The Night Before Christmas read to Dog and Cat
"The Night Before Christmas" was written by Clement C. Moore in 1823, and has become a children's Christmas classic. In 2009 I created this video as a gift for my…
Zoo Animal Ambassadors Are Inviting Us to Listen
Mountain Lion Miksa, Cougar Mountain Zoo For many years my students and I have walked among the Animal Ambassadors at zoos across the U.S., gathering their prayers, listening, and doing…
Thanksgiving with the Animals
This Thanksgiving create a small ceremony to offer gratitude and blessings for your animal companions and local wildlife.
Purrfect Pumpkin Pie and Other Holiday Capers with Dog and Cat
The first dog that I adopted after leaving home was three year-old collie/shepherd mix I called Bear. She came into my life at a time when I truly needed her protection and support, and I came to love her dearly. However Bear had a few vices, one of which was food. I made sure to keep temptation out of her way at home, but that became more difficult when visiting my family at the holidays.
Manitou and Dancing with the Stars
I had an unexpectedly emotional start to my day today. After my morning Reiki, I like to do my stretching exercises while catching up on recordings of my favorite TV…
Invitation to Heal Yourself, Heal the Earth Conference
Do you feel like everything needs to change? Can you hear Pachamama (Mother Earth) calling you? The old ways are no longer working: business as usual in an "extraction economy,"…
Your Heart Knows and Bobcat Blessings
As I was searching for how to condense the many wonderful things that have happened since my last newsletter into a written form that would not take hours to read,…
Crows versus Seagull at the Wild Rose Café
Every morning, after feeding my cats, I put some nuts out for my Crow Family. Some days there's something extra. Today I had half of an Italian sub to share…
GoFundMe for Ceremony Answering the Call of Wildlife
For nine years I have traveled in ceremony to collect the prayers of wildlife so that the people and the animals can co-create a more balanced way of living together.…
Grandmother Buffalo and the Buffalo Jam
I met a Buffalo Elder while carrying the Buffalo Blanket in ceremony in Yellowstone National Park. We were creeping our way out of a pullout in West Yellowstone into the…
