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 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 directly 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 …
Your dream journey experiences always contain transformational energy and power that will open and expand you. The Plant People don’t give advice, suggestions, information, platitudes, or “shoulds.” None of which have any depth or real power. If you receive what seems like advice from a plant such as, “You need to lighten up and play …
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The Tree Spirit Medicine of Basswood is “Surrender.” Basswood gifts us the grounding energy of deep, wide roots which create a strong foundation and sense of security, stability, safety and trust. This place of deep rootedness anchors us that we may surrender wholeheartedly and courageously into the depths the Great Mother Mystery, the source of …
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The Tree Spirit Medicine of Wild Cherry is “Rewilding Your Heart.” Rewilding literally means to make wild once again. The rewilding of your heart through the Tree Spirit Medicine of Wild Cherry brings you to the place of knowing and living through your Heart Voice. Our heart is the core of our self: our innate …
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Awaken your natural capacity to speak with the spirits of 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, you will learn how communicate with …
The Tree Spirit Medicine of Oak is “Resilience and Adaptation.” Healthy resilience and adaptation are essential to withstand and navigate adversity and hardship. They support our innate capacity to extract from these experiences the potential blessings they contain so that they may be enfolded into our spirit as wisdom. Just as the Mighty Oak is …
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The Tree Spirit Medicine of Elm is “Illumination from Above.” Elm connects us to our Higher Self, our higher power – that loving, all-knowing, wise and liberated aspect of our spiritual being that provides guidance about our higher path and purpose. Our Higher Self is our true expression beyond ego, conditioning, limiting beliefs, fears and …
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The Tree Spirit Medicine of Sumac is “Lightness of Being.” Sumac brings light into dark places within our psyche. It catches us from descending into the darkness, depression and hopelessness that comes from not living out of our true expression. The gift of Sumac medicine is radiant lightness of being. It brings us to that …
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