Braided Root Waters Healing Sanctuary

Braided Root Waters Healing Sanctuary is located at Braided Root Waters, the land that I love and steward. The Medicine Wheel is the heart of the land and the Sanctuary. It is a Place of Power where energy is received and emitted and where great healing can take place for individuals and the Earth.

Through Braided Root Waters Healing Sanctuary I seek to join with others, who love and grieve for our Earth, to do direct Earth healing work through Ritual, Ceremony, Sacred Fire, Song and Dance. The Sanctuary will also make it possible for other healers to offer their healing work to  individuals, and for two or more healers working together to offer their healing work to groups.

Despair and Discovery Circle

I am also a facilitator of the Work That Reconnects developed by Joanna Macy and her colleagues. The Work That Reconnects is an amazing group process that helps people process and move through our despair for our planet so that we are not stuck in and paralyzed by our despair.

Currently, with Virginia Metcalf, I co-facilitate the Despair and Discovery Circle in Ithaca (braidingtruth.org). This is a monthly opportunity for people to come together to to deeply share and honor our feelings of grief, despair, anger, insecurity, joy, love and more in a safe space that is judgement-free. It is an opportunity to access and express our emotions knowing that the group can honor our emotions and each of us.

Flier I made by hand for the Despair and Discovery Circle.
My illustration of the Spiral of the Work That Reconnects: 1. Rooting in Gratitude 2. Honoring our pain for the World 3. Seeing with new eyes 4. Going forth.