Blog by Valerie
Lately I have been working to ground some of my Jewish wounds through relating biblical stories to Indigenous cultural stories of that part of the world; my …
Tag Archives: nature
The Sacred Feminine
Blog by Valerie
In 2016 I danced a healing ceremony on Tiwa country in view of their Place of Emergence (now the Great Sand Dunes National Park in Colorado, U.S., …
Our Trickster Nature
Blog by Valerie
Why does a crocodile hide underwater and then snap at prey (fight)? A sparrow swoop into a tree when there’s rustling on the ground nearby (flight)? A
… Our Primal Nature
Blog by Valerie
Right now it’s easy to feel survival fears, to observe deeply ingrained panic behaviours and to hear people talk about ‘these strange times.’ I understand the sentiment, …
Alienation & Judgment
Blog by Valerie
I was perhaps one of Earth’s most alienated of beings, and by that I mean that I did not sense belonging here. My cultural context was such …
On Climate Change
Blog by Lukas
Dear Greta,
I admire your fire and passion, and your courage to take on so much of the world’s attention. Whether this attention be loving, ambivalent, …
Power, Force & Corruption
Blog by Valerie
Building on some previous posts about power objects and healing unjust power dynamics, I realised it would be wise to define power and related terms. Energy is …
Deep Grounding/Earthing
Blog by Valerie
I’ve written about ways to integrate earthing/grounding into everyday life, but what’s come up recently is how to take that to a deeper level through ritual or …
Existential Wounds
Blog by Valerie
Existential wounds seem to occur more often for those of us with multi-cultural, immigrant, and colonial heritage. When we are (or our ancestors were) forcibly moved, …
Cultural Shadows & Reflections
Blog by Valerie
Our lives are an endless series of resolving tensions, or reconciling polarities. We navigate this process based on stories, beliefs, and spiritual tools we’ve learned, which differ …