Of Breath and Bone

Home
United States
Greenville, SC
Of Breath and Bone

Of Breath & Bone offers experiential and elemental healing sessions that are Nature-centered. // LGBTQIA+ & BIPOC Supportive

Of Breath & Bone offers experiential and elemental healing sessions that are Nature-centered. Sessions are meant for those who are ready to really see themselves, the ones going through big transitions, the ones who recognize that to reclaim their wild, intuitive Selves, they must lean in close to the Earth & listen. While photography and videography are the mediums utilized to facilitate healing,

Of Breath & Bone is experiential, meaning that while the photos and videos are important, they are a byproduct of the experience. An experience of being reverently witnessed. This work is meant to be transformative and to transmute. It is meant to be a catalyst for healing. Session take place in carefully chosen outdoor locations to foster and encourage connection to the Earth and to be fully present. Of Breath & Bone is focused on connection -
Connection to Self,
Connection to Nature,
Connection to Others.

01/01/2025

In the heady rush of what this liminal season has become, I find myself craving something entirely different. January 1st no longer feels like the start of a new year the more I lean into The Wheel of the Year. For the ancient Celts (some of my ancestors), the beginning of a new year coincided with Samhain (Halloween) because the harvest was mostly done and the season of dark and wintering was settling in. They believed that all life began in the dark - the womb space, the soil, the fecund material that modern society tends to want to neglect or race through. For them, a new year was time to go inward and allow the seeds to root.

I also find my body becoming ever more resistant to setting goals or resolutions or anything production oriented; it rebels against the idea that I have to be actively producing or chasing something
all
the
damn
time.

So here’s to the depths and honoring the fact that maybe you’re just tired and want to rest and celebrate just being. Right now. Being here, now.

(All this as much of a reminder to myself as anyone.)

p.s. I think you’re doing great.

12/29/2024

Weekly Earth Medicine Guidance // 12.29.24 - Horse Medicine (swipe to read what came thru)

Ohhhh, this week’s guidance. Dear, beautiful horses came in with such wisdom. It surprised me at how swiftly and how potently it came thru - and that is part of the guidance…to make room, to allow.

I hope you’ll let this week’s guidance hold you and support you. Let it be a bud of hope. And in these in between days, I hope you are bending your ear close to your heart and listening intently.

Much love, dear ones.

-
-
-

12/28/2024

It is a long ass drive from Upstate South Carolina to the Missouri Ozarks where my family is but podcasts and audiobooks help pass the time. When I was making my way to them for Yule last week, I was listening to ’s episode with Mark Rashid and I came to a part that I stopped and rewound and listened to four or five times because it hit me so hard. It was an entire conversation dedicated to horses but as with a lot of Mark’s work, what he said was applicable far beyond interacting with horses. He said, “In general, the slower you go, the more you feel.”

Again - “In general, the slower you go, the more you feel.”

It’s been rolling around and around in my head since then. Especially now. In this time between. Liminal, wintering time. It’s been a common theme that I’ve talked about with friends over the past few months leading up to Yule - this intense desire to slow down, to get quiet, to go internal. I feel like I haven’t been able to hear my intuition well, I’ve been forgetting a lot, and I’ve been on autopilot in many ways. I think part of it was my response to the hurricane and all that brought up within me. In all honesty, I’m still trying to figure out how to navigate that. Slowing down does mean feeling more. And I suppose my body wasn’t sure it could handle that and the memories it floated to the surface.

But I have tools now that I didn’t have 13 years ago. I know where and how to seek support. But what I know even more so is that I need to slow down. That the yearning for that is indicative of wisdom my body knows.

This is a bit rambly without a concrete resolution or tidy final paragraph. It’s me sitting in the dark with a lit beeswax candle listening to the rain and trying to listen to what is within. I would expect that many of you feel the same, that we are on the edge of a precipice and we need to be rested for what is to come. It isn’t ominous but it will require great attention and effort.

Whenever you are, I hope you’re listening to that big, beautiful heart of yours. Big love, dear ones.

12/15/2024

Weekly Earth Medicine Guidance // 12.15.24 - Grandmother Moon + Moth + Deer Medicine (swipe thru to read)

Happy Full Moon, dearie mays. I love that this week’s guidance coincides with today’s full moon, our last of 2024.

The guidance came from Grandmother Moon and Moth and Deer also wove in their messages under Her light. The theme this week was all about gentleness and it feels especially important right now.

I hope this day finds you in kindness and pause and open to receiving. May you know you are supported and deeply loved.

-
-
-

12/10/2024

If you’ve been with me for a minute, you know I’ve talked about how horses came back into my life after almost a 20 year absence. When I left that Ozark farm at the age of 18, I didn’t see a way they could be part of the path I had laid out before me. As things go, not a single damn plan I made for my life came to fruition. And thank all that is holy it didn’t.

In a 10 month span, my 20 year marriage ended and my grandparents, whom I was extremely close to, passed away. I had left my career in public education due to burnout six months before and to say that I was utterly adrift and moored in grief is an understatement.

But what came next was what we all must traverse in one way or another….the Life/Death/Life cycle of this human experience. I decided that I would not let loss make me bitter and that I would keep my heart open. And I just kept following the breadcrumbs before me.

And while it took a little over 20 years, the breadcrumbs brought me back to horses.

When I got out of my car at Wild Hearts, I knew in that instant that my life was going to change but I didn’t know how. It was a felt sense that I trusted. During that initial meeting with Jess (the founder) and Janine (the wonder woman who keeps us operating and navigates all the logistics), Jess told me that I was a horsewoman. I was stunned and flabbergasted. I had never considered myself a horsewoman and couldn’t figure out what she saw that I didn’t.

While I believe that we must trust ourselves to take the first step, even if it is blind leap of faith, there are times when someone can help us see ourselves more clearly. That their belief in us can be a catalyst in helping us believe and trust in ourselves more fully. How we move through the world matters. Sincere encouragement can change a life.

So now I find myself most days with horses and incredible people. I am a student of horses and I hope to be learning from them all of my days. That expression in the photo above pretty much sums up the joy and tenderness and gratitude I have to be with them.

, that statement was life changing for me, I hope you know that. It quite literally changed the trajectory of my life. Thank you.

12/08/2024

Weekly Earth Medicine Guidance // December 8, 2024
Swipe to read what came through this week.

I’m noticing a theme in the messages that are coming through - the theme of making sure you’re caring for yourself as deeply as you care for others. And I can’t say that I’m surprised that this theme is weaving itself in and out during this season of going and doing.

I’ve shared with a few others that the older I get, the more deeply I long to live my life in parallel to the seasons and more than anything, I want to slow down right now, I want to go inward. As the season does. As it dictates in Nature. I want quiet and reflection and rest. I want to sit in front of a fire and make things with my hands and be surrounded by others who want to do the same.

But I’m not sure how to do this in a society whose clock is so different than my own.

A quiet rebellion perhaps. Little things I can do to support this longing - like today…I purposely set aside this day for nothing in particular. For quiet. For going outside. I understand this is a luxury. And a privilege. I do not have children. My circle is supportive. But it does not keep me from wondering how, if you feel called to this way of being, we can make it happen. Even on a small scale. This isn’t rhetorical - I truly don’t know. But I’ll lean on the wisdom of the trees and especially what Sister Pine shared this week.

Big love and big gratitude to all of you. So glad you’re here.
-
-
-
-
-

12/06/2024

Women + Horses // There’s something percolating here. It’s been buzzing around in my heart and my body for awhile. Especially after a conversation with a woman this August when I was in Colorado. Not quite sure what it is yet, and I can’t put my finger on the pulse of it for now. But something is telling me to look at this closer. This connection. The parallels. A woman’s knowing, Her intuition, Her spirit. A feral wildness that lives within and that has often been stifled or controlled or even starved off. Women see that in horses. They know. They see a reflection of sorts. To be with a horse is to acknowledge this wild knowing and perhaps, even embrace it.

I’m going to tend this quiet whisper and see where it leads.

12/01/2024

Weekly Earth Medicine Guidance: 12.1.2024. Swipe thru to read what came through.

Black bear came to visit me in my dreams with a message about our origin stories, what we carry, and our sovereignty. He was a gentle, loving presence and carried Grandfather energy.

Self-inquiry can be gentle. Black bear reminds us that our spirit inherently wants to live in alignment with who we came to be.

Much love and gratitude to you all, dear ones. Be good to yourselves.

-
-
-

11/25/2024

Earth Medicine Weekly Guidance: 11.24.24

Well. This one surprised me. Every week prior to this one, guidance tapped me on the shoulder and shared its messages when I was out in Nature (usually on a trail run). And part of it did come through on a trail run this week; I was tackling a hill and had the sudden pulse when my eyes landed on a patch of moss that it would be relevant in what wanted to be shared. So I opened up and listened…and it got quiet.

So I went about my week. Moss was the central messenger, I was sure of it but it stayed mum. Until tonight when I got the VERY strong nudge to Journey. And what came through was clear and potent.

Please keep in mind that this Journey Work is for the collective so there are shared themes and threads but all details may not feel resonant; as with everything regarding Spirit, trust your intuition and take what serves and leave the rest.

Holding you all in reverence and love. May you have moments with the moss this week.

11/18/2024

Weekly Earth Medicine Guidance for 11.17.24 // Spider Web Medicine + The Necessity of Destruction

Swipe through to read what Spirit shared for this week.

Also, update on my current offerings - I will not be taking on any additional Earth Medicine Sessions for the remainder of 2024. They will resume in 2025. Journey Work Sessions and Equine Therapy Facilitation are still available.

Note: The messages that come through for the collective are channeled as I do for individual Journey Work sessions. I’m always out in Nature when the guidance comes through and trust me, the guidance is as much medicine for me as it hopefully is for you. I’d be so grateful if you feel inclined to share with others who may benefit.

Much love and gratitude to you all.

11/13/2024

While the River of
Hope
has gone underground

I trust she is not -
gone
stagnant
dried up

She has gone
underground
to seek the minerals
of softwashed limestone
caves

The nourishment of what Death
has done

She knows
that the underbelly,
the underworld,
The home of Persephone
and Hecate

are where the old ways
ripen
Roll their pregnant bellies
Scratch their directives on the walls
and whisper it to mycelium
howl it out in winter storms

And then they -
Rest

And rest
And mourn
Mourn
Mourn

Here is where the River of Hope is restored
She knows the ways of the dark, traces her body against its outline
Slick and dark as a newborn calf

She knows -
what we neglect in the light
can only be found without it

11/11/2024

Weekly Earth Medicine Guidance for 11.10.24 // Blue Jay Medicine

Swipe through to read what Blue Jay shared.

The messages that come through for the collective are channeled as I do for individual Journey Work sessions. I’m always out in Nature when the guidance comes through and trust me, the guidance is as much medicine for me as it hopefully is for you. I’d be so grateful if you feel inclined to share with others who may benefit.

Much love and gratitude to you all.

Address

Greenville, SC

Website

https://www.ofbreathandbone.com/

Alerts

Be the first to know and let us send you an email when Of Breath and Bone posts news and promotions. Your email address will not be used for any other purpose, and you can unsubscribe at any time.

Contact The Practice

Send a message to Of Breath and Bone: