Welcome to the last month of the decade! Quite a journey it's been, yes? How far have you come since 2010? How much has changed in your life? I'm looking forward to the turning of the wheel at Winter Solstice, December 21st, when I will take down my mesa (altar) [...]
We had such a fun retreat weekend for the mentorship students! And starting in April, 2020, Retreats will be open to the public. I'm excited to announce that our next retreat is April 17 - 19, in the mountains of WNC, right near Asheville, NC. We'll spend 3 days at [...]
As we enter the season of Autumn, watching the leaves and plants begin to die away, and the energy palpably shifting, it's a potent time for being intentional and mindful, and Ritual is one of the best ways to do this tangibly. For me, Winter Solstice (Dec. 21st) is [...]
About 16 years ago people started asking me to train them in the shamanic practices that I was using in my daily life and with private clients, and to offer more than the semi-regular workshops that I was sharing. Up to that point, it hadn't occurred to me to train [...]
August 1st is the Andean New Year, celebrated in Peru. Pachamama's birthday and a day of complete reset for everyone. It's a wonderful time to take some personal meditation space and unhook, from everything, and reset your energy. In the Andean tradition, you unhook from everything and recapitulate your life, [...]
In our most recent online Shamanic Mentorship session, we explored our theme for the month: Freedom, while diving into the work of looking at our own death, and the freedom that comes from going back into the Oneness. It's not always an easy conversation to have, discussing our mortality and [...]
When I sit on top of a mountain, overlooking sweeping vistas and communing with pristine nature, I feel free. Making offerings and being in ritual expands my sense of internal freedom and my connection with Earth, and all beings. I’m deeply grateful that I have the freedom to drive up [...]
Lately I've been feeling what I would call news fatigue. I found myself utterly despondent one day, after reading the headlines that popped up on my laptop as I tried to check email. I hit a point where I just couldn't take any more bad news, any more horrific stories [...]
We had such a great time at our recent Shamanic Mentorship Retreat in the beautiful mountains near Asheville. The experiences we have each month online, as well as in retreat, are so far beyond "shamanism" and it's hard to put into words just what happens in this transformational work. It's [...]
