Marriages
Red Blood on White Sheets
I woke up with my period. Red Blood on White Sheets, Is a symbol for my life recently…. I married my husband to merge in our union. I am the RED blood. He is the WHITE sheets. “White” represents his ...
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Food and the Shaman
I worked at anEating Disorder Residential Treatment Center,& I wanted to tell the women that they aren’t broken. The reason they hurt so much inside, is because the world hurts so much outside. When they self harm,they are doing so because ...
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Hand-Fasting and Alternative Marriage Rites
When you choose to be married, it’s a choice to alchemize. It’s a choice to change and transform. And to do that, a container is necessary. But! How do you navigate the line between~ committing to the relationship when it’s ...
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Motherhood
The Labyrinth and the transition from Maiden to Mother
The labyrinth is an ancient, universal symbol representing our journey through life, ordeals and initiations. The pathway is associated with spiritual rebirth. The journey into the labyrinth’s center is symbolic of death, and the journey out of the labyrinth represents rebirth.“ ~ Pam England, Birthing From Within
Motherhood
The Red Thread: Pregnancy and Postpartum Groups
“It doesn’t matter HOW you gave birth, what matters is that YOU DID!” To all the mothers who birthed at home ~ YOU did it! To all the mamas who birthed in the hospital~ YOU did it! And to all …
Motherhood
MILK & BLOOD: How Our Hormonal Changes Effect Motherhood
After childbirth you loose yourself The women’s mysteries would say, “The blood is now milk.”And the new mother enters a special sort of limbo. Everything is about the baby.Self care can feel non-existent & the trial of being a new …
Parenting
What’s the Best School System for my Son?
I want my son to believe that he can be anything. He can be a musician, a world traveler, a climate change activist… He can be a visionary artist in New York, a cowboy in New Zealand, a talk show …
Wild Women
☥* Blood Rites *☥
☥* Blood Rites *☥ HER daughter walked toward the Red Tent to learn the wisdom of women. She had just started her first MOON. Blood dripped into her undergarments, caught by a piece of fabric her mother stitched together for …
Birth
The Red Thread: Rites of Passage Project
When I got pregnant, I expected that I would have someone to guide me into my next phase of life. Maybe my mother ~ or my best friends who had children of their own… but no. And I thought, that …
Birth
Rites of Passage into the Mother Phase of Life
~ * Rites of Passage into the Mother Phase of Life * ~ Joseph Campbell quotes “When a baby is born the mother dies.She no longer lives in the pursuit of herself… her life force is now utilized toward her …
Wild Women
I want to say Thank You to the Simple Women
I want to say thank you to the simple women, who never ~ ask too many questions. Always do what they are told. Try to fit in. Speak when they are spoken to. Thank you! for never challenging motherhood. Or …
Art
I finished my first Grimoire!
I finished my first Grimoire! * Book of Shadows and Light * I want to show you a few pages…. If you don’t know… A “book of Shadows” is an ( art ) journal where we record our visions, our …
Birth
The Red Thread
I’m sitting in front of my birth altar contemplating the RED THREAD. You know… the red thread that permeates all life. The thread that connects us…. Red, like our womb walls that house our soul’s spiral. This red thread reminds …
Menarche Ceremony Information & Questionnaire
Dearest Mother,Congratulations on your daughter’s coming of age! The journey to becoming a woman begins with her mother’s outreached hand~ welcoming her to the “Red Tent.” The Red Tent is also called the menstrual lodge or the moon lodge. In …
Expressive Arts
Our Demons Danced with Each Other
Our demons danced with each other. There was no shame in this allowance.It felt ancient. Primordial. True. I was more connected to source then, than I’ve ever felt trying to be… better. I wanted him to be all of himself.And …
Birth
Women Are Never Alone
All women are connected. But recently,I’ve had a hard time helping women remember this because women no longer go to the moon lodge to hear each other’s stories. When we sit in circle, it’s obvious that we are playing out …
Birth
** Lilith Speaks about Birth **
** Lilith Speaks about Birth: ** “Before the shift to the one GOD~ there was the Goddess. The Whole & Holy Wombman. She is the Sacred Whore~in service to the “whole” that connects us. And the Guardian of the “hole” …
Wild Women
The Mother-Whore
** The Mother- Whore ** And there she was, dancing.Her voluptuous body bouncing! To me,each one of her curves looked like rolling hills,her breasts were like mountains & the folds in her skin, caves. She was laughing! And she swayed …
Marriages
I wore White at our Wedding, to honor my husband’s SEED
☀️ Alchemy 🌙 Above are pictures of an outdoor altar Adam and I created at our first home. The “seed altar” and the “womb altar.” The seed altar was a place where adam would give his seed to remember that …
Birth
10 Things I’m Choosing to Embrace while Pregnant
~>~>~>~>~>~>~>~>~>~>10 things I’m choosing to embrace while pregnant.(And forever after!) 1. Live by PLEASURE!You’re pregnant. (Sorry Control Freaks) Life is short. Eat foods that makes you feel juicy! And life will become more juicy. 2. Embrace your curves.You are the …
Birth
Postpartum Sealing Ceremony
Birth blows us wide open! The world feels more real than we’ve ever felt, and we are RAW with emotion. Slowly, the body will seal itself. But this takes time. The postpartum sealing ceremony facilitates this process of grounding. It …
Videos
Our First Red Tent Women’s Circle in Flagstaff!
The women are gathering! And Adam decorated the space with beautiful red fabric, so we can relax and enjoy ourselves! WOW! Adam is the guardian of the goddesses. We’re so blessed!
Birth
The Virgin Priestess Becomes the Empress
☀️ ~Alchemy~ 🌙When the Sun marries the Moon*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_ I got married when I was ready to alchemize. I spent my 20s idealizing the ways of the “Virgin Priestess.” Tho in this society the Virgin priestess is misunderstood. ( I should say that …