The medicine we most need now

Hello beloved, 

 

I hope you find a way to nourish yourself during this turbulent time. The days have been a bit warmer and longer as of late. I’ve been spending more time outside watching my honeybees. They are happy to receive sun infusions and gather pollen from whatever is blooming. I can tell they are in their expansion phase and readying themselves for spring and the abundance it will bring. 

Many of you know I spent last winter and early spring co-writing a book about honeybees and the wisdom we can gather from them about how to support the collective hive. I mostly wrote in the darkness of the early morning hours as my honeybee hives were in the darkness of their hives clustering close together for warmth and survival. Writing in the dark with the bees as my muse felt magical. Words fell out of me like nectar. 

 

Now, it gives me great pleasure to share The Wisdom of the Hive, written in collaboration with my best friend, Amy, is now available for pre-order. And you will want a copy, maybe more than one, to share with your friends and in community with others because this book is part of the medicine we most need now. 

The Wisdom of The Hive offers potent and timely lessons on healing and connection―both individually and collectively―through the wisdom and magic of honeybees.

 

Honeybees illustrate communal interdependence, attunement to nature, coexistence with darkness, and so much more―lessons worthy of emulating within our own human world.

 

In times marked by turmoil and uncertainty, honeybees offer a powerful example of how to turn toward each other, to deeply commit to creating conditions for the survival of all beings, and to build a future where all can thrive. 

 

The Wisdom of The Hive offers:

 

• Lessons from the laboratory of the honeybee hive.

• Insights from beekeeping, Buddhism, and nature-based shamanic practices

• Stories, meditations, reflection questions, and practices to bring the wisdom of the hive to our own lives and bodies

• Encouragement to connect with nature and the world at large in new ways

 

With each chapter, you learn more about the life of a honeybee, your own life, and your relationship to the collective as a part of an ever-changing ecosystem.

 

When you pre-order The Wisdom of the Hive, you receive access to three meditations, a pollinator factsheet, and a playlist themed around honeybees. Order it now.

 

In the coming days, weeks, and months, you will hear more from me about the book, readings, workshops, and opportunities to learn more about the sacred wisdom of the holy honeybee.

 

The Wisdom of the Hive was a labor of love and honey. What an honor to weave with the bees and my best friend this way.