Hollow Bone Creative Healing Arts

11/20/2025

It’s ok to let go of things and people that have played out their course. What awaits in the sidelines may be greater than what you imagine.
Water your dreams with joy and non-attachment.

11/14/2025

The transcendent function is a necessary pillar of our ability to evolve. What we have been programmed to describe as anxiety or suffering is very much a needed force of transformation, maturation, and spiritual liberation.

“Though it may not feel like it at times, the tides have already begun to shift. As I've said before, for all its grey skies and soul-weariness, 2025 carries something important, something its predecessors did not: a faint glimmer of hope. It may not be dazzling. It may not be spectacular, but it is there—nestled in the quiet moments of despair, in the calm retreat between chaotic moments, in the slow, gradual reveal of truths that can no longer remain hidden. Dark truths—ones obscured by a concatenation of lies—require patience and delicate unravelling.

And yeah, what many might mistake for ordinary anxiety may in fact be something more nuanced, more piercing: Angst. Often confused with anxiety, angst is a transcendent emotion in that it combines the unbearable anguish of life with the hopes of overcoming this seemingly insurmountable situation. Without the important element of hope, the emotion is anxiety, not angst. Angst is the burden of not knowing how or when things will change, bound to the stubborn conviction that they must. It is the psychic tension of the dispossessed—spiritually or materially—who, despite it all, continue to wait for signs that something better is coming.

And it is. Not all at once. Not with fanfare or miracles. But steadily, subtly—as if guided by some unseen rhythm that knows precisely when each piece should fall into place. Bit by bit, the veil lifts. What has long been painful, confusing, or obscured by deception is slowly starting to come into focus.

Have faith, not in my words, of course, but in your own witness, body, and mind.

By next year, the shape of something more promising will begin to emerge on the horizon. You may not recognise it at first. It may be small, even fragile. But it will carry colour. A soft flash of cobalt against the grey. A bluebird. And with it, the quiet confirmation that the worst is behind us—and the rest, however uncertain, can now be met with open eyes and an unguarded heart.”

~ Ang Stoic

10/30/2025

As the incense smoke merges with the steam from my tea cup, I look out the window and the voice of one of my teachers echos a well loved message…. “No… is a complete sentence.”
My heart smiles.

10/28/2025

10/22/2025

Remember. Respect. Celebrate.

While we should take every opportunity to cultivate love, kindness, and compassion, Dia de Mu***os offers us an opportunity to celebrate not only the beautiful memories and lives of family and friends, but also to show generosity of heart by honoring those who died alone, without family or friends to remember them.

During these challenging times, let's also make the effort to remember fathers, mothers, children, and youth who died while crossing borders seeking a better life, some whose bodies may still lie undiscovered in deserts or mountains, also, for those who have been killed or died while in custody.

Your reverent prayers and candlelight will help guide them home to the Ancestors.

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October 27, for those who died alone without family to remember them. Also, animal companions. Light a white candle.

October 28, for those who died in an accident or other unexpected manner. Light a white candle.

October 29, for those who died by drowning. Light a white candle.

October 30, for those who died unidentified and without food. Light a white candle and place bread/food for them on the altar.

October 31 to November 1: Vigil and ofrenda dedicated to Infants, children, and those unable to be born. Candles, food, baby formula, a sippy cup with milk, or snacks appropriate to the age of the deceased.

November 2, Vigil for Adult dead. Customary offerings of candles, food, and beverages for adults.

November 3, Light one last candle, offer a prayer for their journey, thank them for their visit, say goodbye, and ask that they return next year. Mindfully, take down your altar. Food can be given to wildlife if suitable.

In honor of our most high and holy Ancestors and future generations of good ancestors.

🕯️Do not leave candles unattended.

10/22/2025

A wise Tibetan man recently told me that even a grain of rice has the name of the person/animal/insect for whom it is meant to be eaten by.
Trust that what is yours will find you.

10/10/2025

09/18/2025

“I know I can give love. For a minute, for half an hour, for a day, for a month. But I can give. And I am very happy to do that. And I am very happy to do that. And I want to do that.”

Yes. I can give.

08/17/2025

Often when one begins the healing journey of their inner wounded child, they exclaim, “what is this really going to do? It all happened to me already.”
Then we move gently into the teaching of time and neural networks, but the doubt may linger for a bit.
Now, for those that need proof… science validates what we medicine people have known…