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 "I want that person to stand where I"m standing, you know, even if they can"t go there or they"ve never been there, right, and feel what I felt."--Shelley Carlisle "But I didn"t love it. Right?  That"s probably why I didn"t qualify for the Olympics, you know, because I didn"t love it enough. I didn"t want it enough."

"A lot of people don"t stop to think about the historical trauma that black people face or could possibly be retriggered by going into these Nature"s faces and seeing the trees and seeing the moss hanging from the trees to be transported to the conversations of lynching."--Chris Omni "Happiness happens to you. Joy happ

Welcome back to the Mother Tree Network! In today"s episode, we have the incredible Nina Simons joining us to share her wisdom, experiences, and insights. Nina starts off by discussing her unique practice of creating an altar around a tree to protect her New Mexico home from wildfires, which led her to deepen her relat

What is the Winter Solstice? The winter solstice takes place on December 21st in the northern hemisphere. The longest night of the year, the winter solstice is a time of reflection, release, and renewal, and we believe that coming together as a community to honor this powerful event can bring profound healing and growt

"When I came to play the singing bowls for the first time ever for a group of people... She said right before I started, you should sing with the bowls.  And that felt like it was asking for some courage for me to share my voice.  And I went for it, and it felt  the most aligned I"ve ever felt, sharing something with p

"It"s important not just for me, but also when we come into other spaces and our allies also recognize the land we"re on…. I think it goes to help repair the long erasure of Native American people. And that invisibility even here in Baltimore City, when we were advocating for Indigenous Peoples Day, people were shocked