Being part of a spiritual community has had a profound impact upon my life. Learning from the elders, hearing their teachings and sacred connection to the land has been a great blessing which I’m forever thankful for. Indigenous ceremonies are…
First things first, if you want children to connect to the living world, turn off the screens in your home and get outside. The best way to create a connection to the earth is to get outdoors and explore the…
We all know innately what is good for us. Unfortunately, at a point throughout some peoples’ lives they stop listening to their own intuition and inner knowing. At one time, all human beings were sacredly connected to the earth and…
It is vital to make time to nurture the relationships in our lives. More and more, I hear people say that they feel less connected with others. Yes, we live in a world that seems to be hyper-vigilantly connected through…
The Beatles lyrics, I’ll get by with a little help from my friends, was definite wisdom. Sometimes, all a person needs is a gentle touch or a friend to hear them out in a moment of suffering. You can tell…
I definitely enjoy Halloween! I’ve always enjoyed dressing up and making Halloween memorable for the children I have taught. Over the years though, I have developed a distaste for the ways in which we are teaching our youth to acceptably…
Where ever you are from, all the medicines you possibly need are near you. You just might not know how to work with them. Our ancestors had a much more intimate relationship with the earth. They realized that the earth…
We have a sacred connection with water, without water there would be no life on earth. What we do to the waters, we essentially do to ourselves. In traditional Ojibway culture, women are the keepers of water. Women carry children…
The most important thing you can give to your child is attention. From the time children are born they require love and caring affection. Babies learn to react to the adults in their lives based on the attachment style they…
Knowing someone cares can make all the difference in the world. So many people feel alone, even in this technological world where it seems that we are constantly connected. More and more, people are sharing how they feel alone. Having…