March, The Dirty Reveal
March is the season of what I call 'The Dirty Reveal.'
I find March kind of sucky, actually.
T. S. Eliot said April is the cruelest month.
For me, March really fits that title.
As I look back on my life timeline,
almost every major ending happened in March.
Jobs ending, relationships breaking, deaths,
deep inner confrontations and shifts.
All of these endings.
The weather is extreme. Volatile.
We’re still kind of burrowed in our homes.
And yet, the blue sky of increasing spring daylight beckons.
Those of us in the States have had quite a winter. Where I live in the Hudson Valley, we have had 3 - 4 foot snow drifts pocked with snow plow stones and the incremental accretion of dirt that seems to settle on the old, unmelting snow.
Most of the snow here has almost completely disappeared. And as always, it reveals whatever didn’t get completed. The unfinishedness of our lives. In advance of winter’s burrowing in.
Every year as much as I am prepared, it’s both kinda shocking and humbling to me sometimes…..the messes exposed.
And so March, and spring in general, is the breakup of the old order. Things held in stasis arise with the demand for confrontation, for being seen and attended to.
Hence, “The Reveal.” Not an easy time…and essential as life is relentless in pushing through the cold and dark dirt so that something new can grow...again.
Thermogenesis
Here’s a new concept I came across recently: thermogenesis.
Thermogenesis is the metabolic process of heat production in certain organisms. It occurs in all warm-blooded animals, and also in a few species of thermogenic plants.
Certain spring ephemerals, crocuses in particular, emit heat from their petals unfurling that melts the snow!
What’s dormant in your life that can be activated by thermogenic alchemical processes / reactions?
May we take heart...it’s just nature’s way.
A delicate plant pushing through.
Nature shows us that even in what feels like we’re in the midst of heartbreaking or profound deep shifts, we possess inner resources generating the fire
we need to be aligned with life’s relentless demand that we grow.
We all possess this innate metabolic capacity to grow.
To awaken from dormancy into full bloom.
Like the crocus, to reveal beauty in the harshest of circumstances.
Spring Equinox Ceremony
Friday, March 20th | 5 pm
Gateway House, 12 Fairview Ave, Rosendale
Gate of Balance
🌀Blessing of Clove Valley Farm Peas, w/ Aileah Kvashay
🌀Didgeridoo Activation
🌀'Ancestors’ w/ The Nasty Brujas
*Sikoya Wood & Adriana Jamieson
🌀Finding Balance in Uncertain Times
🌀Spinning, burning wreaths
🌀Music: Gary Siegel, Dancing Leaf, Lisa Klotz, Annie Loney, Meryn Oakwood, David Budd
*POTLUCK 🍍 & Fire 🔥
Performances: 7pm-ish
🌀 Namyra Nayfield
$20 Donation | Potluck & Fire
*Parking is Limited* please RSVP to 845-417-5430 for parking info
Easter Sunday Service
Sunday, April 5th | 2 pm
Gateway House, 12 Fairview Ave, Rosendale
Celebration of Christian Mysteries
And other Earthy delights
Dear Friends-
Many of you know,
I began my ceremonial lineage
As an Episcopal priest.
On Easter I honor this occasion
By celebrating the Eucharist.
As we remember together, the enduring Power of resurrection in our lives,
Our communities & the world.
With…
• Meryn Oakwood & The Wild Christ
• The Goddess Ostara & her consort, the Easter Bunny w/ Marann Langlois & Trish Stanger
• Sermon by Kathleen Mandeville
• Music by Barely Lace, Meryn Oakwood & Elizabeth Cunningham
Please RSVP for this one
845-417-5430
or kathleen@ignivox.net
Gateway House Sanctuary Meetings
Looking for deep community in these times?
Gateway House is committed to holding sanctuary within ourselves, our communities and our world.
Gateway House Sanctuary Singers
Next rehearsal: Sunday, March 22 | 3 pm
The Sanctuary Singers include contributions from many Gateway House musicians and singers. We intend to continue into the future with more rehearsals, as well as sing at rallies and actions in the Mid-Hudson Valley.
The Gateway House Sanctuary Singers will lead songs at 1pm for the New Paltz No Kings event on March 28.
For more info on our Sanctuary work, click HERE
Join us. RSVP to 845-417-5430
Inquire for Signal Group access
Gateway House, 12 Fairview Ave, Rosendale
The way you look at things changes the things you look at.
Learn more about this work here.
Monthly In-Person Group
Saturday, April 11 | 3 – 6 PM | $50
Saturday, May 9 | 3 – 6 PM | $50
Gateway House | 12 Fairview Ave | Rosendale
Space is limited; Advance registration is now required.
Please fill out this Registration Form below.
An Invitation to the Practice of Biodanza
As explorer of the many modalities and forms of spiritual growth and healing, Biodanza is the spiritual somatic form which I have practiced consistently over the recent years. Boidanza deeply nourishes me personally, and allows me to sustain and embody the depth of my own work at The Outer Edge and Gateway House. Biodanza cross pollinates with both Constellations and Ceremony. Join us!
Wed Evenings, 7:15pm
92 Saint Josen Road Accord, NY,
You can find detailed info and the event calendar at the New World Ritual & Dance, the Hudson Valley's Biodanza center.
Early Spring Love,
Kathleen C. Mandeville, M. Div.
Community Pastor, Consultant, Facilitator, Coach
Through The Outer Edge, Kathleen offers personal and organizational coaching, employing the modalities of Systemic Constellations, ritual, pastoral guidance. Her specialities include working with healers and creatives, as they achieve the true expression of their soul’s mission. Combining heart centered intuition with hard headed strategy...'Cuz, baby you're a firework.'
Contact me at The Outer Edge Coaching to schedule an initial 30 minute consultation.
