Shamanic Musings & Julie's Blog

It was my first Mother’s Day without my mom here in her earthly body. In my Sacred Sunday meditation, we took time to honor all mothers,...

On Sunday we celebrated Beltane, the halfway point between spring equinox and summer solstice, here in the northern hemisphere. It's a...

I’ve been a shaman and teacher for more than 15 years, but when I turned 40, I was deeply entrenched in a corporate job. I had been...

What if someone received you every day with love? Ebullient, overflowing with enthusiasm and joy, Love. Today, I invite you to welcome...

Welcome to April! This month is all about power. I encourage you to claim your own power, to feel your own power, to stand and live in...

We go into balance poses in yoga. We hope good will balance out evil. We seek work-life balance. What is balance anyway? Balance is...

Last week I was with the big rocks at Enchanted Rock (in Texas), and I was drawn to go from there to the rocky shore of Marblehead this...

Did you know that one definition of a Shaman is that they are a bridge? a bridge between worlds, a bridge between energy and matter, a...

How does your body feel right now? Are there places that are tight, tender, in pain? Are there places of discomfort, physical or...

What is a shaman? A shaman is someone who acknowledges, knows, and works with the world of energy. You might call this the non-ordinary...

What do you think when I say the word heart? Do you think love? Red paper valentines? A mechanical pump sending blood through your body?...

This month is about allowing magic to come into our lives. How do we do that? How do we open to magic, invite it in? How do we remove...

It is the time of the moon and the lunar new year. It is a time for intentions, extra deep intentions. Imagine you have a fresh palette...

a tribute to Thich Nhat Hanh? When I was 16, I read Thich Nhat Hanh’s book Being Peace. Somebody once said to me that reading this book...

It’s the time of the full moon, the Wolf Moon. We breathe into the energy of the full moon, honoring the light of the sun. We honor...

It’s January and it’s timeless in this space of the white canvas. The white canvas is an opportunity, an invitation to paint, to bring...

What if nothing is real? What if nothing has meaning? Most of us crave meaning. We create meaning … meaning for everything around us. We...

“I’m bored.” I’d say that sometimes as a kid, and, to my irritation, my Dad would say: “Bored people are boring. What are you going to do...

We think so much in black and white, either/or. What happens when we let ourselves live in shades of gray? When we divide along lines,...

What do you think when I say nature? Do you think of getting out of the city and away from people? Nature is wherever we are, we just...