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The October Full Moon & Water Essence

The October Full Moon & Water Essence

Under Canwápe Kasná Wi—the Moon When the Wind Shakes Off Leaves—we enter the Lakota season of Water: a time of reflection, surrender, and renewal.E...

Shayne Case Apothecary | Flower Essences & Belonging

Explore handcrafted flower and stone essences by Shayne Case—medicine rooted in Indigenous wisdom, belonging, and Earth-honoring healing.

Energetic Boundaries: A Story of Protection and Prayer

Discover how Energetic Boundaries, a flower and stone essence blend, became a trusted ally for protection, grounding, and energetic clarity.

Stone People Speak: Writing as Ritual and a Reciprocity Practice with Shayne Case — February 23rd, 2025

What if a stone could speak? What stories would it tell? In this immersive workshop, we will explore the wisdom that stones have to share, calling ...

Shayne Case and McMahon's most recent conversation

Alexis Pauline Gumbs writes, [Sylvia] Wynter says we are not Homo sapiens, we are Homo narans, not the ones who know, but the ones who tell oursel...

A Short Story About the Inevitable Extinction of Connect-the-Dots Puzzles

I spent many of my childhood Saturday afternoons perched on industrial washing machines at laundromats with connect-the-dots puzzle books in my lap...

On Friendship

By the time I graduated from high school, I had been enrolled in 13 different schools. I had learned that the art of packing up a life was simply ...

In Celebration of Our Humanness

Last month, my father suddenly died of a Covid-induced heart attack. The next day, I got severe food poisoning. The next day, my car was stolen–the...

The Writer’s Life

For the past few weeks I have been participating in a 45 day writer’s workshop called Get It Done. Basically, participants are challenged to write ...

Touch Skin

Last night my child turned on the fireplace and placed a bottle of oil and a few small smooth rocks next to his favorite blanket that he’d spread i...

Call Me By My True Name

My fourth grade teacher called me by the wrong name for an entire year. No matter the countless corrections, she insisted on "Shannon." Names hold ...

The teachings of Sister Chân Không and Swiss Cheese

A few summers ago, I took my young son on a backpacking tour through Iceland, France, and Germany. Being a single woman traveling with a young chil...

A Message from the Guides

Recently, I sat down with my spirit guides over a bowl of freshly picked strawberries and asked, "How can people best connect with their spiritual ...