In our years among the red rock mesas in Abiquiu, NM, we had daily encounters with coyotes, ravens, lizards, jackrabbits, and the many others who flew, crawled, nested, rooted, and migrated in these lands. My curiosity, love, and sense-awareness were enlivened by...

Osha Root is my cherished remedy during cold and flu season, for allergies and toothaches. Osha grows high in the mountains near my home in New Mexico. Osha has long been a traditional remedy for the peoples living here. Osha is also known as Bear Root because of the...

When trees drop their leaves in the Fall, the trees simply let the leaves go. No effort to keep everything in place. No fears. No resistance to the unfolding changes. The trees let go of the leaves because it is time in the natural cycles of life. Of the trees. Of the...

My bundle of sage was dwindling. This particular sage plant offers medicines for smudging ceremonies. I've heard this plant called Indian Sage, Buffalo Sage, Dakota Sage, but the sages labeled with these names in herb stores were not the plant I was looking for. To...

Pythons have the ability to squeeze the breath of life away. And Pythons are one of the few snakes who stay with their eggs to nourish the birthing of new life. Mama Python wraps her body around her eggs, holding so close that the imprint of her scales are left in the...

What if no one, no thing, is deemed worthy of judgment? What if no one is positioned as better-than and no one is less? What if we humans stop considering ourselves as better, entitled, more valuable and deserving, than all our non-human companions and relatives on...

What are your moon stories? One of my cherished memories took place many years ago when I was on spring break during graduate school. I headed south out of the grey midwest cold to spend time in the Appalachian Mountains. Evening was settling in after a long day on...

Our New Moon Eclipse offers a powerful time to dream new dreams...for your life, for the earth, for all the generations to come. Dream with passion, creativity, open eyes and open mind, claiming what lives in your heart.

We were in the midst of a discussion about cultivating relationships with the realm of the spirits. In a conference call with my current Apprenticeship Group, a student asked how to have more clear communication with ancestors and guides. Often, as humans, we get...