Releasing “Enlightenment”

I have long loved the energetics of words. Each word we utilize has a purpose, an energetic shape and way it weaves into our collective: our community, society, world. Language and words are not static beings; they evolve as we interact and intersect with them. Many...

Encouragement on the Path

Hi Mary- It seems that there’s a lot of trauma about, which as I understand it is suffering that was too big for us at the time, and which we push away and disconnect from. It remains in our system affecting all aspects of our lives, until we do what Jung called...

The Two End Points of Spiritual Awakening

When exploring the different thoughts and philosophies when it comes to spiritual awakening it is helpful to understand that there are two basic maps, both with a different “finish line”. The first map suggests that the completion point of spiritual awakening is...

How to Feel (in an Embodied Way)

In my book, The Body Deva, I teach people the skills needed to communicate with their bodies. How to work with everything from emotions to lingering ancestral trauma patterns is covered. Since the time I have published that book, I have realized that many people...

Adoption and Ancestral Work

One of the first spirits that I suggest that people connect to when interested in shamanic and spiritual work is their ancestors. There are a few reasons for this. The first is that ancestors are pretty close to us energetically and so are easier to contact. They...