Waymarkers

Waymarkers Expand & deepen your sacred communion w/ your soul & the wild world. Rewild your wonder!

There is a deep longing in our Western culture to wander and to have this wayfairing lead to deep meaning, renewed ways of seeing, and back to our own sense of grounded belonging to this Earth and the communities in which we live. However, these way-calling times can be fraught with anxiety and awe, wonderment and worry. How does one begin this kind of journey that transforms the soul and the very

story of our lives? Waymarkers provides mindfulness practices and participation, sacred places, and inspiring prose that will support you as you accept your soul journey; as you cross thresholds through both wise and wild places; as you engage the forested descent into fear and failure; and as you return home again, filled with insight, community, and commitment to restorative justice for all planetary life. Waymarkers comes along side your journey as a guide, incorporating spiritual traditions that weave the numinous natural world back into our lives. Waymarkers guides you along your personal path of spiritual formation to receive guidance from your particular places, cultivating a sacred perception of the soul and wild nature."

Standing at the threshold | Spring Equinox Blessings! This day is often named as balance—and it is. But to me, it feels ...
20/03/2026

Standing at the threshold | Spring Equinox Blessings!

This day is often named as balance—and it is. But to me, it feels like remembering. Remembering what it is to turn toward warmth.
A deep, body-held wisdom that knows how to receive light again—
through rain, through wind, through the slow return of warmth.

As Mary Oliver writes:
“I try to be good but sometimes
a person just has to break out and
act like the wild and springy thing
one used to be…”

There’s something about this moment that feels like standing at a threshold—
aware of who you’ve been,
aware of something stirring,
but not quite across into what comes next.

In the Celtic imagination, these are thin spaces—where the veil softens,
where the seen and unseen draw close.
Not only places, but moments. Seasons. Ways of paying attention.
And this is that kind of moment: not winter; not yet summer. Not darkness. Not the full stretch of light.

The Green Man is stirring—
leaf and vine unfurling,
the wild Earth beginning again.
And I find myself wondering…
Where am I in-between right now?
What is no longer what it once was, but not yet fully formed?
Where is that “wild and springy” life asking to come forward again?

No need to rush it. This is a season that moves differently—quietly, gently, almost beneath the surface.
But something is waking. And from this threshold, new paths begin to show themselves.

Love that National Geographic places the Isle of Iona as one of Europe's Top Ten more restorative islands to visit for "...
19/03/2026

Love that National Geographic places the Isle of Iona as one of Europe's Top Ten more restorative islands to visit for "a nervous system reset, emotional grounding & enhanced mindfulness." The article also notes key aspects of what we do on the Waymarkers Iona Pilgrimage: healing pilgrimage walks tied to Celtic spirituality, wild swimming in the Sound of Iona's turquoise waters, and exploring the intersection of ancient and modern ways to practice ways to connect to the Divine.

Registration for the 2027 Waymarkers Iona Pilgrimage will open in April! I hope you will join us!

Europe’s islands are where wellness returns to its roots. Think crater walks, thermal springs, forest saunas and bracing, salt-laced air. Here are a few of the most restorative escapes for travellers seeking a true reset.

The Wildwood Sisterhood Modern Mystery School is a yearlong journey into story, soul, and the living Earth—rooted in the...
19/03/2026

The Wildwood Sisterhood Modern Mystery School is a yearlong journey into story, soul, and the living Earth—rooted in the ancient tale of the Handless Maiden and brought to life through applied mythology and eco-spiritual ritual practice.

Over 12 months, we walk beside the Maiden as she moves through the archetypal thresholds of transformation—the same thresholds found in every true rite of passage, every pilgrimage, every unraveling and becoming.

Our current circle now stands at the edge of departure…preparing to leave the known world behind and cross the threshold into the woods.
The woods—dark, alive, and listening—are not merely a place, but a passage.
They are the mythic Underworld, the fertile ground of dismemberment and remembering, where what has been lost, exiled, or silenced begins to return in new form.

This is where the soul is remade.

Where have you walked the woods of transformation in your own life?
Where are they calling you now?

If you feel the pull to join the 2027 Wildwood Sisterhood, send me a message to be placed on the priority registration waitlist.

Last Chance to Register: Rewilding the Soul (Begins This Friday)Lent has long been understood as a wilderness season—a t...
10/03/2026

Last Chance to Register: Rewilding the Soul (Begins This Friday)

Lent has long been understood as a wilderness season—a time when the spiritual journey leads us away from the familiar and into deeper landscapes of the soul. In the Christian story, Jesus enters the desert. Many of us discover that when we step into our inner wilderness, it can feel less like a living landscape and more like a wasteland—depleted, overworked, or disconnected.
What would it mean to rewild the soul?

In ecology, rewilding restores damaged landscapes so life can return and ecosystems can flourish again. Rewilding the Soul uses this metaphor as a guide for spiritual renewal—helping us restore our inner landscape so we can live with greater connection, wholeness, and relationship with the living Earth.

This four-week online Lenten series weaves together ecological wisdom, contemplative practice, and reflection to support your journey of renewal.

Fridays: March 13, 20, 27 & April 3
Time: 12:00–1:15 PM PST
Online | Recordings available

Each gathering includes teaching, reflection, and practices to help you reconnect with your inner ecosystem and the living world around you.

If your soul is longing for renewal this Lent, you are warmly welcome.

A sacred four-week series exploring rewilding, spiritual ecology, and soulful belonging. Gentle guidance, teaching, reflection, and nature-rooted spiritual practice.

I had the deep honor of convening a circle of women for the past four days at the base of Mt. Tahoma (Rainier). Together...
10/03/2026

I had the deep honor of convening a circle of women for the past four days at the base of Mt. Tahoma (Rainier).

Together we gathered around myth, fairy tales, and the reclamation of women’s spirituality through sacred connection with the Earth.

It was powerful to witness one another’s stories unfold and undulate like the labyrinth’s path. As we listened and shared, the wild and animate tales began to awaken—stretching out their long legs and paws, weaving between our feet, loping through the circle like old companions returning.

Our souls stirred, and joined the ancient soul-speak of story through ritual, ceremony, craft, and song.

Getting lost in the woods is worth the trouble, friends. When you surrender to the wild edges of story and soul, you rarely come back the same.

You come out transformed—shape-shifted.
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I was especially delighted to tuck Wild Folk into the retreat welcome packets. The book officially releases March 17 and is available for pre-order now.

🌕Worm Moon Wisdom 🪱March’s Worm Moon arrives as a threshold—soft ground, shifting winds, the Earth stirring awake. This ...
03/03/2026

🌕Worm Moon Wisdom 🪱

March’s Worm Moon arrives as a threshold—soft ground, shifting winds, the Earth stirring awake. This year, it comes with a lunar eclipse, amplifying its invitation to reveal what’s been hidden.

Named for the earthworm, this moon honors the quiet workers of renewal. Worms don’t create by avoiding decay—they move through it. They break down what’s been, turning it into fertile ground for what’s next.

I’ve seen this firsthand in my garden: every shovelful of soil alive with worms, my chickens delighted, the land quietly saying yes. The tending is working! Life is returning. Here are a couple lessons the earthworms in my homescape have offered me:

✨ What looks like breakdown is often the beginning of renewal.
✨ What feels like compost may be preparing you to bloom.

What is lengthening within you?
What buried thing is ready to rise?

We need to (re)connect to spiritual streams that reflect the ways of healthy ecologies: diversity, mycelia growth and in...
22/02/2026

We need to (re)connect to spiritual streams that reflect the ways of healthy ecologies: diversity, mycelia growth and interconnection awareness, deep presence, only taking what you need, and animistic interiority.

“We need a spirituality as deep as the Earth process itself.”
— Thomas Berry

Thomas Berry was not calling for a retreat from the world — but a deeper participation in it.

A spirituality equal to the Earth process is not shallow inspiration. It is grounded in cycles of renewal and decay. It honors limits. It recognizes interdependence. It understands that the sacred is not separate from soil, sea, and sky.

To live this way is to align our inner life with the living systems that sustain us.

If the Earth has a rhythm — seasons, tides, migration, regeneration — then our spiritual life must also have depth, patience, and resilience.

What would it mean for your daily practice to reflect the wisdom of the Earth itself?

Explore more of Thomas Berry’s vision at
thomasberryfoundation.org







✨Its Stardust Wednesday ✨Today we remember a shimmering truth: we are made of stardust.Formed from elements born in anci...
18/02/2026

✨Its Stardust Wednesday ✨

Today we remember a shimmering truth: we are made of stardust.
Formed from elements born in ancient stars, we belong to an unfolding cosmic story—woven with Earth, one another, and all life.

In our family’s ritual celebration of this day, we begin with a reading of Elin Kelsey’s You Are Stardust and mark ourselves with a touch of glitter—on hand or forehead—as a sacred sign of the divine radiance within. Not ashes of diminishment, but starry dust of belonging.

This reframes Lent as awe rather than unworthiness. Yes, we are dust—but ancient, luminous, and beloved. From this knowing, we’re invited to move through the world with reverence: honoring Earth, tending one another, and shining our unique light.

Thanks be to Great Mystery, flowing through all that is.

Reflection for this Stardust Wednesday:
• How does remembering I am stardust deepen my sense of belonging?
• What changes when I hold both my fragility and my brilliance?
• How might Lent become a season of reverence, generosity, and care for the sacred web of life?

What would YOUR love letter to the Earth read?
14/02/2026

What would YOUR love letter to the Earth read?

You are invited to Rewilding the Soul,  a four-week online webinar series held on consecutive Fridays during Lent — a ti...
10/02/2026

You are invited to Rewilding the Soul, a four-week online webinar series held on consecutive Fridays during Lent — a time traditionally associated with wilderness, fasting, reflection, and deep listening. Across these sessions, ecological metaphors and spiritual practices weave together to support participants in restoring inner balance, reclaiming wildness, and cultivating a sacred relationship with self, Earth, and all life.

Sessions will be held on four consecutive Fridays (March 13, March 20, March 27, and April 3) from 12:00-1:15pm PST. Each 75 minute gathering features teaching, reflection, and meaningful practices to help you re-connect with your inner ecosystem and the living world around you, grounding your Lenten journey in earth-rooted wisdom. Sessions will be recorded and made available for replay to registered participants.

Week 1: Stories that Domesticated the World
Week 2: When the Wolves Returned
Week 3: Rewilding & Spiritual Ecology
Week 4: Rewilding the Soul

Rewilding the Soul offers an earth-rooted way to engage Lent as a sacred threshold — a time to slow down, listen more closely, and allow what is essential to return.

Let Lent become a season of rewilding the wilderness.

Register:

A sacred four-week series exploring rewilding, spiritual ecology, and soulful belonging. Gentle guidance, teaching, reflection, and nature-rooted spiritual practice.

WaymarkersIona PilgrimageJuly 3-10, 2026ONE SPOT AVAILABLE: A $500 deposit marks your crossing. Balance due April 1, 202...
04/02/2026

Waymarkers
Iona Pilgrimage
July 3-10, 2026

ONE SPOT AVAILABLE: A $500 deposit marks your crossing. Balance due April 1, 2026. Full details provided upon registration. Go to waymarkers.net/2026-iona-pilgrimage to claim this spot!

Engage in the ancient rite of pilgrimage as a way of marking the thresholds you are crossing in your life. Through intentional journey, ritual, and shared witness, pilgrimage offers a living container for loss, grief, adaptation, and revitalization. If you seeking to mark your life with meaning, this journey is offered for women who feel the call to walk with purpose and presence.

We will engage the living streams of Celtic spirituality, eco-spirituality, and personal ritual as ways of remembering Earth-honoring wisdom through the body and senses. Daily ceremonies invite the expression and reclaiming of our inherent meant-for-ness and purpose. Carrying the ancient pilgrimage question, “Pilgrim, what ails thee?”, we will track and trail responses that offer not only healing, but reveal the particular medicine each of us is called to carry home. Through wild wanders and intentional time alone, the soul is given space to speak in the language of silence and untamed nature.

My Brat Bhríde has been set out on Imbolc Eve,a sign of Brigid’s cloak,laid beneath dew and the blessing of full moonlig...
01/02/2026

My Brat Bhríde has been set out on Imbolc Eve,
a sign of Brigid’s cloak,
laid beneath dew and the blessing of full moonlight.
May all find shelter,
may all be held in safe-keeping through the night.

My Brigid’s cross has been woven,
its arms turning the wheel of protection.
May all who pass this threshold
be wrapped in comfort and care.

Bellies are warmed with rosemary oat bannocks,
simple bread for holy becoming.
May all receive the nourishment
to grow into their meant-for-ness.

Fire was kindled,
poetry given breath,
drums answered the heart,
and cups of cheer were raised—
so that we may love mercy,
do justice,
and walk humbly
upon this sacred Earth.

Happy Imbolc!

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