“Years as a healer and trauma therapist have taught me that trauma isn’t destiny. The body, not the thinking brain, is where we experience most of our pain, pleasure, and joy, and where we process most of what happens to us. It is also where we do most of our healing, including our emotional and…
Dear One, Medicine Painting may be one of the most important teachings I have ever shared with you. I invite you to honor this teaching page with a cup of tea, as that is how long it will take you to read the article, watch the video, and see the images. Slow down with me.…
The Year 2060 “Grandma? Can you tell me when everything got better in the world?” “Oh yes little one, that was the year 2020, when the earth took a big breath, we were able to reverse the damage and heal. No one poisoned the water anymore or grew food that wasn’t good for humans. We…
“Paint like you have all the time in the world” ~ Sue Hoya Sellars I always say, that I had a chop wood carry water mentorship with my teacher, Sue. The way she approached teaching me was slow and intentional. As she was taught to her, by her teacher, Lenore Thomas Straus. We always…
Seven years ago I started a pilgrimage and today, it is complete. I haver proverbial blisters on sore feet. I can say with joy and the depth of sorrow that comes from a long journey, that it was my training and a powerful devotion to wisdom. I love that I am complete on 12/12…
This is where it all started, with my mentor Sue Hoya Sellars. When I headed to the hills from San Franciscos for a chop-wood-carry-water mentorship in Mendocino in 1994, I had no idea this would happen… A mentorship that would last one year, and then go on for 20 years. A conversation that would…
“We shall not cease from exploration And the end of all our exploring Will be to arrive where we started And know the place for the first time. T.S. Eliot Red Thread Letter #765 Includes Red Thread Letter – 7 Inquiries on your Sacred Assignment, story about my own experience and poetry by T.S.…
“Have patience with everything that remains unsolved in your heart. Try to love the questions themselves, like locked rooms and like books written in a foreign language. Do not now look for the answers. They cannot now be given to you because you could not live them. It is a question of experiencing everything. At…
When we create, we engage with the life force of creation. Creating isn’t about talent. Creating is about feeling more. Expressing more truthfully. Creativity is an active energy within all beings. Even when it appears dormant, it isn’t. ~ Shiloh Sophia We are pleased to share our Intentional Creativity® Calendar of Events for June, July,…
Dr. Martin Shaw has come to wake us. His words remind us of what we have forgotten, then quicken us into remembering – whether we agree to that rite or not. Too late. The fin-furred creatures of the deep are already out and sprawling on the kitchen floor. Sometimes I feel like I just got…