JoBeth Eckerman - Shaman, Educator, Mentor, Reiki Master

12/13/2025

In quantum physics, the observer effect shows that the very act of looking can influence what unfolds.

Science shows that our attention alters outcomes — in our minds, in our bodies, and in our relationships.

Our perception impacts our reality long before we speak or act.

When we look with judgment, we find reasons to tense. When we look with love, we find reasons to relax.

With a loving outlook, we bring forward the best in ourselves and others. When we meet others — and ourselves — with love, the world subtly rearranges around that choice.

So today, notice reality with kindness … and watch how life responds. Try it … a softer gaze, a kinder interpretation, a broader smile, an easier breath.

A small shift in how we view things can change the whole day. ✨💛🌿

12/09/2025

“The darkness is an invitation
Embrace the inconvenience
Greet her when she knocks
Pause

Spring will be here soon enough
Don’t rush her
Follow the spiral
Go inwards
Sink down past the roots
Let them cradle you
Hibernate

Rest in her tangles
Let her roots become your bed
Let your body intertwine with her

Don’t stir
Don’t try to break through
Release control
Sink deeper
And deeper
Sleep there for a while

Get comfortable being uncomfortable
This liminal space was created for you
To finally hear her call
Her hum
Her lullaby
Her drumbeat
Her howl
Her scream

Don’t wish her away
Align”

~ Mikayla Stables

Art: Jenny Sue Kostecki Shaw
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12/09/2025

“In Irish folklore, the Cailleach is consistently portrayed as an immensely old and powerful goddess; many of the stories emphasize her great age, and such stories are deeply embedded in the landscape.

Their usual setting is wild and rocky places, like the place names which are associated with her and which are usually attached to mountains or locations in which ancient dolmens and cairns are to be found.

More often than not, the stories say that the Cailleach is the creator of these places…

Stories of the Cailleach and mythic old women like her arise out of a time when the Earth was commonly represented as the body of a woman.

Caves were thought of as wombs, rivers as veins or the flow of life-giving milk, and hills were seen as breasts … but then, with time, the Divine became disembodied, transcendent, and the physical became something to overcome or supersede…

In many parts of Europe, these powerful and life-giving elder women were transmogrified in the folklore into stereotypical witches.

But what is interesting to me is that, although so many old gods vanished from memory after the adoption of Christianity, the Cailleach did not; her stories, and the stories of gigantic old women like her, are abundant in the landscape, and still very much alive.

It’s the old women who remain here then; it’s the grandmothers who endure.”

~ Sharon Blackie, “Hagitude: Reimagining the Second Half of Life”

Art by Elena Albanese

12/03/2025

Dr. Emily Marriott is hosting an Open House! This is a great group of local female practitioners ✨RSVP if you’re interested so they have a good headcount for food.

Join us for a cozy Holiday Open House at our Healing Arts Collective!

11/24/2025

11/24/2025

Deep Roots: Story of the Day

"When I die, she said, I'm coming back as a tree with deep roots & I'll wave my leaves at the children every morning on their way to school & whisper tree songs at night in their dreams. Trees with deep roots know about the things children need."

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11/24/2025