I love the forest! I love her magic and medicine so much!!! For the past 8 months I’ve lived in the beautiful moss carpeted, dancing cedar tree forests of Our Sacred Acres blessed with the flowing waters of Panther Creek. The forest always gives. She is present. Are you? Am I? I enter her often;…
I’m on my pilgrimage Hohme, into the sacred mountains of OM (Olympic Mts). I make this pilgrimage frequently….it’s part of my training, my study, my immersion, devotion to Master OG (Old Growth), learning from my greatest teachers, our forest trees, mountains, living waters, our beloved Mother Earth. My pilgrimages are filled with awe, love,…
How do we listen to the forest? How do we open ourselves to the mysteries nature is constantly revealing, to the treasures the trees are patiently sharing and the majesty the Mountains are forever emanating? Why are we drawn back again and again to the wild? I find remembrance. I find life. I find my…
The sun dips over the Salish Sea towards the tips of the Misty Mountains in the West as I begin my evening walk into the Forest. I finished dinner early and the golden glow on the tree tops and in the high soft clouds, pale blue sky lured me outside as I anticipated another wonder…
Have you heard the Earth Song? Do you feel it in your bones and tissues, coursing through your blood and rising through the mist of your voice? She sings, inviting us to come home… into her Forests and Mountains, Nature’s training halls of alchemy, mystery, joy and awe. Everyone’s path may be different yet our journeys all begin with our own 2 feet. “Follow your feet and the Earth will teach.” This is our mantra.
Join Mick Dodge, the Barefoot Sensei on May 9th and 10th in Snohomish, WA as he shares his wisdom, humor and skill mused through his muscles through decades of footing his path in the Lands of OM (Olympic Mountains), attuning his song with the Earth’s song.
Have you ever drank water from a tree? On my first visit out to the Hoh Rainforest shortly after I met Mick in 2007, I remember early in the morning Mick coming up to me with his bright eyes and big grin and said, “Want to learn an ancient morning ritual practice from our peoples?”…