Eagles have extraordinary gifts of vision. They gather up the long view, seeing for miles, while attentive to the details in life nearby. Eagles’ vision is expansive, wide and deep and clear, while they soar with the winds, hunt to feed their eaglets, perch steadily in the stillness, and pause to have a look around. […]

Rocks are great holders of stories. Boulders and mountains, pebbles and stones, hold the stories of their own existence and the ecosystems in which they’ve lived. Rock People are physical bodies of knowledge, living libraries who chronicle stories through the spiraling flow of time. Rocks hold all of their stories without any judgments. No blaming […]

Last weekend, I had the honor of holding a Cacao Ceremony with a group of women gathering to celebrate their friend and her fall wedding. While preparing the cacao elixir and altar items for the ceremony, I was touched by the gifts of being involved with a celebration of Love. We need more celebrations of […]

I knelt down to gather up the shimmery blue-black raven feather lying in the dirt lane. Tucking this gift in my pouch, my curiosity was sparked. What were the Raven Spirits up to? Why were they leaving a feathery hint of their presence as I began my morning walk? Continuing down the road, I heard […]

I knelt down to gather up the shimmery blue-black raven feather lying in the dirt lane. Reaching with outstretched arm, the feather at my fingertips, I imagined the wonder of wings and lifting into the air to take flight. With gratitude for the gift, I tucked the feather in my pouch. Curiosity sparked and expanded […]

I knelt down to gather up the shimmery blue-black raven feather lying in the dirt lane. Reaching with outstretched arm, the feather at my fingertips, I imagined the wonder of wings and lifting into the air to take flight. With gratitude for the gift, I tucked the feather in my pouch. Curiosity sparked and expanded […]

as we create this new season on our earth and in our lives… Remember Remember the times long beforenuclear bombsmass incarcerationand children in cages at our border Remember the ancient wayswhen love had no boundswhen fertility cycles flowed in rhythm with the moonwhen wombs were revered as sacred spacewhen women were free to choose Remember […]

Your Heart is vast as an ocean, filled with crystal clear waters. Your Heart is spacious as a star, radiating beyond your body, always. Remember…. (click on image to watch video clip) Originally Published on https://joannedodgson.com/blog

The Old Woman appeared out of nowhere at the entrance to the cave. Standing rooted in the earth and radiant as a star, she set her wooden staff firmly in the ground. I stumbled a bit, trying to find my footing. What was she doing way out here, meeting me outside the cave? I hadn’t […]

 When tree frogs singThey fill the rainforestWith their colorful voicesWith the very breath of life The trees breathe this inSoaking up the sharing Then the trees breathe outSending waves of the breath of lifeRippling through the rainforest and far beyond When tree frogs are being tree frogsLiving precisely who they areAnd doing what they love […]