There are ancient embodied maps to guide us in harmonizing conflicting energy, restoring mutuality, and balancing energy. Refresh your soul and get your bearings by exploring this guiding wisdom at the coming Healing with Community session of Grandmothers’ Garden.

Learn how to rebalance the energy of the community and harmonize and integrate conflicting energies. If the intensity of community needs and divisions risk overloading the circuits of your heart, this class is for you. 

The unexpected, contagious power of kindness gives new meaning to the idea that kindness is the best protection. Here are 4 questions to integrate the recent swelling of kindness in our communities. 

The kukeri are a winter dance tradition that can help people find the inner force to drive out the frozen energy of division and scarcity and activate blessing and prosperity.

Learn how to get comfortable with the chant for clearing karmas, er her er her ar ou her, so you can get the best benefit in 2026. Every technical detail about where to place the tongue and position the sound can help you unlock the full healing power of this chant. 

We must never lose compassion, our ability to see ourselves as relatives with all of life. It is especially important that we cultivate powerful roots in our interconnection while facing dehumanizing and harmful situations.

Writing to you from the trenches of South Minneapolis, I’m afraid I have nothing profound to say.  My heart is broken and this quirky, caring, brave and battle-weary community I’ve called home for 30 years is besieged by occupying forces that are terrorizing and abducting my Brown and Black neighbors. 

The energy of 2026 both has it’s challenges and has tremendous healing potential. Here are ways to calm you body, reset, and tap into the powerful healing support available to us now.

What do you want your New Year Reset to feel like? Read about upcoming January events in Minneapolis in case any of them might help you reset things slowly and intentionally.

Three things you can do to thrive even in hard times. No matter your circumstances, it helps to understand the energy of the year, attune to your inner knowing, and have a mentor.

How to turn bitter cold into cozy cold, especially on the winter solstice? Dance, move meditatively, and make meaningful connections. Join us for a winter solstice dance celebration in St Paul on Friday, Dec 19, 2025.

They say it takes a village to write, and it’s true. Here’s why.

In qigong practice, water helps us soften and flow around our stiff places. As we get our bodies flowing, we are not just flowing with ourselves, we are flowing with all the water. That means we are connected with the support of all the water. Is there anything more powerful?

Dancing not only helps shake off stress and refresh the body’s energy, it is a way to connect with qualities of aliveness.  Oracle cards are a way to connect with the inspiration and guidance that arises from dancing. 

How is creativity and writing transformational? By embracing the surprises they offer us.

Why rest is liberating and radical. To rest is to say I’m enough, and I trust something greater than myself. In a spirit of rest, we recognize that our best contributions don’t come from us, but through us.

Three key ingredients for your sleep and sanity. Process and discharge extra energy, especially as we approach the darkest three months of the year.