My memory of sitting on the floor in a circle is visceral. It was the first thing we did that morning - each person in turn, releasing their dream fragment into the center. I felt them find their place on an invisible scaffold and build up. I think I remember Lorie saying that we were creating an art installation. It felt like we were. Dream altars are a simple way to support the benefits of dreaming – having the dream, remembering the dream, sharing the dream, connecting day and nighttime...
about 1 month ago • 2 min read
Lorie and Benjamin embody the Maine lifestyle, from the images in this newsletter and the pictures of them in scuffed Blundstones on their website, to Lorie’s mention of their local food co-op below. But, this community spans the world! I live on the other side of the continent in another country and although we have been in the same physical space many times, our relationship is now entirely virtual – as is the one many of you have with them! Seeing Lorie and Benjamin’s life through their...
2 months ago • 3 min read
Meet Lindsay Fauntleroy! Lindsay takes flowers seriously—not only because she holds a deep appreciation for their beauty, but because she understands their vast potential for healing the spirit, soul and psyche. Although flower essences as tools for psychological healing play an important role in her practice, Lindsay’s work also draws from other Western, Eastern, and African Diasporic approaches to psychological healing. She weaves counseling, somatic embodiment, meridian therapy, archetypal...
4 months ago • 3 min read
Meet Lauren Potts Five Element Acupuncturist, astrologer, tarot card reader, essential oil practitioner and cherished member of our A New Possibility support team! Lauren describes herself as a “midwife of personal transformation.” We heartily agree and add that this woman is an “alchemista extraordinaire,” a deeply compassionate practitioner who is serious about soul healing!We recently met up with Lauren for dinner in the Hudson Valley, mid-way between our home in Maine and Lauren’s in...
5 months ago • 5 min read
Meet Karla Joy Vandenbergh Five Element Acupuncturist, Alchemical Healing Professional, martial artist, esoteric Buddhist teacher, mother, and creator of Thundering Tara: Sacred Dakini Dance & Mantra Karla was one of the first students in our year-long Mentorship program. Now, nearly twenty years later, she is an intrinsic part of our team of highly skilled program assistants. I still remember one frosty clear October morning before class, looking out the window of the old barn where we once...
6 months ago • 4 min read
What do you remember when you think “September”? Is it that early morning when the first chill hits and you pull a favorite sweater from the back of your closet? Is it sharp yellow pencils and a new notebook? The scent of ripening apples in a bowl or first falling maple leaves in the park? Stepping outside at night and hearing the echoing call as a flock of geese make their way south along the invisible magnetic highways of the stars? For Earth, Wind & Fire, September is magic: a time to...
7 months ago • 4 min read
Greetings Reader,Since the inception of our community platform in 2020, the Inner Healing Circle (IHC), our paid membership tier, has been geared towards holistic practitioners, acupuncturists, and multi-disciplinary healers from around the world as well as anyone sincerely committed to their own healing path.The goal of the IHC has always been about connecting to co-discover new possibilities in the realms of personal, clinical and planetary health. Alongside this goal, our commitment to the...
8 months ago • 2 min read
📸 Credit: @katherineemeryphoto Perched on the granite slab, I brace myself for the leap while telling myself again and again, convincing myself, “This … is … good ... for … me.” The initial shock always takes my breath away but once I get it regulated the euphoria sets in. My skin tingles in response to the frigid water. My brain stops its background chatter and I arrive in full presence to the Maine ocean. It’s become a practice. A daily summer ritual. An obsession. My days organized around...
9 months ago • 5 min read
Greetings Reader, Lately, I’ve been reflecting on fungi. I’ve been thinking about the wily wisdom, flexibility and resilience that has allowed this vast kingdom of more than 144,000 known species of organisms, including yeasts, rusts, smuts, mildews, molds and mushrooms to grow and flourish for over 2,400 million years, 8,000 times longer than homo sapiens! The astonishing capacity of fungi to endure through eons of geological time is due in large part to the diversification of their survival...
10 months ago • 5 min read