When the moon is waxing (for about two weeks, from new moon to full—right now), go outside and connect your belly, heart, and third eye with the growing moon. Set your intent that something you are growing in your life (a project, an idea, a baby) draws power from the moonlight’s growth. Use the growing moon to remind yourself each night of what you are growing.

When the moon is full, swallow its light. Use the practice of Feeding the Full Moon Web of Light with your radiance.

When the moon is waning (for about two weeks, from full to dark), go outside and connect with moon. Set your intent to release something you are ready to let go of. Use the diminishing moonlight each night to remind yourself of what you are releasing.

When the moon is dark (three nights), let yourself rest in the potential that abides in darkness. See the dark as fruitful and nourishing, like a womb. Let this darkness also remind you that all energy has a rhythm of darkness as well as light. 

The more I see potential long-term trauma at the border, the more my heart breaks. I have an adopted daughter, and I know firsthand how hard it has been for her to come to terms with the loss, rejection, insecurity, and invisibility that arises when a family has let you go.

Now there are children around the world—in Syria, Central America, Africa, and so many other places—whose parents are doing their best to choose life, and are being thwarted by walls, wars, economic instability, and plain meanness.

I was inspired to write about soul remembering and healing because there is so much need. Soul loss due to trauma is little understood—and often unacknowledged—by western therapeutic traditions. The more we become aware of issues of the soul, and normalize our perception of soul loss, the more we can heal ourselves, our family constellations, and our world. 

As always, if you want shamanic help with your soul healing, set up a call with me.

It's a way to meet your guides and helpers—whose presence you may have sensed in your dreams or in nature—who can help you create a life of meaning and purpose. Shamanism is full of ceremony for  blessing, healing, and opening those who participate in them.

I have met and worked with many of the teachers interviewed in this summit, and deeply respect them. Over the years I've also learned to follow my heart when signing up for shamanic workshops. When I haven't—when I've been drawn to some idea rather than looking at the person who was offering the work—my experience has been less than stellar. So these free interviews give you an opportunity to listen with your heart before you commit to something more.

Starts July 9.