Art & Ritual
“I have worked with Lilly on multiple pieces of art to express my beliefs, values, aspirations and fears. Sacred art is so deeply personal. It is a vulnerable process to share the vision of a piece with an artist-adept and not knowing if it will be honored. Lilly brought a fervent “yes, and...” spirit to the collaborative process that led to something even more than I could have possibly dreamed. Her pieces hang proudly in our home and have been an essential part of imparting our values on our children.”
My artistic and ritual practices are, primarily, private endeavors. But they are also inextricably intertwined with my practice of the healing arts and the stuff of my life.
I do sometimes explicitly integrate art pieces into my healing work or accept requests for devotionally inspired art. This might look like making a talisman for a patient, a painting for the birth of a child, or embroidery for a shroud. I accept a limited number of commissions for devotionally or ritually inspired pieces per year. To find out more about what that process entails, please inquire.
Death Tending
Death and grief are profound teachers. Personally, I don’t think we can have honest, life-affirming medicine without being open to the lessons of death. Acupuncture can be very supportive to palliative care, and transformative grief medicine.
There are many ways that death appears in our lives. Our own death. Our beloveds, human and animal. The destruction of the ecosphere. It can be as small as a sparrow and as vast as the sky, and it is always closer to life than the two sides of a hand. There can be healing in death. There can be healing around death. Healing is sometimes simple, and sometimes it is messy work. My practice honors depth and lightness, respects complexity, and celebrates creative adaptation. It is my great honor to meet you wherever you are and support your path.