Healing Homesickness: 9 Practices for Belonging

Wood Sorrel or Oxalis acetosella sprouting out of a carpet of moss in a Forest on the Isle of Bute in Scotland

Homesickness can result in a deep sadness, a feeling of being uprooted or that you don’t belong. Nature is calling us back into relationship. Here are 9 practices for re-establishing your roots and healing homesickness through co-creative partnership with Nature.

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Understanding Spiritual Awakening

Bud of Pink Water Lily tightly closed ready to unfurl is a good metaphor for a person on the verge of a spiritual awakening

In my work, I have met many people who either want to have a Spiritual Awakening or are in the midst of a Spiritual Awakening, even if they don’t realize it. Often this time can be unsettling and people tend to have questions about Spiritual Awakenings: like what is a spiritual awakening, what are the…

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A Legacy of Love

Nothing shifts your perspective on life like the death of a loved one. We are reminded of what is truly important as the distractions fade away. If we allow ourselves to fully experience grief, we emerge transformed often with a greater understanding of life and Love. Some of the best lessons in life can be…

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Cedar: What Are You Waiting For?

Cedar Tree also known as: Nookomis-glizhik (Anishinaabe), Arborvitae, the Tree of Life, Thuja occidentalis, Northern White Cedar

I could feel my Love for Cedar so deeply. I also really felt how the Plants have our backs. They are there to support us in ways that we can only begin to imagine. It is a true blessing to witness and experience this.

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For Praise of Life

I walk the Sanctuary this morning, dreaming with the Nature Spirits about this year’s gardening projects. Elecampane catches my attention and asks to sing, ki wants to share his Lung medicine.

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Where Does it Hurt?

Ruby Sales, asked the question “Where does it hurt?”  This question is so simple and yet quite powerful.  I have been pondering this daily, especially as I listen to current events and watch attacks played out on social media.

The truth of the matter is that we are all hurting.  We have been trained to think of ourselves as individuals, so we often forget that we are all connected.  (We are actually more similar than different.)  What happens to the Earth, what happens to children on the other side of the world (or in our own country) affects us all.

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Chapel of Resistance: The Love of Corn Mother

Chapel of Resistance: The Love of Corn Mother My Heart breaks and I grieve on a daily basis; though generally, I allow these feelings to wash over me and help my Heart grow rather than be bogged down. This is because I am able to tap into the bigger picture and see the reason for…

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Healing the Culture of Pain

I have spent a good portion of this year reflecting on pain and pain medication.  In one of my classes this summer, David Dalton shared his observations of working with people in pain.  He said that whenever a person tries to suppress the pain with pain medication, the level of pain will rise to surpass…

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The Beauty of the Healing Crisis

As I write this, Autumn is in the air.  The leaves are beginning to change color.  Just like Persephone, the Plants are dying or beginning their return to the Underworld. I have spent the last two weeks caring for my grandmother, whom it seemed was making her own way to the other world.  Today is…

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