Soul Calling Sanctuary

Soul Calling Sanctuary Wellness space for connection, growth, and collective healing.

On this Winter Solstice, my pups and I rose with the morning light to honor the shortest day and the longest night with ...
12/21/2025

On this Winter Solstice, my pups and I rose with the morning light to honor the shortest day and the longest night with 108 sun salutations.

We honored the light within each of us and the light of the sun that gives life to all things.

And we honored the dark that allows us to appreciate the light a little more. We are both light and dark, after all.

As we move through the final days of 2025, I’ve been guiding my yoga students through what I call the final shed. This is the Year of the Snake, a year that asks us to release old skins. Letting go of who we thought we were can be painful from our identities, our relationships, and the dreams that didn’t unfold the way we imagined.

But 2026 brings the Year of the Horse. A year of strength. Momentum. Forward movement.

To prepare, we move. We shift. We remember the fire that lives within us even on the darkest night. That fire burns quietly but steadily and carries us through the tender ache of shedding and into our next becoming.

As this year closes and the light begins its slow return, what are you ready to let go of as you prepare for the season ahead?

As our team wraps up the year, there are many, many things to be grateful for, and goodness, my heart is full.🌿 We launc...
12/19/2025

As our team wraps up the year, there are many, many things to be grateful for, and goodness, my heart is full.

🌿 We launched our annual scholarship to support Hmoob/Hmong youth in attending college.
🌿 We facilitated a wellness triathlon complete with forest therapy, yoga, and a sound bath.
🌿 We now offer journal therapy as a service for individuals in recovery.
🌿 We brought on an admin staff and interns. A small but very mighty team!
🌿 We committed to donating 10% of profits to support Indigenous communities across our state.
🌿 We started the year with one client and are ending with a full house.

Much gratitude to our partners for trusting and collaborating with us to bring mindful movement and Nature-based practices to underserved communities. And of course, much gratitude to Mother Nature who has held us through it all. 💚

Welcome, snow! Here’s a Nature invitation to carry you into the weekend: notice how the forest keeps warm on cold days. ...
12/06/2025

Welcome, snow! Here’s a Nature invitation to carry you into the weekend: notice how the forest keeps warm on cold days. What might she have to share? ❄️

Maybe she’ll say the heart warms when you’re in good company. ❤️

11/18/2025

When I was learning to hu plig, the Hmoob/Hmong practice of calling lost souls home, I watched my father offer a meal to the Guardians of the Land. He reminded me that this land is not ours. We are guests making a temporary home in this human life. And we must give gratitude.

My father taught me that we are children meant to tend to, care for, and live in harmony with the land. And in return, we ask her to love and protect us as our mother.

I hold deep respect for the Native communities who’ve been the original stewards of this place long before my family arrived.

There is much to be grateful for this season including the opportunity to contribute in a small way to the continued well-being, sovereignty, and future of Native communities across Wisconsin.

As part of this commitment, 10% of all profits from my work will be donated to the Great Lakes Inter-Tribal Council to support their ongoing efforts in health, education, cultural preservation, and community strength.

For as long as I guide forest therapy on this land, part of my practice will be giving back in relationship and reciprocity to the Native communities whose homelands I walk on.

If we are children of the Earth, then we most certainly are each other’s keepers.

Look outside tonight if you get a chance! We’ve got a special visitor, and she’s putting on quite the show. 💙💚💛💜🩷
11/13/2025

Look outside tonight if you get a chance! We’ve got a special visitor, and she’s putting on quite the show. 💙💚💛💜🩷

I took another solo forest therapy walk, but I wasn’t alone. Say hello to my pixie cup (or trumpet cup) lichen friends! ...
11/07/2025

I took another solo forest therapy walk, but I wasn’t alone. Say hello to my pixie cup (or trumpet cup) lichen friends! Despite the cold, how is the forest inviting you to play?

Early this morning, I took a solo forest therapy walk with the frost and Nature. Despite the shift of seasons, she had o...
10/23/2025

Early this morning, I took a solo forest therapy walk with the frost and Nature. Despite the shift of seasons, she had one thing to say loud and clear: I am alive.

Sometimes, in our brokenness, we lose sight of what we’ve become. We see only the fall, not the quiet rebirth beneath it. But closer to the earth, we find new meaning. We find new life. And we begin to realize that had we not fallen, we would not be adorned in the delicate beings Nature cherishes from the mushrooms and frost-covered moss to the tender green that grows from decay.

We are very much alive, my friends. 🌱

How are you finding meaning in the parts of you that feel broken?

Ask any of my forest therapy clients, and they’ll tell you I have a slight obsession with moss. Why? Because moss, in my...
10/15/2025

Ask any of my forest therapy clients, and they’ll tell you I have a slight obsession with moss. Why? Because moss, in my opinion, is the most patient being of all. When there’s a drought, she shrivels up and waits. And waits. And waits. She’s not afraid the rain will never come again because she fully trusts the process and her ability to come back. Some mosses can even wait for up to 20 years before coming back to life. Then, the moment a single drop of water touches her, she unfurls and returns to her lushest, greenest self. Moss is one of my greatest teachers in this life. As I prepare for indoor forest therapy walks, she’ll certainly have a place at the table.

How might you trust your own process a little more this season? 🌿

Nyob zoo xyoo tshiab os! Happy Hmoob New Year! Grateful to celebrate our history, harvest, and beautiful culture in comm...
10/11/2025

Nyob zoo xyoo tshiab os! Happy Hmoob New Year! Grateful to celebrate our history, harvest, and beautiful culture in community. ❤️

10/01/2025

This year, I’ve had the honor of guiding nearly 30 forest therapy walks from quiet one-on-one moments to gatherings of 20+ people, from youth to adults. Time and again, I’ve witnessed what I already know to be true: Nature heals. 🌿

What if I told you the forest could heal us? Would you come along? 🌿

09/21/2025

During the final days of summer, our team set out to be with Nature. We listened to the trees. Played with moss. And listened to the stream with our frog friend. We also gathered forest treasures to create indoor forest therapy kits that will be used throughout the winter. It’s been such a joy to guide this practice all summer and now into the fall. Much gratitude to the trees and all the other beings for calling us back home. 🌿

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