Hello Everyone! Starting the Year of the Horse in momentum! I have lots of exciting workshops and classes coming up!! The Winter events calendar for January and February is updated with some new stuff and I added the Spring Schedule. Registrations are still open for winter. I have one space left in my Monday Hatha/Yin Yoga Class and the Wednesday Hatha/Flow Yoga class is fully booked. All other events have space!
Spring Registration is Open! For inquiries and RSVP send an email to Christina at peacefulhorizons1@gmail.com
Happy New Year Everyone! 2026 is the year of the Fire Horse in the Chinese Calendar, its symbolism is essential this year!
The Fire Horse symbolizes solid steady, movement, passion, transformation and raw energy. In the moment of twilight when the earth holds its breath in the midst of transition between day and night, the Fire Horse appears. Its eyes red like embers, and a mane of crackling flame. It walks in the space between creation and destruction, blazing a trail of heat and light across the land. Not only a symbol of raw power, it is the embodiment of transformation itself, ruling the soul’s deepest desires and igniting the spark of change within and around us. Birthed from the centre core of the Earth, it is the spirit of energy and passion, with the potential of the untamed force of wild fire, unstoppable and fierce, yet with a grace that seems to bend the very laws of nature. To embody the essence of the Fire Horse offers awakening your inner potential… An ignition of dreams and aspirations long buried in the ashes arise once again, this time with the energy and fire needed to move forward. It calls forth that which lies deep within us, the fire that can burn away fear, doubt, and hesitation, leaving our true essence to shine radiantly.
I rise, I act, I become.
Although flames wild, it is not a beast of chaos. The flames are illuminating and hold the wisdom of the eternal flame. Everything it touches it transforms to reveal the beauty and strength hidden beneath. It teaches us there is power in renewal and although the shedding that occurred in 2025 may have left us low in energy and mood, 2026 offers empowerment. It is essential to endure the fire of transformation to emerge stronger, clearer and more aligned with our self and our life path.
I move forward in balance and trust.
The Fire Horse is a messenger from the realms of creation, it rides the winds of change and stirs the embers of the soul, urging us to step boldly into new beginnings. It symbolizes the balance between destruction and rebirth, reminding us to let go of the past and burn through the patterns tying us to stagnancy. The flames left behind illuminate paths previously unseen. With each gallop the Fire Horse moves us closer to the divine source, a creature of both this world and the spirit world. It is the guardian of your dreams! It grants the energy and courage to move forward, to chase after what seems impossible and offers the fire to fuel that journey.
Its very presence is a call to ignite the sparks within you, dare to dream wild and rise from the ashes of doubt and beings of creation and light.
Guided by Fire, Grounded in purpose.
The Fire Horse represents bold forward motion.
This year ask yourself:
What is holding me back out of fear, not wisdom?
What part of me wants to run free but feels restrained?
What areas of my life do I feel stuck?
Working with the Fire Horse:
Start a project you have been postponing
Speak up where you have been silenced
Choose growth over comfort
Move with intention not hesitation or haste
Chanel its energy for creative and physical action
don’t let the fire stagnate, give it direction and purpose
Let it guide, change and reinvent
its about renewal not destruction but the old must be shed for the new to birth
practice balance so your fire doesn’t run wild or burn out
With steady galloping feet, solid on the ground, run toward what ignites you, but learn how to hold the reins…
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Start 2026 with purpose and direction, and allow your internal fire to support your growth
Support your immune system and overall health this winter! Be prepared with our Winter Wellness kit. Winter is a colder darker time, slowing down digestion and immunity. This kit offers you a little of everything to help support you over winter!
As the winds grow cool, and the earth transcends into slumber, the veil becomes thin, our ancestors speak. The warmth of the hearth mingles with the cool breath of the air. This threshold between light and dark, seen and unseen opens the veil.
Samhain is the title of the Celtic festival marking the first day of the seasonal change toward the darker months, known to other cultures as winter nights or the day of the dead. In Scandinavian culture it is termed as Vetrnaetr which translates to winter nights.
Join us in a ceremonial celebration!
As the long nights return and the veil thins, we gather with our ancestors to honor the turning of the seasons, ask for blessings and set intentions for the coming year.
It is a time to:
Honor the Disir — the divine feminine, the ancestral mothers, and spirits who protect and guide us
Offer remembrance and reverence to our forebears
Call in blessings, protection, and guidance for the dark months ahead
Listen deeply to the silence of the land, and the whispers that come with it
Our evening will include:
A blót (ritual offering) beneath the open sky and bon fire.
Moments of silent reflection and prayer
Crafting Bindrune Sigils for the intent of the coming year
Sharing of food and stories by the fire
Communal songs, offerings, and ancestral remembrance
You are invited to bring:
A personal offering for the spirits (mead, bread, herbs, art, runes, any offering that represents ancestor of blood and bones or ancestors of spirit etc.)
Names, photos, or tokens of loved ones who have passed
Warm clothing and a sense of sacred presence
Food or drink to share
This is a space of respect, spirit, and stillness. Come with reverence. Leave with connection.
Join us for a celebration of the second harvest, the turning of the seasons. We will have a small ceremony to celebrate and express gratitude for the abundance the earth provides us, we will then craft herbal summer pots to set intentions for the darker season to follow, after ceremony we will have a pot luck. This is a magical event using herbs to incorporate connection to the earth and those around us. Come and share in this herbal circle. Cost: $25 RSVP required. send DM or email peacefulhorizons1@gmail.com
Date: September 20, 2025
Time: 1:00pm-4:30pm
What to bring: Herbal or natural made item for offering, such as a crystal or herbal bundle, food item to share, foldable lawn chair if you like.
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I have to say I have been deep in a creative space, creating new teachings I would like to share with you all! I had big plans for the Spring Equinox but life demanded I do other things as those plans fell through. So I made space…. I adjusted things accordingly and had to cancel the pot luck event I was going to host. But this is life… It is ever changing, deaths and beginnings as one phase leaves, another starts. This is the beginning of the Spring season. Death throughout the winter months, created space for the new growth of the spring…. I decided to share with you all the abundance ritual I was going to share with everyone on the Equinox, planting seeds of what’s to come. Let this be a little reminder that when life causes a delay, it is usually meant to be… and it’s ok to go with the flow and honour the spaces of change. Here is the abundance ritual, I hope you enjoy it. There are others like this online but this my own version of how I have done things. Sending love, happiness, wealth, and health your way!
March 26, 2025 A Time For Manifesting Abundance Bowl Ritual!
Here is the process for crafting your abundance bowl: What you will need:
Quick drying clay, White or brown (I used white)
Paint: Gold and Silver or Green
Powdered cinnamon
Slices of dried Orange
3 Cinnamon Sticks
3 Bay Leaves
3 cloves or anise stars
Items and herbs that represent abundance to you
A bowl to use as a mould.
Method:
Work your clay to warm it up as instructed on the package, add 1 tablespoon or more of ground cinnamon to the clay.
You can also add some abundance essential oils such as basil, cinnamon, ginger, or other herbs or ashes from other spiritual workings.
While you’re working with the clay imagine the abundance you would like in your life as though it has already entered it.
Once the clay is malleable and the herbal items are mixed well use the bowl mould to place your clay over the back. I used the back of the bowl for easy removal.
Once the bowl is almost dry remove it from the mould. This is when you can carve any special symbols or writings into the clay for decoration. I decorated mine with abundance runes from the Eldar Fulthark runes and embedded a two dollar coin in the bottom. I then carved out two crescent moons around it to symbolize the triple moons. Get creative here and do what speaks to your heart!
Allow the bowl to dry. Then paint the bowl any way you wish. The entire time you are crafting the bowl keep an abundance mindset thinking of all you have and all that you wish for as though it is already in your life. This can be monetary, health, love, happiness friendships etc..
Once the bowl is fully painted and fully dried, add items that represent abundance to you. Use herbs such as dried orange rounds, cinnamon sticks, bay leaves with abundance writing or intentions on them, cloves, anise, and other items such as crystal hearts for love, amounts of money written on paper that you need, coins and bills.
Feeding the abundance bowl: It is important keep adding money and items to your bowl to keep the flow of abundance coming your way. You can also remove things as needed. I sometimes take some money out and gift it or take a crystal charged in there and give it away or gift it to the earth. If you place money in there and need it, that’s okay it’s all part of the flow. Just be sure to place more money in your bowl! Abundance is all about flow so use the bowl as a physical manifestation of the flow of abundance you that surrounds you and that are drawing into your life!
Here is a short video of the space I use to have reiki and massage sessions as well as herbal intakes and reassessments. it’s a lovely relaxing atmosphere.
It has been a very long time since I wrote an updated blog post. Over the last two years I have gone through many major transitions! So what’s been happening over the last couple years….?
I relocated to Rockland Ontario, completed my herbal apprenticeship, and started practicing as a Clinical Herbalist. What a ride that was, and still is as I continue to learn and grow every day! Last winter I decided to go inward and completed a 300hr advanced yoga teacher training with a focus on deep tension release, meditation, pranayama and advanced postures. I settled into my new space and decided to get a puppy! As if I didn’t have enough on the go…. but those of you who know me would not be surprised. This puppy happens to be a husky mix so I have been spending a lot of time woking with and training us both, how to be successful communicators. It requires lots of effort, diligence and patience, which I am noticing most efforts in life and success do. Having said all of this I am quite settled in the new space with some added skills and knowledge moving into 2025.
I have decided to plant some seeds of birth since the transitional period moving from Winter to Spring is slowly approaching. This time of year is for introspection so this is the perfect time to start dreaming of the seeds you wish to plant this coming spring….
This spring and throughout the year, I will move deeper into my relationship with plants, offering my knowledge in some workshops throughout the year and building my clinical practice. I am accepting new Herbal Clients. Stay tuned for workshops….
I am running four Mastery Level Reiki Apprenticeship programs which are fully underway starting January 2025. I offer levels 1-3 certification as well as a year long mastery program. It is life changing and moving.
Summer I would love to host a client appreciation event BBQ. This would include all of my clients for herbal, yoga and reiki. An email will be sent out in this regard!
In August I have been invited to share workshops at the Outaouais Herb Gathering which I am very excited about! The topics I am sharing are Moving Through the Cycles of Nature with Herbs, and Dreaming with Herbs. Both workshops will be informative and interactive.
Finally…. I am hoping to offer a 200 hour Hatha Yoga Teacher Training Program this Fall or Winter should all of the pieces link together by then…. This program will be in person offered one weekend a month for several months until complete. More details to follow….
What seeds do you plant for yourself this coming spring? I have large projects I intend to launch this year, which I have been preparing for for the last two years, but seed planting could be as simple as eating healthier foods in alignment with the seasons, exercising once per week, starting meditation or yoga. Where ever you are on your life path and journey make sure you plant some seeds of your own, no matter how small or big. There is always support along the way should you ask….
June 21st marks the longest hours of day light in the year. It is the summer solstice, also known as midsummer or Litha
It is the longest day with the sun pouring it’s beautiful light on the earth providing energy and warmth to our crops. After today the days start to shorten again.
It is a day to bask in the sun’s gifts as it is the strongest on this day in our hemisphere. Take time to honour the sun and express gratitude for the abundance of warmth and energy we receive.
Easy ways to celebrate this day on the wheel of the year is to have a fire ceremony. Perhaps a bon fire with dancing around the fire. If that is not possible for you simply lighting a candle will do. Hold joy in your heart and get close to nature.
I decided an outdoor fire in this heat wave wasn’t not a good idea since everything is really dry so I lit candles and planted a small evergreen in my yard. We have a large space for plenty of trees. This little guy was left to dry out in a pot at the grocery store so I took him home to save him. 🙂
If you are lighting candles at home to honour the fire festival during summer solstice any colour will do but rich colours such as red, orange, and yellow represent the masculine fire energy of the sun. Gold candles represent the sun as well which is what I used.
I hope you all have a blessed Litha and enjoyed the full strength of the beautiful father sun today. This year it just happens to be on Father’s Day. Very fitting for symbolism don’t you think?
When we heal our own traumas we can hold space and help others heal theirs.
Are you feeling overwhelmed with the intensity of what is going on right now? Maybe your emotions triggered easily… Perhaps you feel sensitive and saddened for the happingings around the world right now…… You are not alone. Collectively we are all experiencing this intensity. And we can do more.
Let’s join together in love and light!
There is so much hurt out there right now it’s leaving many of us feeling helpless and not knowing how to help.
Reiki can help… if you need to press your own reset button come for a reiki session with me and get yourself going on the healing path. When we heal our own traumas we can help and hold space for others to heal theirs…. we need more light shining in the darkness.
Peaceful Horizons Yoga is in the preparation stages for re-opening! My Reiki Certification groups are always small or 1 on 1 and Reiki Sessions are always 1 on one. I will be practicing safe social distancing and sanitation methods based on public health guidelines for reopening. Ans when I have the green light I will be ready and available.
Every life has a purpose and we are all feeling the intensity of profound change and shift taking place all around us.
Step forward walking through the intensity of change and join us as a reiki practitioner through my Reiki Certification Program. I offer levels I, II, III, and Mastery Level.
It really is helpful for sensitive individuals and empaths or those who wish tofor a deep sense of peace, grounding and relaxation. It is great to assist with anxiety stresss and worry.
Reiki aids to level out emotions as well as helps you work on your physical ailments activating your immune response, while lowering the stress response.
Becaise of Reiki I am able to enhance my healing abilities and hold space for others helping them through difficult times and trauma.
Let’s start healing deep emotional traumas….. It’s time for the world to heal together.
If you would like to book or have more questions please contact me.
Questions asked are often perfectly aligned with the energetic messages of each individual spread of the Tarot or cast of the Runes.
I have been studying the Tarot and Runes for over two decades. I often perform readings for clients during reiki and healing sessions. I use The Witches Tarot as well as oracle cards. Rune readings are done using the Elder Futhark Runes.
If you are interested in a remote reading over phone or video messaging of some sort contact me. Sometimes a little guidance in times of uncertainty can lighten ones heart and mind.
Wishing you all well.
Readings both in person and remotely are $50 per reading. Contact me for details.
As most of you know I am a registered Nurse in Critical Care. Since COVID 19 became a pandemic I have been gaining as much knowledge and information as I can in order to help our people. This is both intuitively and through logical education. The two concepts must meet in balance. As medical professionals, we are preparing for events to come as best we can with the resources we have. I have not been posting any supportive measures for all of you stuck at home because of this. I have been sponging up as much information as I can. I have also been preparing for the spiritual support I can offer all of you and what that may look like. We all need to tap into our inner peace at this time. It’s extremely important. Your health is strengthened by love and weakens gains ground and dominance by our negative perceptions of the stresses we face. The stress feeds physical, emotional and mental breakdowns.
My whole existence in this lifetime has been to help others. I am in a mode of contemplation at the moment but I will be offering some kind of lightness in this challenging time for the public eye. I am just not sure what that looks like right now. For now I am behind the scenes in preparation. Let’s all gain strength together by letting love and light prevail.
Although my yoga and meditation classes are suspended for a time I am still offering distance reiki. This can be done over Skype or FaceTime or even Facebook messenger. I am here. I am available in between being at the hospital helping the ill. Please reach out. I am here to help….
I would like to initiate some online classes to keep everyone grounded and connected in the eye of this storm. Stay tuned and I will post updates. My absence isn’t abandonment to you all. It’s a collection of information and guidance to help us through. Thank you to all of you who are sending your love our way. we need that most.
Time for the people to come together, place differences aside and move forward to good health and peace.
Thank you all for your kind words of love and support. Truly it makes a huge difference.
Yoga Nidra…. A form of meditation also called “Yogic Sleep” (yes we can lay down!)
What is Meditaion?
Meditation is the act of working toward stillness of the mind. It is the state of pure consciousness and is the 7th limb in Patanjali’s 8 Limbs of Yoga. One does not need to be a master in order to meditate. Meditation can be done with little time and knowledge you will find as you practice it will be effortlessly. Working toward stillness of the mind one breath at a time. Simplicity is the key!
Imbolc also known as Brighid’s Day, marks the beginning of spring, it is half way between the Winter Solstice and the Spring Equinox. Brighid is the Celtic Goddess of many forms and is represented as the maiden mother and crone of the Earth Goddess. She represents as the goddess of fire, and flame of home and herth. She represents change, transformation and beginnings. Her energy is healing, and creative and protective.
Feel her warmth during this time and place your focus on the home, new beginnings and transformation. Now is the time to plant new seeds. This can be of a literal sense or an energetic sense. Essentially she is all about transformation and new beginnings so step forward into your plans for the comming year!
This sabbat is about getting rid of the old and preparing for the new!
Some ways to celebrate this beautiful day
-Clean and Cleanse the home and space
– Plant seeds of any kind seeds for spiritual growth, seeds for the planting of your spring garden, any kind of beginning can be sprouted at this time.
-Light candles, candles are a large part of Imbolic celebrations, plant your own healing intentions as you light the candle.
What ever it is that you do to spark your light, know that spring is not far. Feel the warmth of the sun rays as they draw near.
What does that mean for us on an energetic and spiritual level?
It is a time in abundant darkness, a time to reflect, renew and regenerate.
The Winter Solstice is the shortest day of the year. December 21st. It is the time where most of nature is in a slumber and is taking rest. Spiritually it draws us inward having time to reflect and view our own spirit. The universal shift during this time causes us to move internally weather we are aware of it or not. We may feel a sense of tiredness, moodiness and an intensity to shift our worlds. Perhaps a shift is required but maybe when energies are not so abundant, radiant and intense. If we ignore or resist this need for self renewal and recovery we can become unbalanced, maybe feeling an extra sense of being tired, or feeling unwell as the focus is drawn to the self.
There may be a sense of feeling low, depressed or giving up as the spirit is asking for transformation and self nurturing. Much like the energies of a full moon the Winter Solstice can have the same effect to a greater magnitude. The awareness of the spiritual subconscious is in constant battle with the conscious mind and physical space during this time making it difficult to function in balance. Perhaps your soul speaks to you to change your current situation in hopes for a more spiritual awareness and nurturing. Perhaps you feel at crossroads with your personal life or your career, seeking transformation. Our resistance becomes low, the body becomes tired and the extreme need for self nurturing is exposed. What ever that may look like for you.
The energies surrounding the Solstice increase with a peak three days before, during, and three days after the Solstice.
What can we do to get through?
Inactively Reflect: It is a time of being passive; a time to invoke the yin energy
Observe the inner workings of your spirit and discover the needs of your soul. Remember this time is highly charged and be gentle with yourself and others. Avoid making major life altering decisions during this period of reflection and rest. Take note of your inner being and learn about yourself. In the coming new year the clarity will return. As the sun is reborn and the days become longer, there will come a time for action. Yang energies are restored.
Find time to rest
Find time for you, weather it is taking a nap, or a bath in candle light or just finding quiet time to just be. Put your lists of the physical world aside only for a moment to allow some time to rejuvenate and renew the spirit. After all this is what the Winter Solstice is asking for. Most mammals and plants on earth hibernate during the cold winter months but we continue to exert ourselves daily not really allowing time to renew and rejuvenate the body mind and spirit. Take time for you!
Bring warmth and light to the darkness
Lighting candles or fires and holiday lights in the home help to bring light to the darkness and warmth to the soul. Traditionally Yule is the celebration of the Winter Solstice in which a tree was taken into the home to bring light and the elements of the earth creating warmth in the darker days. Each year the tree was used for fire wood post the commencement of yule celebration and a piece of the tree log was kept for the duration of the new year and used in the following Yule celebration. Many other cultures have celebrations of light, celebrations of family and gift giving during this time and as the days become longer and more abundant with light, new beginning celebrations commence. This is when clarity returns, and decisions become evident for the beginnings of the New Year to come.
Take Pleasures in the little things
Remember what you have. Change your focus from one of lack and displeasure to one of abundance and love. If its watching the snow fall, or your children and pets at play, notice how the happiness is radiant. Absorb all of the light from your surroundings. Absorb the abundant richness of your life. Take pause, and just see. Let it touch you on a deeper level. Use the holiday light displays to brighten your spirit in these dark days as you share love with those around you.
Most of all remember what you have, food on the table, a warm shelter, family love and support, and health. What ever you can observe in your life to bring a sense of gratitude bring it forward, bring it to light. Shift your focus and allow the subtle daily pleasures touch you heart and soul.
Stay warm and find the light during the darkest time of the year, draw that light into your home, heart and soul. Share that light and love with those around you. Most of all be gentle with yourself and coast through the Winter Solstice in a state of Yin. Passively taking rest for your spirit with the other beings of nature.
Thanksgiving is by far my favourite holiday! We should be feeling a sense of gratitude in some form each and every day but during the thanksgiving holiday it’s time to harvest all of the fruits of our labour before the cooler months and darker days set in…. Harvesting fresh produce from our gardens, canning and preserves, and getting our homes ready for the winter months ahead. The fall colours are a stunning reminder that the warmth is moving away for slumber…. Happy Thanksgiving everyone! What is it in your life giving you gratitude?
Taking time away from the business of life is a great way to self discovery. It can give a chance for the mind to relax and allow the chatter to calm. A calming herbal bath, or a short nature walk, can be a great opportunity for self care. Listening to the sounds of nature around you can create a sense of peace.
