On the spiritual path, the path of Heart seeks to marry and balance these aspects within ourselves. And this leads us on a journey, whether following a star, a white stag, spiritual guidance, a compelling dream or deep knowing - though any final destination is unknown - we keep moving.

Part of any pilgrimage or vision quest is not just about what shows up, but about the returning. Considering how to implement the wisdom and medicine of the experiences and emerging stories after walking out of one life across a threshold into another - there is no turning back.

Rarely do I know in advance what an earth connection ceremony will involve. Many evolve when someone asks a question and it becomes clear that some landwork is required. Though as the details change, right up to the last minute, what it will entail exactly is usual hidden - and the deeper meaning later still. 

When the realisation that control and free-will are the same, and both are an illusion, finally hits your core … dealing with self-created disappointment, before being able to see the incredulous synchronistic path being laid out … that that no human hand could arrange. Being open to magic, even when it’s challenging ... As I sat by the river telling my story, a huge salmon leapt out of the river. And so my relationship with Salmon has changed … Salmon has become an ally, framing perfectly these past years of that transition from perceived struggle to grace.

My Heart home.
Promises were made to return.
Promises became contracts concentrated in my cells, radiating through my blood.

She’d given me a new name for the land and we talked about the shift from embracing feminine open-heartenedness into more of a unity consciousness - a coherent duality. These are stories already told and yet to be told …

Poem - Part 1 of the Aurora Triology

It was like going through a time portal.

It’s time to release the old structures, for though the new is here we can’t easily see it yet, our eyes may deceive us as our linear brains can’t quite compute.

A poem …

Willow is sister of the moon, full of feminine grace and power. We were working with her as she rose to meet the masculine and showed herself to be a Triple Being. Known for her femininity, grace and flexible ability to bow to the wind. As a deeply rooted being, withstanding the storms of life.