by debra | Mar 14, 2022 | Shamanism, Spirituality
At a recent group healing at Crow Moon, we were at a pivotal point in the session releasing a heavy layer of old ancestral anger from the client’s body. The energy was very fiery, and the helping spirits showed me alternating images of molten lava and a blacksmith’s...
by debra | Mar 14, 2022 | Nature, Spirituality
I look out my window and see the dried up husks of plants. Stripped of their blooms and their leaves, they decay over winter. Their seeds lie dormant in the earth covered by a blanket of snow, while the trees with their bare branches watch over them. This is a time of...
by debra | Mar 12, 2022 | Personal Healing, Spirituality
During the time between Christmas and New Years, I engage in reflection about the year and gain perspective. I sit with the biggest challenges and the biggest growth. Interestingly, but perhaps not surprisingly, these are often tied together. I also take stock on...
by debra | Mar 11, 2022 | Shamanism, Spirituality, Trauma & Anxiety
Yesterday morning I reached for something in the cupboard and a vase leapt off the shelf and shattered into a thousand pieces when it hit the floor. I spent the better part of an hour vacuuming and cleaning up the mess. Glass shards flew everywhere. At first I was...
by debra | Mar 11, 2022 | Spirituality
Some of my happiest memories from childhood were Wednesday evenings. Throughout later elementary, junior high, and high school, my parents were part of a small group that got together every week. Dave and Lois Torgerson published the local newspaper and every...
by debra | Mar 11, 2022 | Shamanism, Spirituality
Yesterday I travelled to Dodgeville, WI, to teach a workshop. I’ve been at this retreat center many times before – most often as a student and several times as an instructor. As I drove on Highway 60 along the Wisconsin River, there were many sandhill cranes...
