Crow Medicine Archives - Vital Village

July 1, 2026 0Comments

Akashic Reiki: Where Energy Healing Meets the Soul’s Wisdom

"Sometimes the answers we're searching for didn't begin in this lifetime." There are moments in life when we know something deeper is trying to get our attention. Perhaps you've repeated the same relationship pattern over and over again. Maybe you've struggled with an unexplainable fear your entire life, or you've always felt connected to a…

June 30, 2026 0Comments

We Live in Silence

The Things We Don't Know We Have in Common Today I was having coffee with a friend. We found ourselves talking about something I hadn't expected. How difficult it is to move from spending a lifetime caring for everyone else... ...into a season where we begin caring for ourselves. Not because we're becoming selfish. Because…

June 30, 2026 0Comments

Coffee With the Trees

Why Every Soul Needs a Favorite Chair For years, I believed rest had to be earned. If the dishes were done. If the emails were answered. If the work was finished. If everyone else was taken care of. Then... maybe... I'd sit down. The funny thing about life is that the work is never really…

June 30, 2026 0Comments

The Gifts We Almost Leave Behind

Why We Must Return to the Forest One Last Time For months, I've been writing about the forest. The place where we become lost. The place where trauma changes us. The place on the healing journey where we discover gifts we never would have chosen to learn. The forest has been my teacher for a…

June 27, 2026 0Comments

Sent Into the Forest

What Ancient Initiation Stories Can Teach Us About Trauma, Gifts, and Healing A long time ago, human beings lived much more tribally. People lived in a close community with one another. Children grew up surrounded by adults who all played different roles within the village. Everyone mattered. Everyone contributed. Everyone was needed somehow. As children…

June 25, 2026 0Comments

The Art of Coming Home to Yourself

There comes a moment on every spiritual journey when we stop asking, "How do I become someone else?" And we begin asking a much quieter question. How do I become myself again? For years, I thought healing was about fixing the parts of me that were broken. I thought awakening meant becoming wiser, stronger, more…

June 25, 2026 0Comments

Stop Splitting Your Energy

Have you ever reached the end of the day feeling completely exhausted, even though you didn't really accomplish very much? You weren't digging ditches. You weren't climbing mountains. You may not have even left the house. Yet somehow you're drained. I don't think it's because we do too much. I think it's because we try…

June 25, 2026 0Comments

You’re Not Blocked — You’ve Shifted Dimensions

How to recognize when you’ve slipped into a lower state — and gently find your way back Happy Beltane season. This year, instead of thinking about celebration or ritual, I found myself reflecting on something much more subtle — and honestly, a little unsettling. The idea that there are gradients between dimensions. Not huge, dramatic…