Apr 29Beltaine Ritual: The Pleasure of SensualityBealtaine, otherwise known as May Day, is the Gaelic festival celebrating the return of Summer usually falling on May 1st.
Mar 15What is Ecosomatics?“We can sense the world around us only because we are entirely a part of this world, because - by virtue of our own carnal density and...
Mar 2Field Notes: Early Spring DelightsFEBRUARY 2022 Feb 5: The past is always present By Jess How transparent and unashamed a forest is of their past. How unafraid they are of...
Feb 3Field Notes: The Moon Is CallingJANUARY 2022 Jan. 2: Winter Woes By Jess Today it snowed, and although the inner child in me is bursting with delight I’m also deeply...
Jan 4Field Notes: Nurtured By NatureDECEMBER 2021 "We don’t need more gurus, more yoga teachers, more life coaches. We don’t need any more human teachers. We need to engage...
Dec 8, 2021Winter Solstice Ritual: The Return of LightWinter Solstice falls on Dec. 21st (in the northern hemisphere) and is the time when light is born out of the womb of winter's darkness.
Nov 30, 2021Field Notes: Eco-Sensuality & Tending the Inner FireNOVEMBER 2021 “In the mystery and the energy of loving, we all view time's shadow upon the beloved... We do not think of it every day,...
Oct 26, 2021Field Notes: Foggy Mornings & Mythic DarknessOCTOBER 2021 "Look, I want to love this world as thought it’s the last chance I’m ever going to get to be alive and know it." - Mary...
Oct 19, 2021Celebrate Samhain: Honoring Your Ancestral Self“We need to dream the dark as process, and dream the dark as change, to create the dark in a new image. Because the dark creates us." ―...
Oct 12, 20215 Wild Edible Mushrooms & Recipes“Mushrooms were the roses in the garden of that unseen world, because the real mushroom plant was underground. The parts you could see -...
Sep 28, 2021Field Notes: Welcoming Winds of ChangeSEPTEMBER 2021 It’s early in the days of September and I’m noticing a palpable difference in my overall mood and wellbeing. As the air...
Sep 14, 2021Celebrate Autumn Equinox: A Ritual of ReleaseOn this sacred day in the cycle of the seasons, we are being made ready to let go, to release and unburden ourselves from the deadweight of
Sep 7, 2021Mushroom Identification Guide"Fungi are the original angels. Angel in its oldest root of the word: messenger from the Hebrew mal'akh and Old English aerendgast. Root...
Aug 31, 2021Field Notes: Summer Blessings AUGUST 2021 August 1: Harvesting Elderberry By Jess It’s an overcast, humid day, and the sky is threatening rain. Likewise, my body feels...
Aug 23, 2021Creating a Sacred Space in Your Home: 5 Easy Stepssa·cred | \ ˈsā-krəd 2b: entitled to reverence and respect 5b: highly valued and important Etymology: from obsolete verb sacren "to make...
Aug 17, 20214 Somatic Exercises for Emotional Resilience This being human thing is messy, right? Wouldn’t it be so nice if things were just easy? So, what if it was designed that way for a...
Aug 3, 2021Field Notes: Blue Mountains & Heron BlessingsJULY 2021 July 1-4: Mountain Magick By Jess The first few days of July were spent immersed in the predominantly oak-hickory forests of...
Jul 27, 2021Celebrate Lughnasadh / Lammas: Harvesting Gratitude & Grain“The first week of August hangs at the very top of summer, the top of the live-long year, like the highest seat of a Ferris wheel when it...
Jul 6, 2021Life Lessons From Tomato Plants"The raw tomato, devoured in the garden when freshly picked, is a horn of abundance of simple sensations, a radiating rush in one's mouth...
Jun 29, 2021Field Notes: Forest Bathing & Fairy EncountersJUNE 2021 Feet on earthskin. Cool fresh breath of early morning. Sunlight reaching with warm glowing fingertips. Locate yourself in place...