“I don’t think I can do it,” I whispered, tears stuck in my throat. Jaguar stirred, yawning and stretching. She leaned over the tree branch, glancing toward me. “Can’t do what?” she asked. “I don’t think I can change. Again.” Weighted down by exhaustion and embarrassed by my words, I tried to explain myself. […]
This is the Bridge Time, according to the elders. The out of balance, unsustainable, upside down world is taking itself apart. Bridge Time is a passage between worlds. We are standing in the midst of flowing rivers of change. How will we get across to the other side? We are the Bridge People, according […]
Soak in the medicines and doctoring from the spirits, a clip from our Throwing the Bones Ceremony, August Full Moon Gathering… Originally Published on https://joannedodgson.com/blog
Jasmine bounded ahead, tracking scented trails invisible to my human eyes and nose and ears. Fully in the adventure of her four-legged aliveness, she ignited my curiosity about the stories she was gathering up. She held a world of knowing about who had been by, how long ago, and our part in this weaving […]
An elegant deer took a few tentative steps onto the two-lane highway, looking here and there, ears shifting around, gathering information, assessing how and when to make her journey to the other side. I stopped in the middle of the road and turned on the blinking hazard lights to alert other drivers. I held […]
Ancestral Intelligence (AI – the organic kind) Wide-open wings caught the rays of the sun as a red-tailed hawk soared from the sky landed with grace in a juniper tree just a few steps ahead on my hike in the desert mesas Wonder filled the spaciousness between us hawk and me magic rippled through the crossing of our paths on […]
I just spent a few days in Southern Colorado, soaking in hot springs and wandering around the lands of Chimney Rock. These healing places have been calling me back, again and again, for almost twenty years. Here is some beauty and magic to share… Lunchtime Companion Juvenile Bald Eagle (thank you to my dear friend […]
When I arrived at the center where our ceremony was to take place, I was told there’d been a scheduling snafu. The center had overbooked the afternoon, so we’d have to start late and end early to squeeze the ceremony in between other events. I felt discombobulated by the change, unable to inform people already […]
Enjoy these gifts from the Spirits in our community Throwing the Bones Ceremony. Bear, Lioness, Whale… listen to the callings from our companions on earth. Originally Published on https://joannedodgson.com/blog
Such a delight to speak with Lynn Cline on her Santa Fe Public Radio Show, Cline’s Corner. We covered alot of terrain in thirty minutes…finding balance in an out-of-balance world, connecting with the earth, gifts from the spirits, healing and remembering, and more. Listen to Podcast Originally Published on https://joannedodgson.com/blog
