This summer has been a magical one. I have had the honor of participating in a program called Partnering with the Plant People, an offering brought forward by the wise and beautiful Rachel Weitz. I’d like to take a moment, to reflect on a summer of wonder where ancestral knowledge has been awakened inside of me, where I have found wisdom, love, and awareness, and have felt the deep sight of community.

PLANTS, SHAMANISMHeather L. PorterAugust 8, 2019plants, healing, heart

On The Star Nations

When the air is clear, and the moon is dark, the great expanse of the universe reveals itself to us as a sparkling infinity of emptiness and light. When you look up towards the sky at night, what do you see? How does the sky make you feel? When I see the blanket of stars on a clear night, I find myself more easily connected to my soul’s celestial ancestors and a part of my spirit feels both expansive and home.

SHAMANISM, COMMUNICATIONHeather L. PorterMarch 3, 2019stars, star nations, shamanism, spiritual traditions

On Wise & Well Ancestors

When I think of the thousands of people who came before me, I am humbled. Though I will bear no children of my own in this lifetime, my heart hope is that through my work, my words, and my heart, I can pass along at least some of the small seeds of the secrets of existence that have been passed on to me. From bloodline, from milkline, from soulline, from spiritline, I walk in concert with a cast of thousands. As do you.

HEALING, SHAMANISM, HEARTHeather L. PorterFebruary 3, 2019ancestors, health

On Gratitude and Thanksgiving

There was a time in my life, a predominant time, where the wounds of my past ruled my present. I was afflicted with bitterness, envy, anger, pity, and even hatred, on occasion. These poor wounds, untended and unacknowledged, held me in a constant state of sadness, and sometimes held me in fear.

HEALING, HEALTH, SHAMANISM, HEARTHeather L. PorterNovember 22, 2018trauma, shamanism, health, healing, gratitude, thanksgiving

On Welcoming Winter

In the northern hemisphere, the dawn’s quiet glow arrives later and later, and the cool of night greets us earlier and earlier. As the calendar year draws to a close, I find myself reflecting on the liminal space between summer and winter, between light and dark.

SHAMANISMHeather L. PorterOctober 27, 2018autumn, shamanism, shaman, death, gratitude, journey

On Power Animals

Power animals are spiritual guides that come to us in animal form to guide us, support us, protect us, and to lend us their wisdom and power.

SHAMANISMHeather L. PorterOctober 14, 2018power animals, spirit animals, totem, animal familiar, animal guide, shamanism