B A R B A R A
SHAMANIC JOURNEYING | AYURVEDA | ENERGY HEALING
Barbara’s path weaves art, nature, and energy healing into a single, luminous thread. A former Detroit/New York City artist turned forest-dwelling elder, she now lives in deep communion with the land where she guides others through transition, transformation, and the soul’s remembering.
Her work is both timeless and wild.
Through shamanic journey mentorship, energy healing, Ayurvedic wisdom, and soul-led creative expression, Barbara serves as a wise companion for those navigating rupture, reinvention, or grief. Her presence is rooted and radiant, carrying the calm of the woods and the fire of decades spent walking through the noise toward truth.
"I've been absolutely terrified every moment of my life and I've never let it stop me. I've never let it stop me for a single thing."
-GEORGIA O'KEEFE
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As an artist, Barbara marries whimsy with wisdom. Her use of color is both brilliant and tender, revealing an eye attuned to subtlety and spirit. Scribbled letters invite inquiry. Thumbprints become portals. Every piece whispers: the child still lives here.
A writer deeply rooted in the holistic union of the natural world and Ayurveda, she hosts her body of work on Substack at The Quaking Poplar.
Her work is for those standing at the precipice, the seeker ready to surrender to the next shape of their becoming.
THE QUAKING POPLAR
"When you go out into the woods, and you look at trees, and some of them are bent, and some of them are straight , and some of them are evergreens, and some of them are whatever. And you look at the tree and you allow it. You see why it is the way it is. You sort of understand that it didn't get enough light, and so it turned that way. And you don't get all emotional about it. You just allow it. You appreciate the tree.
The minute you get near humans, you lose all that. And you are constantly saying 'You are too this, or I'm too this.' That judgement mind comes in. And so I practice turning people into trees. Which means appreciating them just the way they are."
-RAM DASS
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Within The Weavers Collective, Barbara holds the elder frequency, the Crone thread. She offers sanctuary, truth, and mythic guidance. Hers is the voice that steadies, the laugh that softens, and the wisdom that cracks illusions open so the light can finally get in.
She is both mirror and mapmaker, helping others reclaim their rhythm, and root back into the pulse of their own aliveness.
AYURVEDIC WISDOM SESSION
60-75 MINUTES
A seasonal consultation attuned to your body’s unique rhythm and the living cycles of nature that guide us
ENERGY HEALING SESSION
60-75 MINUTES
A quiet, potent energy session rooted in decades of listening, to the body, the Earth, and the unseen
SHAMANIC MENTORSHIP SESSION
60-75 MINUTES
A guided consultation for those seeking clarity, connection, or a deeper dialogue with the unseen
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THE QUAKING POPLAR