Once upon a time, I was a massage therapist working from a studio on an island in a river. My treatment room had soaring ceilings, and wall with layers of perfectly shipped old paint and giant windows that let in soothing, even northern light; the light that painters love. There was a …
Rituals
Purification
Don't worry, I'm not about to talk about how to rid your aura of toxic vibes. Instead, I want to present purification as a path to clarity and ease, and as a way to create social change and fairness. Let's start here: The Priestess archetype rules purification, the second step of a …
Celebrating Imbolc
Once upon a time, winter was something to survive. It was no joke. I don't mean like, lacking vitamin D, wishing you could wear shorts, and grumbling about commuting home in the dark. More like a quarter of your community freezing or starving to death, succumbing to illness, being lost in a …
Where are we?
We're walking the Wheel of the Year, spending around 6 weeks in each season. Normally, right about now we'd be completing a season and getting ready for a "rest week" when we clear off our altar, pause our anointing practice, and let the work of the season settle and integrate. But this time, …
How to Dream
I've used the image above as a Winter Solstice reminder for many years. It's a woodcut by artist Mary Azarian (brilliant, amazing, buy everything she makes). The image is of a woman sitting in her warm house, snug under a quilt, leafing through a seed catalog while it pours snow …