I’m Graham. These days, my eyes are glued to the ground, gleaning earth tones for the little bits of green that shine through. As spring draws nearer, I often need reminding that there’s life to see with my eyes turned up too. The phoebe and dogwoods keep me remembering, though.

I’m a writer, an herbalist, and a tender of quiet and connective spaces. I am curious about what it is to consider healing — from daily anxiety to chronic illness, from embodied trauma to sensing purpose and knowing peace — in the day-to-day and over the course of our lives. From time to time, this lends itself to classes and gatherings, herbal consultations, and writing of one sort or another.

I’m a slow mover. I like to sit up against a tree or lay my body down on the earth. Water makes me dance. Wind sweeps me up, up, up  into the forest. I am currently dedicating myself to moving at the speed of trust, cultivating a voice that speaks to what resonates in the quiet, and building an apothecary of ritual and place. 

Give me a shout if you’d like to connect about these things or about living with land, books or poetry, dancing in the morning and at night, or another facet of life. I am glad you’re here.

COMPASS

A new cohort is taking shape this autumn for this integral, elemental exploration.

We are going deeper with the elements. Through the seasons, we’ll tap into not just what the five elements are about, but how they are — how they are alive in the world, how they shape us and our relationships, how they change us…

Get to know Compass and consider if this elemental journey is calling something in your soul.

herbalism consultations

Experience the guidance and resource possible in connection with herbal medicine and your own living being. Herbal medicine consultations are centered around growing connection with the intentions you hold for your life and finding resource and relationship in connection with the wild world.

Initial consultations are available for new clients, and continued consultations for returning clients.

Find the next available appointment.

Meanwhile, I’ve been working on an emergent definition of my work as an herbalist.

eager for change // steady between seasons

Have you felt it? The breeze whispers across the tops of my ears in the morning. The leaves have started their rustle. My bones almost feel lighter… Autumn is coming.

With every change in the seasons, my being anchors into earth. Change is inevitable. The transition between fire and metal brings us home, into the yellow glow of elemental earth. Take care, the planet thrums into us with every step. Take care.

It is the perfect moment to lean in our knowing deep within, to burrow into the wealth of our marrow and stir up the life in our bones.

A new cohort for Compass opens in September. More ecological, spiritual, and place-based musings are alive at my new essay project, rough soles. I’m here. Write me.