When a flower grows in an unexpected place, I take notice! This is a common way for the plant realms to speak to us. They come visit by growing nearby so we notice them... and awaken to the gifts they offer as healers, teachers, guides, and allies. The plants are medicine for all aspects of… Continue reading How to Make a Flower Essence
Out of my heart came a vision of a “dark” royal queen. She was deep, dark purple with dark eyes and a pale complexion. She appeared within the depths of my heart after pink rose petals showered out in all directions. I held my attention on her and realized she was an aspect of me,… Continue reading Listening to the Rainbow Iris Queen
Be calm, relaxed, and rooted in your foundation. Know that you are fully supported. You don’t have to try so hard. From this knowing springs forth a sense of inner courage. This plant gave me a vision of a Native American woman with Red-flowering Currant in her hand. She held the red blossoms over a… Continue reading Flower Essence for Support & Calming
I was curious, so I asked the fairies. "Is it possible to be truly altered, or high, by taking a flower essence?" I find essences very subtly and gently altering, but I wondered if it was possible to experience something much stronger like psychedelics. They never answered my question directly, but several months later my… Continue reading A Gift From Gnomes & Fairies: Mystic Mushroom
Camping at Cape Disappointment on the Washington Coast recently, I was curious about its name. As an earth alchemist, I attune to the imprints that are held within the subtle energy of land, in this case, land memories. Experiences, and even names, can continue to inform the nature of the landscape well into the future.… Continue reading What’s in a Land’s Name: Cape Disappointment
Earth School's first event—Intro to Land Honoring, Clearing, and Giving Back— was a beautiful event where we honored and attuned to the spirit of land at Lucretia Court in NW Portland, our own lands, and learned how to make offerings, ask permission, and align ourselves for deeper connection with Mother Earth. Because we were… Continue reading Honored Stone Renews Energy of Land
How can we awaken sacred relationship with land, our bodies, and elementals of nature? We are not here to heal Mother Earth, we are here to heal our relationship with Mother Earth. And, our bodies are a reflection of the earth. Can we become nurturers of our sweet earth? Let's take loving care of our… Continue reading Tend the Land, Tend Your Inner-Landscape: EARTH SCHOOL
The Columbia River Gorge was formed by cataclysmic flooding and massive earth movements. The flower essences I co-created beginning in 2000 come from the wildflowers that live here and have learned how to thrive in extreme conditions. They are survivors! They know how to grow in ice, snow, rain, wind, sun, and all elemental conditions. These… Continue reading How to Thrive in Chaos
What would be the best flower essence to offer at a Volcano Goddess Pele and Fire Dragons event? Mock Orange came forward as a calmer of volcanic inner emotions. Learn more in this excerpt from my book, Sacred Spirit of the Gorge: Columbia River Gorge Flower Essences & Essences of Place. Mock Orange Philadelphus lewisii Affirmation of the Wildflower:… Continue reading Eruptional? Here’s Your Remedy
At the urging of Pele, I made a flower essence from different colored blossoms of the beautifully expressive hibiscus flower. I journeyed down to the ocean to infuse the volcanoes and ocean energies into this essence. Last night, I dreamt that the yellow flowers danced in my pelvis. I first made hibiscus essence in… Continue reading Embodiment of Women’s Pleasure with Queen of Hibiscus
