There is something special about noticing the turning of the seasons. It’s a reminder of the turning of the seasons in our own lives.

So often, we move from one season to the next without pausing long enough to acknowledge the shift…rushing from spring into summer, from fullness into the next thing waiting for our attention. That is why one of our values at Wild Sanctuary Retreats is Ceremony: We believe in the sacred power of marking time— of pausing to bless beginnings and endings, honor thresholds, and name what is holy.

There are stories many of us have quietly (or loudly) inherited about what is sacred.  For me, Kimee, growing up in a fundamental evangelical narrative, the sacred often seemed elusive.  Perhaps it was in carefully ordered spaces, like a Wednesday night prayer meeting, an orchestrated worship service, or my morning quiet time. If even those could be called sacred, tainted as they were by my human condition.

At Wild Sanctuary Retreats, we prefer to say Happy Mother’ing’ Day! On this day, we honor not only mothers, but the sacred act of mothering itself — the nurturing, comforting, guiding, protecting, encouraging, praying-for, tending-love that so many women embody in countless ways.

On this Mothering Day, we invite you to pause and rest in that Divine feminine love with us through a gentle guided meditation honoring the sacred gift of mothering in all its forms. and those special women who have mothered us so well.

To live in connection with the earth is to remember that we belong to creation, not above it. And to live rhythmically is to honor the natural cycles of rest and renewal, death and resurrection, that the earth and Jesus model so faithfully for us. Join us in celebration of this sacred relationship by engaging in a 4 Elements Guided Meditation.