Card from John Sacellis Angelynx Deck I moved through various memories and emotions after hearing about the passing of John Sacelli, one of my Shamanic teachers, earlier this week. Ultimately, while still moving through the above, I have landed on feeling inspired. Death certainly does shine a blindingly bright light on life. I attended Johns dream circles and worked with him for a handful of years while living in Chicago in the murky and formative time of my late twenties. Fast forward a...

Feeling Purposeful & Present In Intense Energetic Times This whole fiery, fire horse year has felt quite energetically intense. We have had intense weather, seemingly intense shifts in consciousness connected to AI and other rapid change, an intense economy, job market, politics and world affairs...the list goes on. It also feels like what is possible is intense...so much is unknown, there is so much potential and change has accelerated yet we are in a bit of a liminal space in many ways. You...

Nature based practices, rituals and ceremonies have simply been a part of the human experience since the beginning of time. This makes sense since we are animals living here on planet earth. Throughout history we have celebrated and reveled in our interconnection with mother earth and all her miraculous flora and fauna. On the other hand, we have also adopted many belief systems, mindsets and other structures that separate us from nature, villainize her and encourage us to be living against...