Love Is In Everything What if Love is not simply something we feel? What if it is not an emotion that comes and goes, something we give to certain people and withhold from others, or even a spiritual ideal toward which we aspire? What if Love is in everything? This question has lived at the center of my spiritual life and work for many years. I do not mean that everything that happens is loving. Human beings wound one another. Violence is real. Betrayal is real. Oppression, c

There are times in life when the spiritual practices, insights, and understandings that have carried us for years are no longer enough. This does not necessarily mean that something has gone wrong. Sometimes the opposite is true. We have reached a threshold. A death, betrayal, illness, relationship ending, career change, or other upheaval may unsettle the structure of a life we thought we understood. We may find ourselves repeating patterns despite years of inner work. A spir

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Healing Frequencies About two years after 9/11, I had a vision of billions of people flooding the streets in every corner of the world, demanding an end to violence and war. I did not experience this vision as a prediction. I experienced it as a revelation of something possible in the human heart: a longing for another way of living together. That vision has stayed with me for more than twenty years. So has the question beneath it: What would have to change in us—and between

When we have lived through trauma, loss, betrayal, illness, oppression, or other forms of profound suffering, it can be tempting to look back and try to make the suffering meaningful. Spiritual traditions sometimes encourage us to see our wounds as gifts, as though the terrible things that happened to us were somehow necessary so that we could become who we were meant to be. I do not believe we need to do that. Trauma does not make us spiritually special. We do not need to be

Transformation in meditation For many years, I thought healing meant understanding. I began psychotherapy in my early twenties and eventually spent years in Jungian analysis. That work changed me profoundly. I learned to recognize the dynamics of my family, understand the ways I had adapted to an unpredictable childhood, and see patterns in myself that had once been invisible to me. I mined my dreams for images of transformation and meaning. I became deeply self-reflective an

The Golden Love-Light of Healing There are experiences that do more than hurt us. They can alter our relationship with ourselves, with other people, with the Sacred, and with life itself. Trauma, violence, betrayal, abandonment, oppression, grief, and other forms of suffering can leave us feeling profoundly alone, even when we are surrounded by people who love us. We may feel disconnected from ourselves, unable to trust what we once trusted, or spiritually disconnected from a

Discovering Your True Self Who are you? Most of us answer that question, at least initially, with the facts and stories of a particular human life. We are our names, families, relationships, professions, identities, accomplishments, failures, and the places and cultures that have shaped us. We are also shaped by what has happened to us: the people who have loved us well or failed to love us, the opportunities we have been given or denied, the losses we have endured, and the c

A Shamanic Healing People come to shamanic healing for many reasons. Some are carrying the effects of trauma, loss, betrayal, or difficult relationships. Others feel stuck in patterns they understand intellectually but have been unable to change. Some describe feeling disconnected from themselves, their bodies, their spiritual lives, or a sense of meaning and direction. Still others have already done considerable healing and arrive with a different kind of question: There is

2025 brought to me a very intense late-life reintegration and spiritual upleveling as I entered my mid-60s. Sometimes it has felt pretty harrowing with... .....the arising of intense emotions and both positive and difficult memories from the past ....reexperiencing layers of grief from what has not yet been accomplished or reached (life partnership), past trauma, losses of loved ones and opportunities unexplored ...reevaluating shedding of an old trauma-based personal, profes

In our fast-paced world, many people feel disconnected from their true selves. This disconnection can lead to emotional pain, confusion, and a sense of incompleteness. Soul restoration techniques offer a path to healing and wholeness by addressing the deeper layers of our being. Among these methods, one ancient practice stands out for its profound ability to heal and restore - shamanic soul retrieval . This blog post explores the concept of soul restoration, practical techniq

Shamanic healing is a profound and ancient practice that has been used for thousands of years across many cultures. It involves connecting with the spiritual world to promote physical, emotional, and spiritual well-being. This ancient art is rooted in the belief that everything in the universe is interconnected, and healing comes from restoring balance within oneself and with nature. Understanding the origins and methods of shamanic healing can offer valuable insights into ho

What does it mean to say that a human being has a Light Body? Across many spiritual and healing traditions, human beings have been understood as more than physical organisms. We are embodied, certainly. We think and feel. We carry histories in our bodies and psyches. But spiritual traditions have also described dimensions of human existence that extend beyond what can ordinarily be perceived through the five senses. In my own spiritual practice and nearly two decades of work

My trauma-body awakened in February 1993. Ice poured down as if from the heavens. The season had already been brutally cold. It was February 1993. My husband’s and my small, cinderblock rental cottage stood on a 3000-acre horse farm in Albemarle County, 15 miles south of Charlottesville, Virginia, at least a mile from any major road. By the time the storm passed 2 days later, we could not open the front door. There was an unnerving stillness in the air and the sky remaine

Our world is currently an extremely violent place. There are ongoing conflicts in up to 40 regions. Russia has been pummeling Ukraine for almost 3 years. Israel and Hamas are at war with too many innocent civilians murdered in both wars. In the United States, mass shootings have been on the rise, particularly in schools where innocent children have been killed and injured. Western commentators have logged only 268 years of peace in a span of 3400 years. It is estimated that a

“Beloved, beloved Pachamama, mamakita, la Tierra Madre, Mat’ Zemlya, our great cosmic Earth Mother, oh, how much we love you!” -A multicultural prayer to Mother Earth I love to pray to Mother Earth in many languages when I do shamanic energy healings and as part of the mystical teachings and ceremony I offer as part of Awakened Heart Shamanism The fact that many peoples around the world use the word “mama” or “Mother” for the Earth is a testament to what human communities

Imagine for a moment that in the 20th and 21st centuries there has been a critical mass of leaders of nations around the world who are...

Loki, my intelligent, beautiful, handsome Puggle (Pug/Beagle) crossed the Rainbow Bridge this past Wednesday in the afternoon at Bliss...

I love humanity. I love Mother Earth. I love to be in service to the healing of this world in cosmically chaotic times. At least once a day, I walk my dog, a Puggle named Loki, in the sweet residential neighborhoods of Del Ray in Alexandria, Virginia where I live. I always greet and smile at passersby. It is one way I acknowledge the goodness that I know is deep within every single human being, no matter their challenges and shadows. Yes, there are people all around the world

If you have ever had a sense that you are launching onto a new and more promising path in your life after being blocked or burdened for years with multiple challenges that always seem to get in the way of thriving, you are experiencing a shift in your destiny lines. If you have awakened out of the chaos of being buffeted about by internal and external conditions seemingly out of control and are experiencing a sense of empowerment, meaning and purpose, you have activated on an