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.
"The past is a springboard for me….ancient things are new things. Everything lives in the moment; that’s the only time it can live, but its influence can go on forever."
-CY TWOMBLY
WHERE WISDOM MEETS WHIMSY
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.
"It's instinctive in a certain kind of painting...It's like a nervous system. It's not described, it's happening. The feeling is going on with the task. The line is the feeling, from a soft thing, a dreamy thing, to something hard, something arid, something lonely, something ending, something beginning."
-CY TWOMBLY
WHERE THE LIGHT GETS IN
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
READ MORE FROM BARBARA
To step further into Barbara’s world, follow her on Instagram, where she shares luminous artwork, written reflections, Ayurvedic and herbal wisdom, moments of beauty, and gentle invitations back to wonder, imagination, and the sacred child within.
THE QUAKING POPLAR