An ancient folktale from the Faroe Islands, Scotland, Ireland and Iceland about a seal-woman, or Selkie, who loses her pelt, and how she finds it again. Though this story is ancient, it still speaks deeply to the lived experience of those of us who offer our time and energy to others at sacrifice of something vital to us whether it is a love, a dream, or the potential to develop, and how important it is to reclaim it.
Read MoreThe Wisdom of Herring
The annual migration of herring up the Mystic River, Massachusetts, tells a story about resilience, persistence and trust in intuition. An ancient wisdom arises from the soft splashes and flickers of silvery blue gray, it is the landscape speaking reminding us to persist amidst challenges. In the words of Robin Wall Kimmerer, ethnobotanist and bestselling author of Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge and the Teachings of Plants, “The land is the real teacher. All we need as students is mindfulness.”
Read MoreBraiding Sweetgrass and the Goddess of Creation
SkyWoman, a Haudenosaunee Creation story about the first woman, reminds us how the wild is inherently full of symbiotic, reciprocal relationships that can inspire us to relate to each other in a similar way if we choose to honor the wisdom of the plants.
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