My Apprenticeship with the 13 Grandmothers
“Have you heard of the 13 Grandmothers?” That’s what an intuitive asked me back in 2013. Then she explained…
“They’re 13 indigenous elders from the four directions who have come together to bless Mother Earth for the next 7 generations.
Your soul has asked to apprentice with them. They’re gathered around you now and are handing you a medicine bag and an eagle feather.”
What an honor! My husband Russ decided to make it our mission to meet all of them on our Spirit Journey!
2014: We drive to Oaxaca, Mexico. We find Grandmother Julieta’s house and she introduces us to the niños santos - the sacred mushroom medicine. My first ever plant medicine journey.
2015: We travel to Nepal and find the home of Grandmother Aama Bombo, who channels Kali. She blesses us, throwing rice and cutting energies with her knife!
2016: In Brazil, we take a 7 hour boat ride up a tributary of the Amazon to a forest village. We wander into Grandmother Clara’s house as she’s preparing her lunch. She sits with the two of us and shares her stories, her heart & her wisdom.
So much magic! We got to meet the others at the Grandmothers’ Closing Ceremony in the Catskills of New York in 2016.
But wait! There’s more!
2023: I’m in a plant medicine ceremony and have ashes from the sacred fire which burned for 4 days at the Closing Ceremony. When I offer them to the fire and give gratitude to the Grandmothers for teaching and guiding me, they tell me - join us in the circle. Your apprenticeship is complete. 🔥 Wow.
2024: Last weekend, at a gathering in Santa Fe, NM, the Grandmothers celebrated 20 years of walking together in service. Of course I attended!
Six of them have already transitioned into spirit. One is 90 years old. But what was so beautiful to witness is the continued commitment of the grandmothers and their descendants - to Earth, to the Water, to sharing their teachings, to honoring the Creator.
In the words of Grandmother Mona Polacca -
“We are all related. We are interconnected. Our work is not done, our ancestors never quit. They passed the wisdom, knowledge and original instructions to us. Now it is incumbent upon all of us to continue to pass it on to our children, grandchildren and future generations.”
YES! I wanted to share that message today.
🌍 Let’s honor our ancestors. Honor the elders. Honor the Earth.
🙏🏼 Let’s celebrate all the gifts we receive from the Mother and Father of Creation.
🕊️ Let’s create a peaceful, beautiful world for future generations, for the ones yet to come, the ones we will not see.
Join me, Russ, and the 13 Grandmothers in spirit for a Private Healing Retreat, a transformational 3-night ceremonial experience on sacred Land. Bring whatever is causing you pain and keeping you small. Connect to the healing energies of the Earth and to your own heart’s wisdom so that you open to the magic and medicine within you. If this is something you’d like to explore, email me to learn more.