Hamingja
I honor the lineage of my ancestors, all the lands that have held them, and the beings, plants, teachers and traditions they prayed to and learned from. Likewise I honor the lands that have held me, and all the beings, plants, teachers and traditions I have prayed to, apprenticed, trained and studied with. I weave my service from my own lived experience, alchemizing what I have learned with the guidance I am given. Self-inquiry is an important part of my path, and I try my best to shed my beliefs over and over again to allow my being to flow freely. I've studied with many different teachers and traditions, and have pilgrimaged to many sacred sites. I want to honor all of them for having graced my path.
Over the last couple of years I’ve delved more into somatic studies and trauma-informed approaches. I have examined my own privilege and the social injustice of the human world, doing my best to cultivate radical authenticity and honest vulnerability. I continue to enjoy all the facets of a deeply romantic love affair with the Earth, my body, being and the life I live. I’m devoted to fiercely following my heart, listening to nature around me, celebrating the wild, all-containing beings that we all are, and to courageously sharing my truth.
Reciprocity
I recognize my privilege as a non-disabled cisgendered white Scandinavian woman. I try my best to confront that privilege in myself, by using it to foster more inclusion. I know that I do contribute to a white supremacist culture by benefiting from my privilege. I’m committed to continuing to influence with my actions and learn from my mistakes. I do participate in a capitalist society based on consumerism and separatism and try my best to make ethical choices, not just for my own benefit, but with an understanding that my choices influence others and our planet as a whole.
Cultural appropriation is very present in modern spiritual cultures. I’m exposed to it daily and it’s a very complicated and challenging thing for me to navigate. I’ve myself apprenticed directly under indigenous teachers, and have been blessed with receiving part of their inherited wisdom and been encouraged to share it. I try to do so in a way that honors the origin of the teachings I share, celebrating and supporting the people and cultures that have gathered and kept it alive. And I know that, inevitably, I make plenty of mistakes.
I donate a part of my income to organizations that seek to support and preserve the cultures and traditions I’ve studied with. I support organizations that work to promote natural birth, as well as organizations that work with making natural birth support available to marginalized groups of people. I also support specific Peruvian and Mexican initiatives in making traditional birth wisdom available to the local people there. I support racial and reproductive justice organizations too.
Beyond the human part, it’s important for me to acknowledge and support the lands that have given rise to the traditions I have benefitted from. The natural environments that we all deeply depend on and exploit in so many ways, desperately need us to take responsibility, and I try to do so in many different ways, including supporting organizations that protect land, and indigenous land rights.
Here is a list of some of the organizations I donate to. I also respond to urgent requests for support, as well as requests from smaller projects.
Certifications
A. Vogel advanced herbalism immersion
Tao tantric sacred femininity facilitator
Nature and stress coach
Shipibo initiation course
ART authentic relating
Flower essence practitioner
Healing prebirth & birth
Pregnancy the inner journey
Healing from previous traumatic birth
Somatic trauma-informed plant medicine facilitation
Somatic trauma-informed plant medicine integration
Somatic embodiment practitioner
Somatic yoga and movement educator
Wachakuy birthkeeper
Integrative somatics
Intuitive coach
Alchemical herbalism
Radical birthkeeper
Herbalism for grief support
Intuitive herbalism (foundation year)
Mahayana tradition death guide