Earth Song Mama (2025)

11/08/2025

The August edition of The Nourished Mama Garden Retreat is this weekend! 🌸

If you’d like to join us, please do! If you are an auntie and you’d like to volunteer, please reach out. Many hands give the many hard-working mamas a rest💗

The garden is brimming with delicious produce for us to nourish ourselves with- broccoli, tomatoes, cucumber, zucchini, greens, flowers, potatoes, beets and more 🧚🏼

The birds and insects are thriving, flowers are in full bloom.

Honour the land!
Honour the mothers and children! 💗🌿

Happy heat wave friends 😅

02/08/2025

Here we go (grow!) August! 🌿🌺

Another week at the hospital down.

I’m learning slowly about medical-mom life. It’s definitely a life of living on the edge... Who knows when things might go sideways and we need to go to the hospital.

We tried camping and had one good day, but mostly we were managing meds, symptoms, and challenges.

Still, I have to say that this summer has been one of my most beautiful yet. Because there is something about living on prayers and taking each day as it comes, it really pulls me into the present.

I’m learning even more how to nourish myself in the chaos, and I’ve been loving bringing moms together this summer.

No matter a mom’s life scenario I feel that mothers needs some of the deepest nourishment of anyone out there. And I’m not sure why this isn’t the top priority of society considering kids are the future, but hey- build the world you wanna see right?

Join me on August 16 for our next Nourished Mama retreat! 🌺💗

22/07/2025

Hey Mamas!
Our next Nourished Mama Garden Retreat will take place on August 16-17

Please arrive at 9:45am (or earlier) to be ready to start at 10.

Please RSVP with how many kids you will bring by August 11 so I can arrange Childcare.

Partners or friends are welcome to join in after 4pm Saturday. (10-4 Saturday is moms and kids only!) 🌿

Energy Exchange: Pay from the Heart, Suggested $150

Here’s our itinerary 🌺

Saturday August 16

10 am Opening Circle and Song-Share
10:30 Mama’s Sharing Circle
11:30 Calendula Herbal Salve creation and Yoni Steam Herb blending
12:30pm Garden-to-Table Lunch
1:30 Heart Flow with Chloe Sanchez (reiki, trauma-informed somatic release, and a journey through the elements!)
3:00 Garden Connection Time 🧚🏼
4:00 Closing Circle
4:30 Swim
6:00 Potluck Dinner and Clothing Swap
7:30 pm Open Mike Night + Campfire! Bring a song, story, or poem to share 💗
Sleep! (Some indoor spaces available upon request!)

Sunday August 17
8:30am Breakfast (oatmeal and boiled eggs provided. Please bring a fruit or other oatmeal topping to contribute.)
9:30am Gentle Yoga
11:00am Distress Tolerance Boxes with Hannah (tools for self regulation and coping with difficult parenting moments)
Noon: Depart/Free time/Eat leftovers! 🌿
Feel free to linger, visit the river, or head home etc.

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DM me to register and/or to join our private what’s app group for details on upcoming Nourished Mama events!

03/07/2025

Hey local friends!
Part of my Nourished Mama event is open to the public- the evening potluck and dance!

For anyone looking for some fun this weekend, come on over, feast, and dance with us! DM me for address and details.

Take care,
Bethany

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29/06/2025

Just a couple of beach babes here to invite you to our next Nourished Mama Retreat, coming up real soon on July 5-6!

Here’s the flow for the retreat:

Saturday Morning (moms and kids only!):
🌿Land walk and Opening Circle
⭕️Mama Sharing Circle
🌟 Astrology 101 Workshop with Cayla Altorf ( )

Saturday Afternoon (moms and kids only):
🍓Farm-to-table lunch
🌸Wild crafting
🦦River-time
😴Yoga Nidra (aka. Afternoon nap for moms)

Saturday Evening (all welcome):
🍲 Community Potluck Dinner
💃🏼 Family Ecstatic Dance
🔥 Campfire and Camp-out

Sunday morning (all welcome):
🧘🏽 Gentle Yoga and Reiki
🍎 Breakfast
🎶 Song and Sounds Circle

Sunday Afternoon (all welcome):
🥗 Potluck Lunch
🎨 Craft time
🥬 Garden Harvest (harvest herbs and greens to take home)
4pm Closing Circle

🌸Child care provided
🌸Pay from the Heart
🌸2 meals provided, 2 potluck meals
🌸limited indoor sleeping spaces available upon request

Message me if you’d like to join in for the retreat!

Partners and friends are welcome to join after 4pm on Saturday!

💗Bethany

26/06/2025

Hey sweet world!

The time has come to call in my next community after taking some time to recover from some challenging times as a little family.

I have three rooms for rent- two bright and beautiful upstairs rooms and a large newly-renovated basement room.

I’m seeking either:
-another family to share my home with,
-single mamas,
-women who want to do land-based projects
-women who want to help with my children,

I strongly prefer to live with women or families. I offer a reduction in rent for those who can help with my kids.

The house is a gorgeous bungalow on 9 acres of land across from a conservation area on the Saugeen River. There are animals on the land, a big organic garden, a large garage, and opportunity for land-based ventures (growing things, raising animals, forest school, hosting small events, etc.) I have a toddler who is here full time and a 7 year old who lives here half-time.

Rooms are available for $800, $900, and $1200 (based on size).

This is a primary way I sustain myself as a single mom to a toddler and a kid with a disability/medical issues. So please share this post and help me find my new community home members!

Thank you 🙏 ☀️💫💗🌿🌸🐻🌻

19/06/2025

You woke up at 6am on your 7th birthday, excited to open your presents. You had a bath while I prepared your medecines for the day. Once you had your breakfast and medicine you were off to play.

You played the whole day, only stopping to eat the low protein snacks we made for you and take your medecine. You laughed and did all the things a child is meant to do- enjoying your life thoroughly.

At the party you said the low protein cake I made for your special diet hurt your wiggly tooth (it was indeed too chewy 🤣). Your cousin liked one of the presents you got, and without hesitation you gave it to him. You hugged and laughed with your friends. When you left for your Papa’s house we had the sweetest hug and I could feel your joy.

I cried twice today in gratitude of your life, and once in remembrance of all the scary things we went through these past two years.

When you were sick you screamed for 5+ hours at a time, slept poorly, and puked every day. I put earplugs in and held you as you screamed. Every day was harrowing and difficult.

Once you were in the hospital you got even more sick. You lost all ability to use your body.
It was so scary. I sang to you and you took deeper breaths than any child should ever have to.

But you, my dear, are my savage daughter.

Without hesitation you got yourself up out of bed in that hospital and relearned to walk.

Without hesitation, you taught yourself to speak and swallow and LIVE again. 🙏💗

Thank you sweet Juniper for being untameable, for being exactly you, for your grit and determination and fire.

I sense that nothing will hold either of us back from here on in.

May you continue to teach others how to be strong, may you fly, and may your life be long.

Happy Birthday.
🙏💗🌻🌸🥳🔥

10/06/2025

The path of the wild sovereign woman is not for the faint of heart.

You may be shamed.

Some may claim you are seeking attention, you are a narcissist, you need to quiet down and be more pleasing.

Your embodiment, your creativity, your range of emotion may be seen as a threat, as ungodly, as impure.

Sisters, remember: Your humility, your willingness to be seen even in the mess, your grief, your anger, your forgiveness, your resilience, your song, your dance… this is your power.

You can reclaim yourself again and again by looking at your problems from a lens of “how did I contribute to this?”

Blame is a sword that you must put down again and again.

Innocence is a seat you can choose to inhabit at any time. No one can take it from you.

Pleasure is power, it is fuel for your work of service. Claim it. So you can give from a full cup.

Grief is a river that flows, let it flow freely.

I share this as a woman who almost put myself away this year- who almost decided that my very essence must be “bad” and “wrong” because of heavy projections that came my way, and from intense hardships that I faced as a single mother.

But then, swimming naked in the river with my sisters, I remembered.

This body is my home. This earth is my home. Every part of me is welcome - even the parts I’d rather hide.

I am not “bad” or “wrong”. I don’t deserve to suffer for having made turns in my journey that led to hardship.

If you haven’t noticed- the earth is unravelling. We are unravelling together with her and building something new by being honest about our love AND about our pain.

Few of us were offered enough tools to navigate this journey and so we are finding the tools as we go.

Be the wayfinder. Share from what you learn as you are tossed about in the waves of life. 🌊

The old ways can no longer hold all of us. So make new ways that hold you the way you long to be held.

Grieve and dance and sing and heal and offer your gifts. As you do- your soul will remind you how to find your way home, and you will guide others home too.

With love,
B

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04/06/2025

We had a beautiful gardening day on Monday- everyone spent the whole day outside, kids included! 🍉🌸💗🙏🌻

I’ve had such contrasting moments of both bliss and suffering lately and I’ve been thinking about how full my life has been of ALL OF IT.

It has not been easy coming down from the stress of our spring at the hospital- my body finally crashed, which I expected might happen. In German New Medicine, which is a modality of health based on BIOLOGY, there is a “healing phase” after a crisis.

This is why some of us get sick on vacation or days off- because the body finally has a chance to come back into balance after being stressed or “in conflict”.

So as my body resolves various big life stressors, I try to be patient and remind myself that it is all part of the body’s wise way of adapting to life! (But parenting while managing illness is next level 😅).

I’m also getting used to managing my daughter’s disorder which is no small feat- it involves weighing everything she eats, calculating her protein intake, administering medicines and supplements 3 times a day, and keeping her g-tube clean. I’m getting the hang of it slowly… and grateful she is so much happier on a daily basis because of this careful management.

Thanks to the many angels in my life who make it all a bit easier, and huge thanks to Sandy and Betty and Kathryn for helping with another gardening work bee on Monday! 💗🍉☀️🥕🌸🌻

30/05/2025

Thank you to the sweet friends that have helped me get my garden started and that are bringing new life to the lands here!

We have 6 beautiful calves in the barn, two big gardens getting planted, and friends dropping by to help on Mondays (come on over!).

We have a new compost toilet built in the garden shed by my dad (for all our summer gatherings), and my basement that got severely flooded this spring while I was at the hospital is getting fixed!

The strawberry 🍓 patch is in full flower, and the birds are singing! The lilacs are almost finished blooming, the first iris has opened, and soon the peonies will burst.

Spring is a beautiful, hopeful thing 🌸🙏💗

27/05/2025

Hi friends!
I’m Excited to present another one of our fabulous guest workshop facilitators for this summer’s Nourished Mama Garden Club (4 spots left for those interested!).

Meet Chloe Sanchez, multi-talented mom of 4, will be leading the mamas through An Elemental Journey through The Heart Detox including Reiki, trauma-informed somatic release, and more!

“I invite you to this workshop to step into a nourishing experience of elemental healing.

A space to soften, receive, and reconnect with the wisdom of Earth, Air, Fire, Water, and Spirit.

We begin with gentle breath, movement, and meditation, inviting in the energy of each element:

Air moves through our minds as we enter “Moments of Honesty”, an intuitive writing ritual to clear mental clutter and speak our truth onto the page.

Water flows through our tea and elixir ceremony, featuring herbs of Venus and Jupiter, opening the heart to love, beauty, harmony, and abundance.

Fire is honored through a solar meditation or light movement, awakening passion, vitality, and inner radiance.

Earth holds our beauty ritual, connecting us to Venusian plants and their power to support sensuality, self-worth, and holistic healing.

Spirit is present throughout, guiding us inward and upward as we connect to the universe, the elements, and our own divine essence.”

See full workshop description on the page- link in profile!

Reach out if you’d like to join the Nourished Mama Garden Club and partake in this amazing workshop this summer!☀️🙏🌻🌸

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