Once upon a time, I travelled 600 miles to completely bomb. And it was the best thing that could've happened. It was 2016 and I was in Chicago selling my oils at the Pitchfork Music Festival. I had been selling the oils for six years and had gotten pretty good at it. But …
anointing
Tantrika stories
The Tantrika anointing oil has some pretty great stories from back in the day. They are woven into the lore of this work. In fact, I was just sitting on a back porch on a balmy spring evening giggling with a bunch of ladies about one of these stories. So, I thought I'd …
igniting your Tantrika wisdom
When the moon reflects the season's archetype (Tantrika moon during Tantrika season), it can feel wonderfully inundating, like Nature infusing each breath with seasonal wisdom. To celebrate this Tantrika moon and its/our own wisdom, I'm sharing an invocation …
writing toward wisdom
One of the main reasons I have a daily writing practice is to hear myself. Not because I’m in any way muted.Rather, I write to see what’s going on deeply, to give voice to my subconscious and my soul.These “voices” reveal a lot — wisdom, buried pain ready for healing, guidance, desire …
Ritual for the Mermaid moon
See that moon in the sky today? It's a third quarter moon, half light and half dark, waning toward dark. At Darkwood we call that The Mermaid moon. Why? Because it looks just like the Earth during Mermaid season (now); half light and half dark, waning toward dark. In Mermaid …