The Tree Spirit Medicine of Ash is “The Sacred Pause.” The Tree Spirit Medicine of Ash is “The Sacred Pause.” The sacred pause is a temporary cessation of inner or outer movement towards any goal or outcome. It provides the necessary respite after periods of expanded growth and learning for reflection and integration, when the …
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This time of year (early July) there is a riot of plants to dream to. I just go out my back door and see who calls to me. Today it was Valerian. During my plant study* with Valerian, my attention keeps getting drawn away from him to everything around us. I am sensing that Valerian …
I am going down the waterfall that is my entrance to the dreamworld where I communicate with the plant spirits. But rather than swimming across the pond to the shore I keep going into a tunnel of light. Looping over and over, like the movement of spirals in Ox-Eye Daisy’s flower. I am going down …
Celebrating Our Relationship with the Land & the Gifts of the Plants. I am presenting again at The Plant People Gathering at Hawthorn Herbals near Picton, Ontario. The theme this year is “Holism. Our dynamic connection with the micro and macro.” My presentation this year is: The Plant People Gathering is now in its 2nd …
The Tree Spirit Medicine of Birch is “Empowered Presence.” Birch helps us to shed what is not needed so that we can enter into a place of Empowered Presence. This presence brings us to that liminal space, that threshold, between what has been and the Great Mystery where something incredible is waiting to be known. …
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The focus of this workshop is on making topical creams for therapeutic use using herbs and other natural substances. The workshop will include both lecture and demonstration of how to prepare medicinal creams and extensive notes and recipes. It will cover all aspects of the process of making medicinal creams using only natural ingredients, including: …
In this fun and informative workshop you will learn the art of making your own effective, natural sunblocks, SPF lip balms and after-sun care products with no toxic compromises using only 100% natural and organic ingredients. What you will learn in this workshop: This workshop will include both lectures and demonstrations. Participants will receive informative, …
The Tree Spirit Medicine of Sugar Maple is “Faith.” Faith is complete heart-trust in existence itself. It is the innate knowing that there is divinity in everything – in the trees, the animals, the oceans, the mountains, the weather, the sky, the people – everything. Faith is also a deep sense of trust in the …
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Awaken your natural capacity to speak with the spirits of plants and trees. Dream journeying is a simple and effective shamanic technique through which one can communicate with the spirit of plants and trees to learn directly from them their wisdom, blessings, messages, and medicines. We are all born with this capacity. Dream journeying to …
The Winter Solstice is this Sunday, December 21, 2025, at 10:03 a.m. In the Northern Hemisphere, the Winter Solstice is the day with the shortest amount of daylight of the year. It marks the exact moment when half of Earth is tilted the farthest away from the sun. The word solstice comes from the Latin sol, …