Today I saw a butterfly her blue speckled wings glistened in the sunlight the magic of her metamorphosis danced around in the winds * She flew over the sagebrush and landed on red sandy soil resting awhile opening and closing her wings a silent rhythmic drumbeat sending wave after wave of the knowledge she holds […]

Great Horned Owl Medicine: Trusting Your Inner Knowing We’re well-trained to give our power away to external authorities ~ other people, social media, belief systems ~ as if they’re all-knowing sources of indisputable truths. Great Horned Owl shows us the way to listen to and follow our inner authority. Great Horned Owls soar through the […]

I was getting to know a river whose path wandered through the willows and cottonwoods near our house. We’d found a place to land, in the wake of my father’s death, thirteen miles down a bumpy dirt road. According to contemporary maps, we were living along the San Juan River. Yet this river had many […]

Here are a couple gems from our ceremony, powerful guidance from Earth and Spirits for resetting balance in our world… Audio Clip Mother Earth is Calling to Us by JoAnne Dodgson https://www.joannedodgson.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/MotherEarthBalance.m4a Audio Clip Love is a Choice by JoAnne Dodgson https://www.joannedodgson.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/VultureElk-1.m4a Originally Published on https://joannedodgson.com/blog

Follow the callings for Love that has no bounds. This is our Quest in these Turning of the Times. Soak in the spirits’ medicines from our Throwing the Bones Ceremony: (click on image to watch video) Originally Published on https://joannedodgson.com/blog

Lioness is calling to the heart of humanity because she’s not able to raise her cubs the well-being of new generations is in question in this inside-out upside-down backwards spinning world   Lioness is calling to the heart of humanity not blaming and shaming not down-putting and dehumanizing not with warring words because that would […]

When the glowing orange sun rose up over the horizon, a hint of magic filled the air. A chattering flock of ravens surfed wildly on the winds. Blue-black feathers shimmered as ravens landed on tree branches, creating avalanches of snow. With wide-open wings, they soared to the ground to hold council in the frozen field […]

‘Even if one person fell in love with life again, a river of change would begin to flow. Even if just one person chose to live in heart-centered ways, a powerful momentum would be set in motion for creating a heart-centered world. ~ from Spirit of Chocolate: A Woman’s Journey to the Rainforest in Search […]

When I heard Jasmine’s urgent barking, I headed back out to the mesas. I could sense from the trail of her voice that she was on the move. Was she chasing coyotes again? Jasmine and Coyotes had many close-up encounters through our years living on the mesas ~ spectacular, breath-taking, can’t-believe-this-is-happening-right-before-my-eyes encounters. So when I […]

In my first Soul Retrieval ceremony, about twenty-five years ago, I was taken deep in the ocean waters to swim with a pod of dolphins. In this wild and free adventure, we explored vast underwater realms. We soared above the waves, soaking in the warmth of the sun and breathing fresh salty air. Somewhere along […]