Congratulations on winning week two’s prize for the Sol Inspiration 2022 Challenge! Below you can download to your computer/mobile device or listen online to the Loving, Kindness - Unconditional Love Guided Meditation. I hope you enjoy and that this practice brings great love and light to your life!
With gratitude, light, and love,
Erica
The Waltz of Duality - A spirit-spoken poem inspired by my own internal journey with duality as well as observing it in the world around me. Accompanying the poem are photos and artistic responses from the natural world of how duality is waltzing with me and around me, everywhere I go.
Paradoxical Musings - Deeply inspired by the paradox I see all around me, I have been making art to try and process it. Below is a soul-written poem, photos, and a painting about paradox, contradictions, duality, and how we might find buoyancy in a time where sinking may seem inevitable.
Laughter Medicine - a soul spoken poem about unburdening, ancestral weight, motherhood, and complicated identities.
Returning to Nature - a soul spoken poem about death, rebirth, natural law, reciprocity in our relationship to nature, and remembering how to return to nature who loves us so deeply. This written word is accompanied by photos and podcasts with authors, Alua Arthur, Robin Kimmerer Wall, and Suzanne Simard.
Try a Little Tenderness - a soul spoken poem about addiction, pleasure and pain, tenderness, and the lessons of a weary hearted student of life returning home to her ancestors. This written word is accompanied by visual pieces which have helped me understand the meaning of tenderness and begin to integrate tenderness into my life.
Stories of Transition - a piece of soul poetry about the experience of loss, letting go, and returning to a redefined understanding of Home. As well as visual accompaniment inspired by the theme artistic response to grief and seasons of transition.
A Journey into the Sacred - a spirit-spoken poem and acrylic painting inspired by love, loss, and awe-spiring artistry of creation.
The Fish at Half Moon Lake - a spirit-spoken poem of a family story about success, loss, and letting go.
A Sign of Saturn’s Time- a spirit-spoken poem about the end of my first Saturn return and all the loss and gain which came with it.
Day 8 of the Virgo Writer’s Challenge- 30 minutes of writing a day for 30 days
08/30/23
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Day 7 of the Virgo Writer’s Challenge- 30 minutes of writing a day for 30 days
08/29/23
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Day 6 of the Virgo Writer’s Challenge- 30 minutes of writing a day for 30 days
08/28/23
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Day 5 of the Virgo Writer’s Challenge- 30 minutes of writing a day for 30 days
08/27/23
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Day 4 of the Virgo Writer’s Challenge- 30 minutes of writing a day for 30 days
08/26/23
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Day 3 of the Virgo Writer’s Challenge- 30 minutes of writing a day for 30 days
08/25/23
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Day 2 of the Virgo Writer’s Challenge- 30 minutes of writing a day for 30 days
08/24/23
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Day 1 of the Virgo Writer’s Challenge- 30 minutes of writing a day for 30 days
08/23/23
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In this blog, read the story of Summit of Wellness creator, Erica Cooley-Faulk’s recent European Adventure, watch a video diary of her exploration and discoveries through Amsterdam and other areas of the Netherlands and Finland.
In this blog, read the story of Summit of Wellness creator, Erica Cooley-Faulk’s recent European Adventure, watch a video diary of her exploration and discoveries through Dublin, Ireland, Munich, Germany, Rome, Italy, and Vatican City. Check back soon for Part 2 of the European Adventure Diaries!
Fear’s Demise- a spirit-spoken poem about the chooses life presents each of us with and the role of fear as an active participant rather than a hindrance in life’s journey. If the topic of fear resonates with you, I invite you to take a few minutes to write about a time in your life you experience fear and how it guided or did not guide your decision making. I would love to read your words on this topic, if it feels in alignment for you, share your words on fear in the form below the poem on this page.
Notes on Sorrow- a spirit-spoken poem exploring the interior of my own personal definition of sorrow and lose prompted by a writer’s workshop with author, Yung Pueblo. If this writing prompt resonates with you, I invite you to take a few minutes to write about your experience with sorrow and the accompanying emotions that arise within you. I would love to read your words on this topic, if it feels in alignment for you, share your notes on the topic of sorrow in the form on this page.
The Angel of Incidence- a spirit-spoken poem inspired by an oracle card of the same name from an oracle deck called the Death Doula Oracle. If it resonates with you, I invite you to take a few minutes to draw an oracle card from any deck you feel called to or look at an inspiring piece of art or natural landscape and allow the words to flow from you in response. I would love to read your words that come up from this exercise, if it feels in alignment for you, share in the form below the poem.
In this blog, Read the story of Summit of Wellness creator, Erica Cooley-Faulk’s recent journey through the Southwest USA, watch a video diary of her exploration and discoveries through the South and North Rim of the Grand Canyon, listen to original spoken word poetry inspired and created from the wonder and beauty of the American Southwest.
In this blog, Read the story of Summit of Wellness creator, Erica Cooley-Faulk’s recent journey through the Southwest USA, watch a video diary of her exploration and discoveries through Sedona, Arizona and the South Rim of the Grand Canyon, listen to original spoken word poetry inspired and created from the wonder and beauty of the American Southwest. Check back soon for Part 2 of the Southwest Journey Diaries!
Pothos’ Song- a spirit-spoken poem inspired by an innovative device called a PlantWave which translates the electrical frequency emitted by plants into music. This poem was inspired by the song of a Marble Queen Pothos plant I care for. At the end of the poem, enjoy listening to a recording of the Marble Queen Pothos’ song produced by a PlantWave device.
I’d like to share with you my interpretation of Loving, Kindness or metta meditation. This is a type of Buddhist meditation focused on sharing pure, unconditional love for one’s self and for others. This meditation features crystal singing bowls as well as sounds from nature.
Grandmother Spider - a spirit-spoken poem about the intricate design of the weave of life, the wisdom which surfaces from observing nature’s flow and creation all inspired by the animal medicine of Grandmother Spider.
Metamorphosis- a spirit-spoken poem about change, transformation, the process of realization in growth periods. Using the process of metamorphosis for a butterfly to illustrate human evolution and growth.
I’d like to share with you my interpretation of an energy grounding meditation called Grounding in the Present Moment. This meditation is intended for daily use to connect yourself with the Earth and experience her grounding energy in the present moment to gain stillness and presence in any situation. This meditation features crystal singing bowls.
The Peace Process- a spirit-spoken poem about the daily choices we make as humans and the impact of those choices on our arrival or distancing from the state of peace.
