by Della Ratcliffe | Aug 14, 2020 | Earth Medicine
A rose reborn… I see signs everywhere. And this was one of them! We thought our rose plant had come to the end of its natural life. It had been failing for some time and put out only one or two blossoms a year, one often in January or February. So a couple of...
by Della Ratcliffe | Aug 3, 2019 | Earth Medicine, Rituals and Ceremonies
It has been said that a shaman can be defined as a wounded healer… although there is more to being a shaman or shamanic practitioner, such as: the process of how that wound is healed and how that wound becomes transformative the relationship between the shaman...
by Della Ratcliffe | Jul 1, 2018 | Earth Medicine
I love the changing of the seasons and what each brings to us in this beautiful cycle of life throughout the year . . . from Spring’s growth and fertility through to Summer’s abundance, to Autumn’s harvest and release, to Winter’s rest,...
by Della Ratcliffe | Jul 28, 2017 | Earth Medicine
Oh how I love these words from Ojibway author Richard Wagamese, who left us earlier this year to walk with The Ancestors. His words inspire me daily, especially in his book Embers: One Ojibway’s Meditations. “My body is a wilderness. To understand that I...
by Della Ratcliffe | Jul 12, 2017 | Earth Medicine, Rituals and Ceremonies
Yesterday I attended a workshop led by The Medicine Collective, a group of Indigenous Elders and Knowledge-Keepers, at the xʷc̓ic̓əsəm Indigenous Health Garden at the UBC Farm. Such a profound and healing experience. We began with ritual… with ceremony… with...
