Journey down, into the depths of the earth, to meet the plants of the Greek Underworld — the trees, flowers, herbs, and shrubs that ancient Greek mythology associates with the Realm of the Dead. Along the way, we meet the Underworld rivers and entrances to Hades; learn about the sacred kykeon of the Eleusinian Mysteries; discover a shocking truth about Persephone's connection with the seasons; and meet the botanical allies for navigating through death, grief, and the Unseen Realm.

Whether it was for food, for sex, or for comfort, hunger was something I was taught to fear and to keep under control…

You could argue that pole dancing is just another aspect of our ascension culture: always climbing, reaching, going up up up. But pole is also a descending art — it beckons us inward and down, into the sensual and primal sensations of the body…

We live in a culture obsessed with ascension. We are rising, striving, climbing, trying so hard to go up up up…

A playlist for when the Shadows of ourselves block out the Fire of Love, Acceptance and Creativity. Can we find the courage to Descend? To face our Shame, our Rage, our Sadness? Because a Dark Flame of Compassion always continues to burn — a secret Halo around our Hearts — even in the coldest of spaces.