Healing Journey Articles
Wisdom of the Trees: Learning How to Let Go
The shift from Summer to Fall is one of the most challenging seasonal transitions for humans to make. According to Chinese Five Element Theory, Fall is associated with the Metal element. The Lungs...
“What if my body won’t change…?”
In my first semester of college, one of my acting teachers uttered a phrase that literally struck terror into my heart. “Your grade in this class will be based on whether or not your body...
Metabolic Damage: A Path to Recovery
It’s very rarely the first thing a new client mentions to me, but once we’ve established some trust and rapport, I often start to hear certain familiar fears and questions bubble up...
Soothe Your Throat and Free Your Voice: Mullein
The first herbal remedy I ever tried came into my life as a tip from my eccentric singing teacher, a retired opera star with a fabulous blonde mane and an untamable spirit to match. She usually blew...
Solar Medicine and Lunar Medicine
When you think of “balance,” what comes up for you? The images that pop into my mind at first are an embarrassing collection of generic stock photos. I see a woman in a white dress...
On “What a Shaman Sees in a Mental Hospital:” Towards an American Shamanic Practice of Mental Health
“The lunatic, the lover, and the poet are of imagination all compact…” A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Act V I finally read “What a Shaman Sees in a Mental Hospital”...
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