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
“Pave paradise and put up a parking lot.” —Joni Mitchell What happens to the nature spirits when land is cleared or developed? Where do devas, fairies, nature spirits, nature elementals go? Can we make this process easier for them? How can we build our homes and develop properties with greater reverence and harmony towards Nature… Continue reading Where Do the Fairies Go?
The Beginning Source of all of Creation centers in the cosmic womb and in the wombs of women. This is the source place of the body where Creation arises. This creation energy feeds and envisions a new earth, an earth that is steeped in creative flow. Creation energy is the most powerful energy there is.… Continue reading Womb Magnetism
I feel like I am weaving a new life as I create my pine needle basket from fallen pine needles outside my home. I feel the spirit of the pine merge with me in sweet gratitude as I weave in the tree’s essential nature. Ponderosa Pine’s guardian spirit creates sacred and gentle space—a space of non-judgment.… Continue reading Weaving a New Life with Pine Needles
The fire elementals asked me to host a tea party to activate the FIRE elemental horseshoe altar in the Unicorn Garden. This is one of the four horseshoes that represent a hoof of the spirit horse that left its shoe behind to ascend into unicorn status. The garden is horseshoe shaped and growing with calendula,… Continue reading Mama Dragon Attends Fairy Tea Party
Katie and I began wooing the Water Deva of Dry Creek in Mosier where we live. When I first moved to the land last May, the creek bed was dry for several months, but we would sing to her stones, give her offerings of flowers and crystals, speak sweet words of love and appreciation, and… Continue reading Wooing the Crystalline Deva of Mirila Creek
“We are not here to heal Mother Earth, we are here to heal our relationship with Mother Earth.” We can create instant karma with Mother Earth as we can with other humans by acting against their free-will. This is why asking permission is so important in all our actions and decisions involving Nature, land, water,… Continue reading Karma with Mother Earth
Shari loves to dance chaos. She told me that she learned to be with chaos, to honor unpredictability and flow from dancing with chaos during ecstatic dancing—5 rhythms dances of Gabrelle Roth. I danced chaos with Shari and I remembered her words. I began to see how chaos and unpredictability were my allies and how… Continue reading Chaos and Fern Sovereignty
Grounding is a way of being fully embodied, now. All my energy is present for life and a beautiful energetic relationship with Mother Earth. To practice grounding, imagine you have roots in your feet like a huge tree. See your roots growing down from each of your feet reaching and connecting with the very heart… Continue reading Grounding in the Moment
I sat before a pure white Wapato flower that was blooming on the sandy beach on the Columbia River. All was peaceful until I stood up. I felt awful, like I was going to keel over. Like a wave of energy hit me. Ugh. I guess I overdid it. My energy just fell out from… Continue reading The Land Needed Balancing