New Book Release: Thrive in Joy

“What brings you joy?“ “What are your practices to feel grounded and centred?“ These are the questions that Kate Sutherland posed to forty-four people in the writing of this book. Conceived during the pandemic, Kate’s project was a call to spread light, to trade and plant seeds of hope, and to support one another in …

Traditional Weather Work Harvest Festival Ceremony (October 26, 2025)

Monika will be leading a Traditional Weather Work Harvest Festival Sunday, October 15th. This is an opportunity to gather in joy and ceremony in honour of the Weather Beings for their precious, life-giving rains that bring abundance and bounty to our lands. It is also a time of thanksgiving and gratitude to the plants, animals and other beings that give of themselves to sustain our lives. 

Traditional Nahua Healing: Limpias with Ramos

As a healer in this tradition (called a Tepahtiani) I work with the healing forces of life and nature to address the underlying spiritual or energetic cause of a person’s physical, mental, emotional, spiritual, or relational issues.

Tree Teachings: Acceptance – Black Walnut

“What you want to change you must first accept.” —Carl Jung Acceptance releases you from constriction and hopelessness, creating an inner liberation and spaciousness allowing for ‘flow’. Acceptance quiets the mind and bolsters courage and so that what ‘is’ can be gazed at with fresh eyes. With this new perspective something mysterious opens within you …

Dream Journeying to the Plant People Virtual Workshop (June 18, 2023)

We were all born being able to speak to plants! Plants are fully aware beings that have intelligence and spirit as well as a great deal of wisdom that they are willing to share with us – we need only learn how to hear them.  In this workshop, I will share my knowledge of how …

Dream Journeying to the Plant People (July 8, 2023)

Awakening your natural capacity to speak with the spirits of plants! Plants are fully aware beings that have intelligence and spirit. They also have a wealth of wisdom and medicines that they are willing to share. Plants are speaking to us all the time; we need only learn how to hear them. In this workshop, …

Tree Spirit Medicine Workshop with Catalpa (April 15, 2023)

The Tree Spirit Medicine of Catalpa is “Claiming the Ancestors”. Catalpa’s medicine gives us a direct, tangible experience of the realm of the ancestors and access to their traditions, knowledge, and wisdom. Whether known or unknown, acknowledged or ignored, the ancestors are an indelible part of who we are and profoundly influence our sense of …