Often around the New Year, I see posts appearing on my feed saying that January 1st is not the real new year at all, and that it is something completely made up by the Gregorian calendar. And yes, that is true. The way we experience time today, and the calendar we use to structure our lives, is very different from how humans related to time before the Gregorian calendar was introduced. Time was once deeply connected to nature, the moon, the sun, the seasons, agriculture, and

Spirit animals have been part of human spiritual traditions for thousands of years. Long before modern spirituality had names and labels, people all over the world connected with animals as teachers, protectors, messengers and guides. Indigenous cultures in North and South America, Siberia, Scandinavia, Africa, Asia and Australia all worked with animal spirits in their own way. Shamans, healers and wisdom keepers understood that animals carry specific energies, lessons and me

Trance journeys - remembering what we already know. I was 21 when I first consciously learned how to trance journey. I signed myself up for a four-day shamanic intensive in Belgium with Roel Crabbe from Anam Cara. At that time, I didn’t fully realize what I was stepping into. I just knew I felt called. Something ancient in me recognized something ancient in the work. During those four days, I learned how to journey on the guidance of the drum. How to shift consciousness witho

In addition to its physical effects, vaginal steaming can be a gentle form of healing, acceptance, and softening on an emotional, energetic, and mental level. Because vaginal steaming is often used postpartum or for physical concerns, its potential impact on trauma and energetic blockages is not always widely recognized. Yet trauma and blockages related to sexuality, trust, safety, and protection are often held energetically in the pelvis, the reproductive organs, and the fir

Why Steam with a Personal Steam Plan? Online, you’ll find many different opinions and pieces of advice about vaginal steaming. Some say you should steam for 30 minutes, others advise shorter or longer sessions. The same applies to herbs—there are blends marketed for fertility, tightening the vagina, infections, or menstruation. When I first started vaginal steaming myself, I felt overwhelmed and unsure of what was right or wrong. I also missed a deeper foundation—knowledge th