Interview: Plant Spirit Medicine, Weather Work, Ceremony & Relationship
Here is an interview I did with Ewa Maria of SEN/ESSENCES where we talk about Plant Spirit Medicine, ceremony, trees, and other topics.
The Brown Rice Spring Cleanse
The brown rice cleanse is an excellent cleanse to do for one to two weeks in the spring and fall to gently detoxify and cleanse your body. Basically, you eat brown rice with or without veggies for breakfast, lunch and dinner. This diet will give you all the nutrition that you will need while your …
Traditional Nahua Healing: Copal Limpias
Limpias with copal smoke is one of the healing forms used in traditional Nahua healing. Copal is an aromatic resin from a sacred tree in the Burseraceae family indigenous to Central and South America and has been used for centuries in ceremony and healing. Limpia means to clean or purify. Copal limpias are used to …
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 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 …
Tree Teachings: Surrender – Basswood
This is a teaching on surrender given to me by Basswood:
Tree Teachings: The Neutral Observer – Red Pine
At the interface between the Spiritual Heart and this earthly life of ‘I am’ resides our Neutral Observer. Our Neutral Observer is that unconditioned, impartial aspect of ourselves that brings present moment awareness to all our thoughts, feelings and experiences without judgement or agenda. This allows us to step back and simply witness the true …
Am I OK Podcast
I was interviewed by Lisa Lewis for her Am I OK? podcast. You can listen to the interview here.
Tree Teachings: Innocence – Sugar Maple
Here is how Sugar Maple described to me the importance of innocence: “To live in the moment unburdened by past or future, without preconceptions, before thought diminishes potential, is innocence. Innocence is the natural state of our being. It is a deep inner richness arising from complete trust and surrender to life. To move in …