In this weeks episode of WomanUp, we had the opportunity to interview a devoted woman Tawny Stowe.
Tawny Stowe is a Metis business owner who works on the traditional unseeded Algonquin territory.
Tawny is a steward of land and resources which allows her to embody her role as the Woodland Priestess helping parents return home to themselves and their children through a (re)connection to the Earth. She teaches a remembering of the Mind-Body-Soul through the sharing of children’s stories, song, food, creative activities, gardening, spirituality + yoga practices and nature exploration.
Tawny is a Master Reiki Practitioner, has two Permaculture Design certificates, studies animal tracking & herbal medicine, is an oracle reader and has over 400 hrs of Yoga Teacher Training which includes 100 hrs of Children's Yoga.
In our chat with Tawny…
We focus on her role as a woodland priestess and the values of the Algonquin people - The 7 Grandfather Teachings.
Tawny begins by bringing our attention to faith and how it will get you through your life journey. Her purpose is devotion, which she defines as detachment, surrender and unconditional love. Its devotion that keeps her going! “Are you showing up? The beauty of the practice is turning up.”
How Tawny got her name as a Woodland Priestess was through spirit which shows up in her dreams. Once Tawny accepted her new names and responsibilities, she came to peace with the earth and connected to the teaching of life and how its a cycle of birth - death - decay - rebirth. We are in need of connection and because Tawny believes in this, she is building a bridge between the old way of being (old world) into the new way (new world). The mind has been conditioned to be on, all the time, so how about we shift to more connection with the soul? The key to this is slowing down, breathing and nature.
We talk about values and how adults today are responsible to unlearn what they’ve been taught to be the ‘only way’. This will be a major role in the up bringing of future generations. Tawny believes that earth based spirituality is for everyone. Her guidance to community is based on the values of the Algonquin tribe, ‘The 7 Grandfather Teachings’: Truth, Wisdom, Love, Bravery, Honesty & Humility. Without values there is no use for goals.
Success to Tawny is:
“Success is presence! Figure out how to be versus always having to do!”
Tawny’s message to women is:
“Trust yourself! Harmony - peace - connection - presence and being fully alive."
To connect with Tawny visit her website: www.woodlandpriestess.com
