Grandmother Moon
Moon Time
Embrace her medicine
Calendar Gratitude and Good Mind
This calendar will be available to ship on or about Thursday, October 19th.
This calendar is designed with good intentions by Dawn Iehsthoseranón:hna (she keeps the feathers) and is based on her ‘gratitude and good mind’ series. It includes Moon times, Moon names, Moon water reminders, seasonal ceremonies and Indigenous dates and events like Orange Shirt Day and MMIW awareness.
The first calendar of its kind, Dawn has tried to capture all that is important to Indigenous women and offers gentle reminders of changing seasons, moons and the natural world.
We must learn to see each other the way the Moon sees the Sun, vastly different and equally important. This way of thinking is important when living ‘with Good Mind’.
And then she talked with the Moon. The Moon told her,
“I move. I am alive. I am Ehtisho:ta Sonton’ne:ka Karakwa and Nokomis. No matter what you call me, I am your Grandmother. I guide all of the cycles; when to sleep and wake, when to plant and when to harvest, when to hunt and gather the medicines, when to cleanse your body and when to create life.
You, girl, are connected to me. When I am full, you are full. When I wane, you begin anew; cleansed mentally, physically, emotionally and spiritually.
Every cycle, every moon time, our power is unmatched. I move and when I glide over you and am full of light and love, put your water out for me and I will turn it into medicine. Drink me gently and mindfully...like you are the calmest and strongest woman alive - and you will become just that.
I move.
I am alive.
Do you remember me?”
On the night before or the night that Grandmother reaches her fullness, put water in a glass jar and set it in the window sill where it will receive her light.
You can leave it in that window all month long and sip it mindfully each day until the next full moon. You may add stones or crystals (ancestors), you may set it on a bed of cedar - but honour it.
A time for feelings, illumination, revelation and connection to all women.
This is real - it’s about your body and spirit, your mental health and how you move in this world and how others move around you.
Let Moon Water make you stronger with every sip.
