Roots and Stems: Reflecting On Opportunities in Chaos

It’s Springtime in Appalachia and I’m reminded of how windy this mountain town can be! Winds howl outside, rustling trees and even my large apartment structure. They are howling winds, biting winds, cleansing winds - winds herald change! How easefully can you adapt to change?

The opportunity of this quarantine or the Medicine of the Moment for me is: how can we deepen our connection with ourselves to source our own medicine? The health of your stems depend upon the strength of your roots.

In other words, how do we strengthen our root?  By making a relationship with ourselves - any activity, practice, experience that brings you closer to feeling embodied, empowered, interconnected and at peace within - strengthens your root, and brings you home!  For some that may be a movement practice, or expression through collaging or journaling, or walking quietly in nature, or being present with others in sacred ceremony, or beautifying your home, or meditation, or reading your favorite book with your cat!  With this opportunity of extra time, let's recover, discover, and deepen these oftentimes 'missed connections' with ourselves.  In times of upheaval and change, it's the strength of our roots (and the ability to be flexible) that allows us not to be "blown over".