What is a Mesa Carrier?
At the end of the four directions of the Mountain Shamanism Medicine Wheel, you become a mesa carrier: an Earthkeeper, whose duty is in service to the land, the mountains, …
At the end of the four directions of the Mountain Shamanism Medicine Wheel, you become a mesa carrier: an Earthkeeper, whose duty is in service to the land, the mountains, …
A small bundle sits beside me at the river, tucked tightly in a woven cloth; from above, you can see the geometric shapes and bands of colour that cross the …
*This story contains disturbing images, topics of mass incarceration, harm, and, violence. As I lie in crocodile pose, I feel my belly is cold from the concrete gym floor. As …
Holding the Paradox: Bringing Yoga to Forgotten Places Full of Forgotten People Read More »
In my current GDE course at SFU, Holistic Approaches to Teaching and Learning, our term focus was on Self-study. We were asked to inquire about the “ecology of our being” …
“What is the Soul, Christine asks?” We sit together in the abnormally warm October sun. Some of us tuck away into pockets of shade, bolstered up by the driftwood that …
Today, I come to the waters to say goodbye. At the edge of the Mamquam, I blow lavender blossoms into the wind and bathe my medicine bundle in her icy …
In each direction of the Medicine Wheel, we encounter and learn from an archetypal guide. These aspects of consciousness act as mirrors of our own gifts, showing us the power …
Salutations to Lord Shiva, who eternally (through his Shakti) brings about the five processes (of manifestation, maintenance, re-absorption, concealment and self-revelation or grace); who gives the supreme knowledge that the …
Non-Dual Tantra and Pañca-kṛtya: the Five Acts of the Divine Read More »
A red dress hangs in a gnarled hemlock tree, hovers in stillness, at an arms distance from the chain link fence that surrounds the elementary school playground. Her presence disrupts …
After the silence and rest that winter brings, walking the trails in Squamish, the forest is bursting with wakefulness. The False Lily of the Valley, spiralling her heart shaped leaves …