Before any of my work will serve its purpose, you really must have a foundational understanding of the history and context of this most essential topic: animism!   Basically all of my work centers around the concept of animism,   but the definition of what this actually means might be lost in the muddy waters of what animism was thought to be and what animism has only recently come to be understood as through relational understanding and a reclamation of Indigenous knowledge.

WHY SPIRITUAL PRACTICE NOW? "There is never time in the future in which we will work out our salvation. The challenge is in the moment; the time is always now." -JAMES BALDWIN In circle at the Imaginal Collective yesterday, the question of "why spiritual practice now?" came up, and it had already been something my partner and I had been talking about earlier that day. So I want to take you deep into this with me—grab a cup of tea, because this one's longer than usual, but I

As Robin Wall Kimmerer says, "paying attention is a form of reciprocity with the living world, receiving the gifts with open eyes and open heart." This kind of reciprocity is the first step to begin engaging with the fullness of who we are and what the world is around us. It's are way back to engaging with the vital web of existence and healing our feeling of being dispossessed by our very existence.