Winter into Spring Seasonal Resources

Winter into Spring Seasonal Resources

The “energetic medicine” of late winter is not the same as early winter. While pre-solstice early winter is about greeting the darkness with a willingness to rest and relax into the mystery that surrounds us (rather than being afraid of the dark), post-solstice winter is about the slow steady return of the light. Between winter solstice…

Whole Heart Connection and the Origin of the Rubber Chicken

Whole Heart Connection and the Origin of the Rubber Chicken

Why is Thea Elijah always holding a rubber chicken? I often teach holding a rubber chicken in my hand, and gesture with it as I speak. I tell people that the rubber chicken is my shamanic power animal, and that its spiritual power is the willingness to risk awkwardness or even absurdity in the name…