There is a right time for endings and beginnings felt in your intuitive body. Follow the feeling… which does not mean chasing “good” feeling: “A selfish interest in pleasure leads to artifice, dishonesty and flattery that in turn leads to loss,” Changing, Pleasuring: line 3, page 130. Your body and heart know what they need—follow their call inside you. ******************************** WORLD’S LARGEST SITKA SPRUCE (Lake Quinault) Mighty. Tall indeed. And Her roots! Thick and strong. Deep under the ground and bursting beyond. Her years of growth. Years and years and years. Far beyond my own. Natural Growth. Up and out. Down and in. Both needed to grow strong like this. Both supported by the rain and sun, the wind and soil. If this mighty Spruce can so naturally grow and grow for hundered’s of years, I too can gracefully grow and grow and grow within my time here. Spruce has all She needs and so do I. So do we all. Image: #lakequinault , near Rain Forest Resort Village, Quinault Washington HTTPS://www.beautyofbeinghuman.com #monkey #yang #metal #clever #inspired #new #listen #insideout #astrology #chineseastrology #tongshu #fromtheheart #intimacy #spiritualcoach #somatic #healer #writer #speaker #facilitator #healing #feeling #manifestation #compassion #intuition #inspiration #empowerment #livingsensualway #beautyofbeinghuman #piperlaurisalogga

9/3/22 Tong Shu: Yin Earth Goat, in your element, balanced, going with the flow, working well with others. On this Shut day that shares The Maiden, yin and yang are undifferentiated, momentum is still—effortlessly creating to nurture and nourish comes patiently from the heart. Today, less is more. “You enjoy doing the right thing. There is pleasure in being capable, honest and loyal,” Changing, Pleasuring: line 2, page 130. Feel what is right for you and act in small ways from your heart. *************************** “Angels are working for you. Something you prayed for will arrive.” Whether you believe in angels, or not. Divine helpers, or not. Ancestoral energy, or not. There is a Force in Life. A stirring, a pulse of creating. Atoms and cells miraculously in perpetual motion. This creating—everywhere, all the time. This creating, this Force of Nature, coalesces through our felt focus. How we are feeling is the vibration of what we are co-creating. Personally, I like believing that there are entities unseen (but felt) that are supporting me in my creation. I feel more connected, more loved, in my living this way. Image: Thank you FB for sending this graphic connection through random recommendations. HTTPS://www.beautyofbeinghuman.com #GOAT #yin #earth #balance #mothering #nurture #slowandeasy #astrology #chineseastrology #tongshu #fromtheheart #intimacy #spiritualcoach #somatic #healer #writer #speaker #teacher #facilitator #healing #feeling #manifestation #compassion #intuition #inspiration #empowerment #livingsensualway #beautyofbeinghuman #piperlaurisalogga

9/2/22 Tong Shu: Yang Earth Horse, wise, clear, austere. On this Open day that shares The Oxboy, yin consumes yang, acceptance, allowing what is, wandering about with it, is the best solution to the day. There is a fateful, inner-revolution at work—respect an honor it. “Humbly taking pleasure in a simple life is truly rewarding,” Changing, Pleasuring: line 1, page 130. Joy and grief dance hand in hand as you move through the natural changes of life… all of it is love. ************************** SERENITY “God, grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, courage to change the things I can, and the wisdom to know the difference.” ~ 12 Steps Serenity Prayer From my spot at the table. This view that allows. Allows it all. Soaring and plunging. Waffling and weaving. Roots and wings of me. Nature in Her nurturing glory. Thank you for holding me. Absorbing me. Supporting me. I cannot do it alone… although my human habit has me trying (ode to letting this lonely habit go). Acceptance and Wisdom You Are… I AM too. Thank you Spirit. Thank you Sacred Earth. Image: out morning’s kitchen window, #lakesammamish #washington HTTPS://www.beautyofbeinghuman.com #horse #yang #earth #still #Wise #open #wanderingsoul #astrology #chineseastrology #tongshu #fromtheheart #intimacy #spiritualcoach #somatic #healer #writer #speaker #facilitator #healing #feeling #manifestation #compassion #intuition #inspiration #empowerment #livingsensualway #beautyofbeinghuman #piperlaurisalogga

9/1/22 Tong Shu: Yin Fire Snake, in your element, alchemy/transformation from deep within the heart and body. On this Harvest day that shares The Ladle, yin overcomes yang, standing back and allowing your feeling to flow inspiration and transformation through you is called for. To unify in trusted Community naturally brings empowered focus to all. “Observe everyone… A wise person can learn from observing anyone or anything… Practice mediation in action,” Changing, Observance: line 6: page 54. This is a powerful inside out day. *************************** A SONG FOR THE HEART FB Memory: 2 years ago my post, a hand written reminder of these sounds, this call from The Heart to the Divine. 4 years ago (pre-pandemic) I learned them in Seabeck Choir from @rickiebyars . So grateful to be reconnected with their reverberation in me. Courageously sharing in video today. Much love to you! May these sounds, this call, sing its way into your heart and out to the Divine in your own sound. xoPiper Lyrics (phonetic spelling): Om nah mo, bah ga va te, vasu de va ya Video: spontaneous kitchen singing while waking up to the world HTTPS://www.beautyofbeinghuman.com #snake #yin #fire #alchemy #transformation #community #care #astrology #chineseastrology #tongshu #fromtheheart #intimacy #spiritualcoach #somatic #healer #writer #speaker #teacher #facilitator #healing #feeling #manifestation #compassion #intuition #inspiration #empowerment #livingsensualway #beautyofbeinghuman #piperlaurisalogga

8/31/22 Tong Shu: Yang Fire Dragon, bold, intense, and powerful. On this Complete day that shares The Basket, yin is born from yang, relax into what has already been created, simply identifying what is wanted/needed and what is not. Molting can occur this way… simply letting go, letting Mother Earth absorb and recycle what you are complete with. “Observe the wise, as they observe themselves… Realistic self-assessment is a vital part of maintaining leadership [of self and others],”Changing, Observance: line 5, page 54. **************************** SPECIAL CARDS The ones that you keep because they’re so sweet. They remind you that you are loved. And that you love. They remind you of the special times in life: birthdays, anniversaries, weddings, holidays. But most of all, they remind me to see myself through another’s eyes: “My luscious, beautiful, magical, powerful wife;” “We love the beauty that you are;” “I love you so much and I’m so lucky to have such a wonderful person as my mom.” Words and feelings that are good to read and reread to remember, to feel deep in my heart and body. Image: Front card made by the amazing and talented @amyhealyart atop the other treasures that popped out of my bookcase today to catch my attention. HTTPS://www.beautyofbeinghuman.com #dragon #yang #fire #power #strength #magic #transcend #wisdom #astrology #chineseastrology #tongshu #fromtheheart #intimacy #spiritualcoach #somatic #healer #writer #speaker #teacher #facilitator #healing #feeling #manifestation #compassion #intuition #inspiration #empowerment #livingsensualway #beautyofbeinghuman #piperlaurisalogga

8/28/22 Tong Shu: Yin Water Ox, yoked to Spirit, doing the tender work of feeling. On this Maintain day that shares The Room, yang consumes yin, action is at the ready to transform (physical, mental, emotional spaces in you life). If feeling anxious or wily, your ambition may inappropriately tempt you: “Your bad manners or incomplete observance is excusable—no serious consequences,” Changing, Observance: line 2, page 54. (Note: today contains the wildcard element, use your own divination tools to discern this added aspect of your day.) ************************** “If you’re not into labels, instead of ‘I’m an Empath,’ say: My intuition is powerful. I experience things intensely. I notice small details. I feel empathy big-time. I’m sharply aware.” ~ Realized Empath Tapping into our gifts of feeling to guide us. Our innate and intuitive wisdom through empathy. I believe all/most humans have access to this wisdom, this feeling. And sometimes, often, allowing the “less desirable” feeling (sadness, anger, frustration) to flow in and through us is the key to feeling more of the “desirable” emotion (joy, contentment, enthusiasm). All this feeling, together with the that of our senses, is connected to the power of our intuitive feeling. All of this feeling a great gift of our humanness. Image: thank you @realizedempath for your post on Instagram HTTPS://www.beautyofbeinghuman.com #ox #yin #water #feeling #emotions #sensations #wisdom #work #astrology #chineseastrology #tongshu #fromtheheart #intimacy #spiritualcoach #somatic #healer #writer #speaker #teacher #facilitator #healing #feeling #manifestation #compassion #intuition #inspiration #empowerment #livingsensualway #beautyofbeinghuman #piperlaurisalogga

8/27/22 Tong Shu: Yang Water Rat, in your element, with new moon in Virgo, clearing out the muck and making good of it. On this Settle day that shares The Root, yang pushes off yin, readiness in action alongside reverent connection with Earth and Sky (the basis of Life) ushers you forward. Focus on care of your Household (meaningful community), including yourself. Do pause if/when triggered: “Sloppy or negligent observance of procedures is acceptable from an uneducated child, but the same negligence from a person in a position of responsibility is unacceptable,” Changing, Observance: line 1, page 54. Curiosity before blame wins every time. *************************** FOCUS - The Tent’s A-Rockin’ ~ Lynn V. Andrews When too many feathers are in the air. Too many thoughts, actions to choose from. Juggling them, impossible. Pick One. Just one. Lay the others down. Once the first is complete (for now), choose which One to pick up next. Be with it. See it through. Then the next. One choice, one bite at a time. Flowing in action like this. Ease comes with focus. Image: Sacred Vision Oracle Cards: FOCUS. Created by @lynnandrewsauthor and @roberttaylorartist HTTPS://www.beautyofbeinghuman.com #rat #yang #water #Collective #biting #action #community #patience #astrology #chineseastrology #tongshu #fromtheheart #intimacy #spiritualcoach #somatic #healer #writer #speaker #teacher #facilitator #healing #feeling #manifestation #compassion #intuition #inspiration #empowerment #livingsensualway #beautyofbeinghuman #piperlaurisalogga

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