A fleeting sense of balance in the wheel of the year. Night and day are of equal length and polarities are in equilibrium - dark and light, masculine and feminine, inner and outer.

Spring equinox ritual and silliness.

The Kapha time is when the heavy, cloudy and earthy tendencies dominate our bodies and minds. It is the beginning years of life, the spring time of the year and the morning time from 6-10am.

A perfect needle felting project for beginners and children.

“Are you Crazy?” “They will never survive!” were the first reactions of my neighbors when I moved into the Double Domes on Aspen Meadows Road six years ago. They didn’t realize that I was known as “The Goat Lady” back East, where I had raised 100 head of sheep and Angora goats.

Handmade paper with wildflower seeds that you can plant right in the earth.

Ghee is the most revered and auspicious substance of Ayurvedic medicine. Here are just a few of the reasons why it is so good for our bodies and why you might want to start adding a daily dose to your diet.

Watching the local birds outside our window is a favorite late winter family activity. Treating the birds connects us to the wildlife that is still thriving even in the stillness of deep winter.

A Sap moon marks the transition from winter to spring and the spring equinox. Mother Earth fluctuates between warm thawing temperatures during the day and freezing temperatures at night. Life begins to wake up flow again, slowly at first.

This is an earthy soup to get you cleansing this spring. We recommend using fresh leeks, dandelion and fresh turmeric as they give the soup a unique aromatic taste.

Simple and soothing family crafts and rituals. We decorate our home and hearth year round with handmade garlands. Personally, I like to make intricate and elaborate seasonal paper garlands. But, as a mother, I also love a garland project that can truly include my young children, without leaving us all feeling frustrated because it is over their skill level. The following garland ideas I share with you are simple, beautiful, family friendly garlands to make WITH your children.

The deepest dark of the year on earth, shines the brightest of heavenly lights in the night sky.

The Winter Spiral Garden is a ritual to honor winter time when, traditionally, light, warmth and food would be scarce.

The story of mistletoe begins with a superstitious kiss. Legend says, kissing under the bough brings good luck, wards off evil and blesses those kissing with love. The ancient Druids from the Celtic people were the keepers of the sacred mistletoe. They saw the plant as a gateway between the worlds because of the mysterious way it grows on a host tree, never touching the ground nor growing exactly towards the sky.

Brewing a broth from bones and food scrapes is a wellness practice as old as time. Ancient cultures, across the world, have their vernacular version of broth and the benefits and remedies it bestows. Traditionally, the Chinese make broth to support digestive health, as a blood builder, and to strengthen the kidneys. In Egypt, the time tested chicken soup was used as a medicinal remedy for colds and asthma. There is an endless variety of broths but all draw out the deep rich marrow, fats, collagen and proteins from the bones that otherwise wouldn’t be utilized. Start saving your bones, carrot tops, onion skins and other kitchen scrapes. Once you start brewing broth, you will be reaping the all health benefits humans have been enjoying for centuries.

Homemade cough drops to soothe a sore throat and cough.

This bird is brined in apple cider over night and slowly roasted the day of the feast. It is tender, juicy and bursting with unique flavors.

The Autumn Lantern walk is an old, potent tradition of making paper lanterns and venturing into the dark, cold night. The ritual symbolize kindling our inner light as we cross over into the long nights of winter. Facing the unknown and the unseen, trusting our inner guides. We celebrate the loss of something we long for and trust in the lesson we have to learn in its’ absence. What does darkness have to teach us? How does longing work on us in the unknown or unseen realms? Perhaps like the plant world, we grow the more we root and like the spirit world, we shine the more we embrace the dark. As we venture into the dark and cold we find that we are not depleted by the lost of light and warmth but fortified by our connection to the cycles of nature.

An autumn ritual for winter wellness.

This is an old traditional way of using wild yeasts that eat sugar, begin to proliferate and bubble making them fizzy like soda. Unlike our store bought sodas, these have lots of health benefits. The herbs and roots are packed with healing properties, the ginger is an excellent digestive and the fermentation has wild strains of lactobacillus bacteria that also aid the gut in its digestive work. The bacteria eat up most of the sugar as they convert it to delightful bubbly fizz.