The Norwegian Sage Apothecary is now open for orders. It’s been a wild and nourishing harvest ~ and the spirits of nature are eager to serve body, mind and soul…
The elixirs are pure gifts from nature, soul medicine from the depths of my heart, a coming of my own love affair with the wild weeds and landscapes. They are distillations of our nordic ecology, answers to imbalances and guardians of connection ~ seeking to support our sensory journey into wholeness and health.
All the answers we need can be found in Nature.. Today I had the honour of guiding a ritual for Ida to mark her 40 years around the Sun and a transition into conscious queendom and feminine sovereignty. We wandered the forests of Bygdøy supported by ecotherapy practices to connect to the sensory truth and timeless wisdom of each present moment and deep breath. The journey was inspired by Ida’s Life Work Gene Key 61 - The Holy of Holiest.
The dance of fire and water led our way through the white landscape, and we broke out in ecstacy to witness the sacred geometry of the hundered of snowstars that melted on our skin. Between glowing pines, faded jade moss and steaming cups of local tea, our original condition was restored and red roses blossomed on our cheeks.
Slowly and steadily, we are bringing back our traditional rites of passage to mark the transition between different phases in our lives. In today’s society many people lose themselves in these transitions, since we have lost many of our traditional healing arts and practices of our local cultures and land.
The rites serve to cultivate deeper self-trust, responsibility, and a personal understanding of one’s unique purpose in society and the natural world. They are also portals to the archetypal elements of Nature and can be passed from one generation to the next, in a flow that evokes the continuity of life and reminds us of our place in the Great Mystery.
Creating a Rite of Passage is a also way to nurture a sense of renewal and belonging to inner and outer nature, rekindle our connection with our ancestors, weave us deeper into a sense of guardianship of Nature, and help us recalibrate our centre and make sense of change on a planet in rapid transformation.
To request your own Rite of Passage or read more about my work with Pathfinding and Medicine Journeys, see http://www.norwegiansage.com/pathfinding
As seven days of sound medicine with Githa Ben-David came to an end, we gathered in ceremony with the natural elements to honour the work that had been completed at Dharma Mountain. The goal of the training was for the students to recover their own healing qualities for the benefit of themselves and others, by releasing their true expression - and from here continue the journey of becoming sound therapists.
Desert Therapy Walk in Souss-Massaa, Morocco ~ a play on the traditional forest therapy practice of Shinrin Yoku. Using the textures, smells, sounds and sights of the desert to evoke a deep experience of nature connection. We also added a storytelling/journaling component to the immersion and connected to the myth of the lost kingdom of Atlantis, told to be located in this land...
"A crystal temple gathered in honour of Atla(nti)s. Clear quartz and fossil, seabed and shore, flower, seed and veils of smoke. A home for the Spirit of the Atla-Ra. Atlantis, still glowing in the neural pathways of the berber mind, in the dust of shell and sandstone alike, and in the winding roots of the Argan tree. Released when the power of intention hit the grids of the Earth, fuelled with the fire of homeland’s wood.
The rocks lay scattered across the arid desertscapes, leaving ancient markings on her surface - but the true voice of Atlantis is heard in the inner realms - by the rushing of the blood, the bristles of the bone, from the moaning marrow of the muladhara to the saturated silence of the Sahasra. A deep listen tells of the subtle, divineful ways of its people and the Law of One. Living in the unobstructed flow of Her waving waters. Under soaring towers of bioluminous perception, sustaining long periods of peace, wisdom and harmony. Governing with the hydraulics of Grace, under the Science of the Sun, Moon and Stars, when the beings of the Earth realms were still looking to the Soul for Solutions.."
