About Ceremony
I hear a lot of folks interchange ‘ritual’ and ‘ceremony.’ for me and the dreaming otter, they’re actually two really different things. ritual is something you do again and again in the same way to achieve a desired result (yoga to invite union of mind/body/spirit, reiki to invite relaxation/miracle healing, qi gong to invite inner […]
About Extraction
the basic premise of ‘energy extraction’ is this: energy that doesn’t belong affects your ‘spiritual immune system’ (yes, you have one of those) and that can compromise you. things that can compromise your spiritual immune might be: a rough thing happens, an altercation, illness, life event that’s painful and hard, an initiation you have an […]
Part 1: ‘Pruning & Nourishing’ Relationships
the relationships we keep with us affect our lives in powerful ways: as you look at how you’ve orchestrated your life as a healer, helper, leader, or teacher, it’s of benefit to explore where you’re putting your precious time and lifeforce in relationship. after all, the friends, family, colleagues, students, clients, and audiences you interact […]
Part 2: Finding The Lesson In Relationships
in part 1 of this article, you engaged the ‘elevator exercise,’ where you imagined 8 hours in an elevator with someone in your life you love spending time with, and someone in your world who feels challenging. hopefully, you then calendared a gentle way to either ‘prune’ or ‘nourish’ the relationships you chose, so you […]
The Healing Power Of Positive Language For Clients
the healing power of language in 22+ years of offering energy healing for folks, I’ve witnessed that everyone who successfully heals themselves has this in common: they’re mindful with their language as they speak about themselves + what they’re healing. this might seem simple. it is profound. if you hold healing spaces professionally, here are […]
Ceremonies Help Humans Wake Up From The Trance
ceremony is one of the strongest tools we can use to help our clients, students, groups, and audiences. river otter offers us this beautiful teaching: ‘ceremonies are where humans wake up from the trance, and remember how powerful they are.’ delicious, yes? good ceremony changes the shape of identity and creation, and is a core […]
The Dreaming Otter: Origin Story
what does it mean to follow your dreams? it started about two decades ago. night after night, I was visited by incredibly vivid dreams of swimming with river otters. in them, I got to be an otter myself, clever paws and strong tail propelling me with effortless grace and delight through the water. I cavorted […]
Cartwheels & The Labyrinth
as you read, I invite you to notice where you are in your life in this story. do you see yourself here? once, I hired someone to help me when I needed it most, and what unfolded wasn’t feeling good. simply, I was doing all the things I was ‘supposed to’ with everything I had, […]
How To Make A Nourishing Kit For Hard Times
I’d like to share something from one of our dreaming otter circles, where we engage our helping spirits in the unseen realms, and each other in loving community. a recent topic was ‘crisis’…and you might wonder who would voluntarily get together to circle about crisis if they didn’t have to? it was nourishing and beautiful. […]
The Little Dog & Vulnerability
once upon a time, I had an experience with a dear friend that felt challenging to the core, and I was feeling rocked and unhappy. the way I handle my upset is to walk in the woods and talk it out with myself, until I find my center. I was out walking, trying to process […]
Getting Lost, Tea & Tie-Dye
Hulloa armchair adventurer! This is a sharing of a recent personal mini-retreat that lasted just 24 hours, almost to the minute. It wasn’t grand or fancy, and it didn’t cost and arm and a leg…and it delivered absolute clarity for me, along with gentle and wondrous magic. There isn’t a big agenda here beyond me […]
The Art Of Asking Spirit For Support
there is power and fruitfulness in the most ‘simple’ spiritual practices. in this article, we’ll start with your personal altar and close with…a helpful hippopotamus to make you smile, that also illustrates a fundamental truth about how energy flows. the altar altars are deeply personal, creative, and marvelous – yours might be a quiet focusing […]