Jane's Medicine Tree

Celtic Knot – illustration by Jane Valencia I’m excited to be returning to St. Placid’s Priory to teach another healing ways workshop. Please join me! When: Saturday, Feb. 22, 2020, 9am to 3pm at The Priory Spirituality Center, 500 College … Continue reading →

Are you fascinated by Hildegard of Bingen, 12th century visionary, abbess, composer, and physician? Please join medieval chant specialist Erin Durrett and myself for a day of exploration of Hildegard’s music and her herbal medicine ways. Step here for more … Continue reading →

Please join Stacey Hinden and myself in what promises to be a beautiful and deeply rich one-day retreat! Gather with other women in a sacred circle as we open our senses to the delights of the land, source our body’s … Continue reading →

I found myself back on this blog, playing in the garden ... So if you're reading this even after my long absence, I thank you so for checking back in with me! I thought I'd share some art with you.  My mom and I have the same birthday (different years, of course!), so for her/our birthday, she and I and my younger daughter headed to the nearby rose […]

Hello, dear Readers!Earlier this year I pondered the fate of my blogs, having started a couple of new ones.  Five seemed absurd!  At the time I decided to continue this one -- I do like it here!  But as the months progressed, I've discovered that much of what I enjoy posting about here actually has a voice in my new blogs -- or would, if I allowed this […]

Please join me in the garden!  Here I offer an honoring song (improvised in the moment to the Oats (Avena sativa) as I harvest oat tops to make a tincture.