In the days before this weekend ancestors intensive I’ll be co-leading two earth-honoring Ifa/Orisha rituals with Baba Ifagbemi of www.oracleifa.com.  These are both by donation and open to all, just be in touch directly for details and to confirm.  As of May 1st, 2013 spaces are almost full for the weekend so be in touch [...]

We depend completely and intimately on the lives of our green-blood kin for food, for clothing, for medicine, for shelter, and for the air we breathe. Our older ancestors and some earth-friendly folks today understand that this total dependence calls for a corresponding reciprocity and communion with our plant relatives. Attempting to live out this [...]

Mountains are natural temples, holy places where Earth and Sky meet. Living elders, mountains help us to wake up bone memory of our unique destiny and to remember our connection with the stars and vastness. Throughout 2013 we’ll gather on the slopes of six of the sacred peaks circling the San Francisco Estuary (see map) [...]

Recently I had the honor of being interviewed by Voices of the Earth, a project of the recently formed Earth Medicine Alliance.  The interview covers lots of different material, and the 20-30 minutes that focus on ancestor work capture pretty well why I choose to focus so much of my time and energy on ancestral [...]