Being Truly Recognized

Regularly, as I am doing readings or offering ceremonies, someone will share how they finally feel at home. You see, it is important for us to find places where we feel safe enough to share who we really are~to be recognized. Sometimes we feel completely alone in the...
Why We Need Connection to Mother Earth

Why We Need Connection to Mother Earth

Mother Earth—the Great Healer Isn’t it easy to get caught up in our busy lives at work and home, and end up spending days without really connecting to Mother Earth? It is easy to do, but is that good for us? Being connected and conscious about nature is our normal...

Why We Need Connection to Mother Earth

Each year that I facilitate our annual SpiritQuest Ceremonies, a group of us commit to living with Mother Earth rather than on her and that simple shift in perception is the difference between being human and trying to figure out what it means to be human. In an age...

Why People Quest

When my elder told me I would need to do four to seven quests during the time I was learning how to offer ceremonies within the Cherokee tradition, I was a little scared, a little excited, and very ready to take the next steps in my awakening. Somehow I knew questing...