by JoAnne Dodgson | Jan 1, 2020 | Blog
SPIDER MEDICINE Weaving the Webs of Life Spider lives with unshakeable clarity that she has what she needs to build what she wants when the guidance from within and the rhythms of the earth indicate that it is time. Hear more about Spider Medicine as we make our...
by JoAnne Dodgson | Dec 25, 2019 | Blog
Deer Medicine Guidance for December 26th New Moon The New Moon is the opening into a new cycle, a powerful time to set intentions, to vision and dream. Our December New Moon closely follows the Solstice, the shifting into a new season on our earth. During this New...
by JoAnne Dodgson | Dec 11, 2019 | Blog
Solstice is a natural shifting of the seasons, a fertile turning of the times, which we all are a part of. Each and every one of us is joined in this transition whether we are human, tree, whale, butterfly, river, bear, or starfish. In many contemporary societies and...
by JoAnne Dodgson | Nov 20, 2019 | Blog
She hiked along the deer trail, looking forward to seeing her old friend. High on the mountain ridge, Jessie sat down among the tree’s gnarled roots winding serpent-like through the red clay and rocks. She leaned back against the peeling bark of the juniper’s trunk,...
by JoAnne Dodgson | Nov 8, 2019 | Blog
Everything is alive. Everyone has a unique Song. Every tree, every rock, every tiny grain of sand. Each human, animal, plant, bird, bug, river, and fish. Everyone’s Song radiates far beyond the physical body. You are as vast as a star. Every Song is connected in the...
by JoAnne Dodgson | Oct 25, 2019 | Blog
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...
by JoAnne Dodgson | Oct 5, 2019 | Blog
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...
by JoAnne Dodgson | Sep 25, 2019 | Blog
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...
by JoAnne Dodgson | Sep 8, 2019 | Blog
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....
by JoAnne Dodgson | Aug 1, 2019 | Blog
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...
