Snake Medicine: An Animal Healing
It didn’t happen on a rocky outcrop after a long, dusty climb. We weren’t in the muck and ooze of a carboniferous swamp or in a cave following the sheen of a promise of water. I wasn’t a leader or … Continued
Prayer for a Blue Jay
In our garden there is a medicine wheel where I do daily breath and elements practices. They keep me sane. But, missing something deeper, I had begun praying to broaden beyond these personal body/soul basics into connection with the soul … Continued
Plant Love Stories
There are many possible sources of intimacy, and not all of them are with people! Many of us experience deep emotional relationships with plants. Here is a collection of plant love stories that tell some of the many ways people … Continued
Ceremony: Welcoming Back the Pollinators
It’s just past Summer Solstice. Amidst Covid-19, the only celebrations many of us got to experience this year were virtual. When I participated in a recent online solstice ceremony the presenter asked me how I, as a fellow ceremonialist, celebrate … Continued
Restoring the Forest, Restoring Ourselves
Once upon a time, just past Spring Equinox, the people were struggling to cope with a new disease never seen before. As coffee houses, restaurants and gyms closed, the people began getting outside, into the woods to walk. They began … Continued
The Stone Garden: A Delicate Balance
In the Stone Garden, poet and therapist Brian Stokes communes with dancing stones, exploring the delicate balance between living and not-living, while he lives, deeply, with cancer. In this interview Brian talks with me about the practices of Being, and … Continued
Earth-Dreaming: Marigold Transformation
In this story a humble marigold brings an alchemical transformation, a flowering of consciousness, emotional healing, and a return to love (with a little help from a couple of small animal companions, that is). Dream: A woman leaves her little … Continued
Turtle Teachings
Shhh, no, I can’t stay quiet: Meaning is getting made in the moss garden. When animals come to us from the wild it is often a very intimate experience and hard to talk about, especially when it is a synchronous … Continued
Earth Day: Temenos Garden Sanctuary
This Earth Day, to honor the Earth, I’m making a small ceremony to dedicate Temenos Garden. I am taking this opportunity to go out to the green and growing Spring and speak a promise aloud to the unfolding white atamasco … Continued