Writings from the Heart

Guardian Watching Over

Guardian Watching Over

I left home before sunrise, heading south like a migrating bird seeking sunshine and warmth. Paper maps guided my journey. Hiking boots, backpack, water bottles, granola bars, and a coffee mug were piled in the passenger seat. I kept checking to be sure I hadn’t...

We’re Open! Spirit Medicine Path Online Classes

We’re Open! Spirit Medicine Path Online Classes

Spirit Medicine Path Online Classes ~ self-paced experiential learning This is our moment to awaken our hearts, remember our belonging, reclaim our humanity, and weave harmony and equity in all our relationships in the web of life. (Click...

When Tree Frogs Sing

When Tree Frogs Sing

Medicine for the New Year We, too, can weave balance and harmony in our lives, in our relationships, in life on our earth. It all starts on the inside... When Tree Frogs Sing

Beyond the Bounds

Beyond the Bounds

It was some kind of magic. Jasmine was staying close to home, not roaming far and wide in her instinctive wild dog ways. Whenever I checked on her, she was somewhere in sight, resting under a tree or in the warmth of the sun, and offering a tail-wagging greeting....

Heading Somewhere, Together

Heading Somewhere, Together

What can we learn from Sandhill Cranes? Enjoy these videos to explore the medicines of collaboration and togetherness that Sandhill Cranes share...

Birthing Stone

Birthing Stone

I went out to the mesas to gather stones to revive a ceremony I created years ago. Beginning on New Moon, the first stone is set in place for the making of a spiral. Day by day, stone by stone, shift by shift in the moon’s dance with the earth, the spiral comes into...

Spirit Medicine: Videos

Spirit Medicine: Videos

Soak in the guidance and healing from our Equinox Throwing of the Bones Ceremony. Enjoy the 4 video clips shared below. Listen and feel what the Spirits have to say about Balance from the Heart, Relationship with Mother Earth, Belonging in the Web of Life, and...

Gifts of Equinox

Gifts of Equinox

We live in a universe of cycles within cycles within cycles. Wherever we are on the earth, we are moving into the Equinox. The heart of Autumn is opening in the Northern Hemisphere while Spring is coming alive in the lands and waters south of the equator. The Full...

Soaked to the Bones

Soaked to the Bones

I gathered my tobacco pouch and headed to the river. My heart felt heavy and my spirit was weighted down by the violence and loss I’d just heard on the news. Seeking a remedy for my sorrow and the wounding in our world, I began composing a Love Letter to Humanity in...

Starfish Medicine

Starfish Medicine

Maia woke up with a start, her heart racing. She got out of bed and fumbled through the darkness, trailing her hand along the wall searching for the light. Blinking against the brightness that suddenly filled the room, she set the teapot on the stove. She hoped a warm...

Remembering

Remembering

In ordinary moments in everyday life, with every breath, any step, with each word and touch and thought, with endings, beginnings, and the seeds of your dreams, you are co-creating life. The interweaving of relationships, the wonder of being alive, the awareness of...

Opening Doors

Opening Doors

How are you feeling as public spaces open up? What thresholds of change are you standing in? What do you see as you look beyond where you’ve been? What directions are you choosing to go? Some human beings are eagerly taking a leap out of quarantine....