Category: Blog Posts
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Spring: Excitement & Shadow
seems like lately I gotta case of the springtime- I dance to the birds singin, to the slow-motion-sounds of the buds bursting into green spring flags & I too flap in the fresh new winds, the sun-shinings oozing into my skin, smiling. can’t con-concentrate on nothing but feel-feeling good, seems like lately the only thing…
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Connecting with Ancestors
True Groundedness – A Physical Connection with Ancestors Scientists have learned how to trace where a person has lived by analyzing the constituents of their bones. People really are a part of the land. The plants grow up out of the soil, capturing its nutrients. They marry them in their metabolism with the rain and…
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Shamanic Birthright
The ancestors of everyone, very, very far back were animists and used shamanism as a tool (from 200,000- 300,000 years ago until about 8000 BCE). While many people think of shamanism in terms of indigenous peoples of today, it actually predates what we call “civilization”. Tribal hunter-gatherers were living in a very different world, not…
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Shamanism – A Path to Healing
Shamanism is a timeless practice that connects us to Heaven, to Earth, AND our Deepest Self. These practices seem to be inherent in those who try it, yet generally dormant in our culture. It was dominant for the thousands of years that humans lived sustainably on the planet as part of Nature, rather than apart…
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Grounding with the Chakras
Grounding in the seasons of Autumn and Winter helps balance the airy nature of cool winds, especially in dry climates. Eating more heavier root veggies and fatty foods might work – with subsequent added body weight. Another way to ground is through energy of the chakras. There are many different chakra systems… yet it is…
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Growing Community – Essential to Health
Attending the Colorado Ayurvedic Medicine Association conference live was so energizing. I’ve been getting messages about the need to form community for some time. This experience helped propel me forward in this work. When I was a midwife I had “the Birth Lodge” meetings where women in my practice would have a potluck at my…