by JoAnne Dodgson | Nov 8, 2020 | Blog
The elders describe this time for humanity and on our earth as a transition into the Era of the Heart. We are building the bridge to ways of living that are different than the fear-based, judgment-based patterns. What will this look like? How we we live and relate?...
by JoAnne Dodgson | Nov 1, 2020 | Blog
Your dreams hold the pictures, the guiding maps, the energetic knowing of what you are seeking to bring to life. Your dreams are blueprints, like the knowledge carried inside a seed. Even though the tree isn’t in physical form yet, the tiny body of the seed carries...
by JoAnne Dodgson | Oct 13, 2020 | Blog
Ka Ta See is an ancestral lineage, a way of living, which deeply respects the power of words. In this medicine-storytelling tradition, words and stories are used purposefully as medicine. Our inner thoughts and the words we speak and write have influences and effects....
by JoAnne Dodgson | Oct 1, 2020 | Blog
I’ve been clearing a patch of land where there’s a burly overgrowth of dried Tumbleweeds. My harvesting wardrobe includes thick leather gloves and toeless socks pulled over my arms to prevent painful encounters with the prickly thorns. I’ve been...
by JoAnne Dodgson | Sep 12, 2020 | Blog
During our quarantining, may this story bring you some medicine… My wild-harvesting quest carried me across state lines into the mountains of southern Colorado. Instinctively, I headed toward the red rocks which hold stories of the peoples who lived there in...
by JoAnne Dodgson | Sep 1, 2020 | Blog
Taking baby steps. When these words are spoken to describe a process of making change, there tends to be a hint of judgment. The “smallness” needs justification. It’s a disclaimer, of sorts. As though the steps and the step-taker aren’t quite enough. As if the...
by JoAnne Dodgson | Aug 10, 2020 | Blog
On my morning bike ride, I noticed people walking toward me with a few dogs on leashes. In their exuberant explorations, the dogs were romping around roadside to roadside. As we neared each other, we began navigating the crossing of our paths. The women corralled...
by JoAnne Dodgson | Jul 30, 2020 | Blog
I saw the coyote peering back at me through the sagebrush. So highly attentive and tuned into the world around her, she was aware of my presence even with the window and adobe wall between us. With ease and grace, she turned away and disappeared among the trees. Even...
by JoAnne Dodgson | Jul 20, 2020 | Blog
Our New Moon gathering, a Throwing of the Bones Ceremony, was immersed in a field of magic. We were joined by booming Thunder Beings, crackling jolts of Lightning, Winds and Rains. Just as I began describing the medicine of Butterfly who is sitting in the heart of the...
by JoAnne Dodgson | Jul 11, 2020 | Blog
I was instructed by the spirits to find a special stone to bring to ceremony with groups of people. This guidance was perplexing. I’d recently moved across the country and just had let go of my license as a psychologist. Most everything in my life felt unsettled. My...
