Kristen Simonds
Kristen Simonds
@dandeliondoorways@dandeliondoorways.com

Host of the Dandelion Doorways Podcast: focusing on mindful living, exploring practices such as meditation and Reiki, and how simple shifts in perspective can allow us to experience a deeper connection and more blissful life.

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  • Greetings!

  • Happiness

  • Practice

    Magical meditation tools! Being consistent with my practice is essential during times of dis-ease. As I navigate my way through this healing process I am mindful of my mental and physical needs. Now is a time of rest and replenishment. I am slowly approaching a time of recovery. My active illness has depleted my energy…

  • Pause. Breathe. Resume.

    ๐–ฏ๐–บ๐—Ž๐—Œ๐–พ. ๐–ก๐—‹๐–พ๐–บ๐—๐—๐–พ. ๐–ฑ๐–พ๐—Œ๐—Ž๐—†๐–พ. เผ„ ๐–จ ๐—๐—‚๐—…๐—… ๐–ป๐–พ ๐—ak๐—‚๐—‡๐—€ ๐–บ ๐—…๐—ˆ๐—‡๐—€๐–พ๐—‹ ๐—‰๐–บ๐—Ž๐—Œ๐–พ ๐—๐—๐–บ๐—‡ ๐–จ ๐—๐–บ๐–ฝ ๐–พ๐—‘๐—‰๐–พ๐–ผ๐—๐–พ๐–ฝ. ๐–จ ๐—๐—‚๐—…๐—… ๐–ป๐–พ ๐–ผ๐—…๐—ˆ๐—Œ๐–พ๐–ฝ ๐—Ž๐—‡๐—๐—‚๐—… ๐–บ๐— ๐—…๐–พ๐–บ๐—Œ๐— ๐–ฉ๐—Ž๐—…๐—’ ๐Ÿฃ, ๐Ÿค๐Ÿข๐Ÿค๐Ÿฅ ๐–ฟ๐—ˆ๐—‹ ๐–บ๐—…๐—… ๐–ฑ๐–พ๐—‚๐—„๐—‚ ๐—Œ๐–พ๐—Œ๐—Œ๐—‚๐—ˆ๐—‡๐—Œ ๐–บ๐—‡๐–ฝ ๐–ผ๐—…๐–บ๐—Œ๐—Œ๐–พ๐—Œ ๐–บ๐—Œ ๐—๐–พ๐—…๐—… ๐–บ๐—Œ ๐–บ๐—…๐—… ๐—ˆ๐—๐—๐–พ๐—‹ ๐—Œ๐–พ๐—‹๐—๐—‚๐–ผ๐–พ๐—Œ. ๐–ฏ๐–บ๐—Ž๐—Œ๐–พ. ๐–ก๐—‹๐–พ๐–บ๐—๐—๐–พ. ๐–ฑ๐–พ๐—Œ๐—Ž๐—†๐–พ. เผ„ ๐–จ ๐–บ๐—† ๐—‚๐—‡ ๐—๐—๐–พ ๐—†๐—‚๐–ฝ๐—Œ๐— ๐—ˆ๐–ฟ ๐—Œ๐—ˆ๐—†๐–พ ๐—๐–พ๐–บ๐—…๐—๐— ๐—‚๐—Œ๐—Œ๐—Ž๐–พ๐—Œ ๐–บ๐—‡๐–ฝ ๐–ผ๐–บ๐—‡ ๐—‡๐—ˆ ๐—…๐—ˆ๐—‡๐—€๐–พ๐—‹ ๐—‰๐—๐—’๐—Œ๐—‚๐–ผ๐–บ๐—…๐—…๐—’…

  • Timeless: Moments in Nature

    I hear a tweet in the trees as I lay in the sun on this sultry July day. Thatโ€™s what it sounds like to my untrained ear. Iโ€™m sure Iโ€™m missing some nuance of tone that would immediately identify the origin of this tweet-tweeting. It is a quick five count- โ€œtweet, tweet, tweet, tweet, tweet,โ€…

  • Inner Space

    My inner space is almost constantly pondering. I canโ€™t help it. The phrase would be, โ€œI canโ€™t turn off my brain.โ€ But is it my brain that wonโ€™t turn off? Hence my last trip down the rabbit hole of my inner space. Modern philosophy teaches that consciousness resides in the brain along with memory and…

  • Pattyโ€™s GoFundMe

    Hello friends and fellow wordsmiths. Below is an excerpt from my dear friendโ€™s GoFundMe page. I know these are difficult times financially for everyone but I kindly ask for you help. Can you spare $5? The cost of an average specialty coffee to help a fellow human through a very difficult time? Patty isnโ€™t asking…

  • Free

    I am most content in Nature, be it mountains or fields; in these places, I have a sense of connection, of suchness that eludes me in trappings of concrete and steel. When I can spend even brief moments in the bounty of the earth, I am reborn, refreshed, and deeply content. I recently stumbled across…

  • Non-dual

    In stillness, the truth slowly revels itself. We begin to understand the preciseness of the Universe. Out of chaos arises beautiful order; a magical dance of dark/light, pleasure/pain, bliss/suffering, life and death; anew in each eternal moment.๐˜•๐˜ข๐˜ฎ๐˜ข๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ฆ

  • Fool(ish) Musings

    Today we will take some time to think about โ€œthe foolโ€™sโ€ journey through life. This theme is represented in literature with works such as โ€œthe Epic of Gilgameshโ€ and โ€Alice in Wonderland,โ€ among many others. Joseph Campbell, an American writer and professor, described it as the archetypal hero story.These themes are prevalent in our lives…