Inspiration. That's the angel card I pulled today before our Tobacco Ceremony. Then I found this on the Great Oracle, aka Google: "It turns out that the word inspiration comes from the Latin word “inspiratus,” which essentially means “breathe into.” It has been said that, before this literal meaning, the [...]
There is a lot of karma rising up to be seen, acknowledged and shifted right now. 2020 isn’t just vision, it’s also hindsight, and old karma needs our attention. I’ve been having experiences that could almost be a replay of things that happened about a decade ago. But it’s different [...]
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 [...]
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, [...]
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 [...]
One of my apprentices shared some wonderfully insightful questions during a recent online shamanic mentorship session. After our shamanic journey in which we connected with our word as well as with an animal to embody this word/focus for the new year of 2019, she worked with the group to journal [...]
This beautiful planet, Earth, that we call home, is very much alive. She is on her own path of ascension and is awake, aware and growing, just as we are. Recently in my Online Shamanic Mentorship, I shared a soul retrieval on behalf of Earth, as well as all beings [...]
Hello dear ones! I'm really excited that events are opening up, bringing more opportunities for us to gather together in sacred circle! My August newsletter is full of upcoming offerings, including a shamanic training in Little Rock, Arkansas, and a Cacao Medicine Ceremony in Atlanta, GA. I used to travel a [...]
