Sound Healing

By Katryn Lavanture It is an indescribable feeling to be surrounded by ancient Himalayan singing bowls that are being toned and sung in the spirit of calling forth your True Self …and anchoring it in the sacred space that is your body.  These bowls are part of a path of healing work that uses sound [...]

Nature intuition

Meeting new Stone Beings So often when I’m communicating with nature beings, stones in particular, I just want to put them in people’s hands and say “Cradle them to your heart!  They’re family…  Come to know every smooth or angled surface.  Look into their depths.  Know the touch of their skin on yours.  Be curious [...]

From sacrifice to making sacred…

Have you ever considered how often the word “sacrifice” is connected to making sustainable, more socially just choices?  And not in the original “to make sacred” way. Sacrifice, as we collectively define it now, is often all about the loss and nothing about the sacred. It’s like a beautiful gift tied up in lead-heavy sheets [...]

Farmers Market Bounty

It’s not just the veggies that keep you healthy… My husband is a storyteller. Not as a profession, but by nature. (He’s a historian-farmer-artist-musician.) This morning as we wandered around the local farmer’s market he happily swapped tales with everyone from the salsa lady (kickin’ fresh salsa!) to the produce farmer (those are her peaches [...]

6 Breaths to Presence

This is an awareness practice developed over the first several months of this year as I started working with becoming Radically Present in my life.  For me it’s particular power is in how brief and simple it it to use, and in how it helps me to become exquisitely present with myself as a human [...]

We are stardust…

I was reminded recently that there is a very tangible, material example of the concept of “oneness” we live with daily. It’s not an esoteric practice or a spiritual belief. It is a measurable, quantifiable state of being. You see, we are stardust (as Joni Mitchell reminded us all – oh so many years ago). [...]

Guest Alchemists starting Sept 1st!

I’m so excited!  Posts from our Guest Alchemists will be starting September 1st with the amazing Katryn Lavanture talking about Sound Healing!  September 8th the wonderful intuitive astrologer Ann Plantier will join us, and on September 14 Betsy Reiling, homeopath and artist will share her wisdom! Guest Alchemists are invited to talk about how they [...]

Inspired to Speak

I recently listened to a dialog between two women I deeply admire, Riane Eisler and Marianne Williamson. They were talking about leadership.  How women (though men are certainly included in this) can use their voice to lead using “feminine” values, evolving our world in the process. It was an amazing conversation covering all sorts of [...]

Sustainable Aromatherapy

Making aromatherapy a sustainable practice is something I’ve been thinking about and working with for nearly 20 years.  Obviously, as an aromatherapist, I buy essential oils regularly.  Being a conscious consumer means knowing how what I purchase effects the Earth and all beings. Most of the plants used to produce essential oils are conventionally farmed, [...]

Welcome fellow alchemists for the Earth!

Knowing you are part of an open-minded and openhearted community and having great resources are foundational to creating transformation.  That’s what you’ll find here! Posts will cover topics from practical ways to live more sustainably, to ways to shift your mindset and life patterns, to words of inspiration and encouragement from Gaia herself.  Insight from [...]