I like to name things. My car is Mama Cocha, Mother Ocean in Quechua; my house/property is Gratitude Sanctuary. I’ve been known to name days, clothing, events, trips…... My special recording pen is Penita. My most recent naming is a chair I bought just before my birthday. A dear friend, Winona was...
How did a year go by so quickly? I just turned 60 last April, and now I’m turning 61! 60 has been an amazing, turning point age for me. I remember this time last year so clearly. I was preparing for my Blessingway, a ceremony I asked my friend, Jean to create for me. I somehow knew that becoming...
There is an energy of dismemberment occurring on the planet. Structures are toppling. Foundations are crumbling. We see this within individuals, families, communities, states and countries.
We arrived in Aguas Calientes, the town in the mountains where everyone stays when they go to Machu Picchu, got settled into our hotel and then walked down the railroad tracks directly to Putu Cusi. I felt as if a force was pulling me to her. At the base of the mountain, I made a...
I’m getting ready to go to back to Peru. (Maybe I’ll already be there by the time you read this.) After nine years, I’m finally returning to Putu Cusi. My first trip to Peru was in 1996. I felt called to go, but didn’t know why until I watched a slide show and saw the Andes Mountains. I felt...
We just completed our 13th annual Healing Quest. Our theme, as always, is Unity and our mission: Healing and Awakening the Human Soul. This is a personal task, as well as a planetary one and begins with each individual Quester. This summer we had twelve courageous Healing Questers 100% willing to...
The collective Human Soul is fracturing and cracking. And there isn’t just one crack; there are many fragmented cracks dispersed within its entire Beingness. Are you feeling this within your own individuated Soul? How are you dealing with it? Earth is being infused with transformational energies...
A Quick Fix A situation within Hope’s family was causing her deep suffering, and she found herself in an emotionally chaotic state. Hope desperately wanted to be of service to her loved ones but was unable to get out of her own personal turmoil. Intention - I am centered, grounded and in my body....
Sit or lie upon Pachamama, Mother Earth. Feel the beat of her heart, and let it permeate your soul. If the sun is shining, absorb the rays of light. If wind is whirling, receive the energy. If it’s raining, let the waters from the heavens cleanse you. Can you see the moon? Take in the luminosity....
A number of my friends recently created a Blessingway ceremony for me for my 60th birthday. A Blessingway is a traditional Navajo ceremony. The name, Blessingway, is a basic translation from the Navajo language and encompasses everything that can be interpreted as good, including beauty, harmony,...
This blog is dedicated to pregnant women and their partners, mothers and fathers, childbirth professionals and actually, to everyone who has ever been born. The Birth Guardian Each of us, as Spirit, has a Birth Guardian. These Beings of unconditional love, often called Guardian Angels, watch over,...
Dear Friends, A Pachacuti, as the Q'ero say, is upon us. A time of great change. All indigenous prophecies are optimistic about this time, for at its core, an old cycle is ending and a new one beginning. Death and rebirth are occurring both outside and inside of us - a true cosmic, shamanic...