The Pearl Centre

Happy new moon and Virgo. Harness the hard work of this sign to manifest what you want. Do you have a creative project or a new business you want to start? Now is the time!❤️🙏

On Monday, May 13 at 7:30 PM, Alison Chan and I will be offering a stress relief session online. This will be free, and will offer support to anyone who is upset and struggling with the challenges happening in the world.

Please message us if you would like more information.

Hello friends,

Please check out this wonderful event. Janelle is a very skilled person. Really enjoy her work and highly recommend her.

Save the date! March 26th-29th.​​​​​​​​
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The Healing Through Writing Festival is a free, online, 4-day event to help you move forward on your healing journey by learning simple memoir-writing techniques and supportive processes from 20+ skilled healers and writers.​​​​​​​​
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Round one was a great success, and we're onto round two, with all-new presenters, and two beloved returnees.​​​​​​​​
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Get on the waitlist via the link in my bio. ​​​​​​​​
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Registration opens March 12th.

Happily cleansing these crystals this evening. Feels wonderful to have a cleansing fire, and to create a little more ease in the universe.

During this tumultuous and fractious time, I hope everyone is finding as much peace they can.

Wonderful to be able to harvest Gladiolas for my ancestor altar. The gardens are in full bloom, so there are lots of tomatoes and goodies to harvest.

Loving the blessings from our beloved Gaia!



Feeling so blessed to have all of these beautiful blooming plants and flowers! All of my vegetables, are doing great.

We have an upcoming Q***r Retreat from September 8-10.

Please DM us for more details.

Happy summer solstice!

Mother moon is just a wee sliver this evening. Even though she’s small, she has a beautiful orange Q.

Wishing everyone peace, healing and joy during this sacred day.

Happy, full moon!

I am having a quiet ceremony at home, but here are some pictures of annuals I have planted, but also a lovely bouquet of lilacs and tulips.

Wishing everyone a peaceful, transformative and healing evening.

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Giving thanks for this spring equinox! I made a to***co offering, as well as a water offering as part of my ceremony for this evening. This water comes from Haida country. It was gathered on a full moon with an eclipse, and it’s very powerful. Recently, a . friend told me that water is a crystal….. a living crystaI. So give thanks for the water spirits and all the fresh water I am able to enjoy so easily.

Happy Full Moon!
We are having a quiet ceremony here tonight, and won’t be online. But I wish everyone a transformative, and peaceful full moon.

Happy New Moon in Pisces.

Is anyone else feeling like this has been quite a tumultuous time? Pisces has that watery, emotional nature, and I’ve been feeling lots of feels. Thankfully, I am bringing these emotions into ceremony to release them. New moons allow us to establish intentions in what we want to bring into the world.

Thankfully I’m writing down all the good things I want to manifest into my life.

What are the beautiful things you want to bring into your life? Does your business need a lift? What qualities and aspects do you want to increase around you? Peace, joy., prosperity?

Let’s all make great intentions on this powerful energy. 😊🙏🏼

Happy Full Moon!
We had a very busy day celebrating my 45th orbit. Wonderfully I was able to do some work on a new solo dance piece. Feels great to be creating again!
Feeling blessed from all the love I’ve received from friends and family.

It’s beginning to feel a lot like Christmas! We recently welcomed a dog from a local shelter here at the Pearl Centre. I’ve always been a huge dog lover, and it’s been almost a decade since I had a dog. Far too long without having that unconditional love they share in such a beautiful way.

Ruby is all goodness! She’s very happy to have a loving home, and a new owner who spoils her royally. She enjoys going on car rides and walks, and is very gentle with Sage the cat.

Happy Hanukah to all of my Jewish friends!

Enjoying the fall colors!

I’ve never had much luck with growing peppers, so I thought I would try it again this year. Thankfully, I have a few growing. Here are some jalapeños I grew from seed, and a hot Portugal Pepper. I have added these peppers to my fire cider. I make fire cider every fall so that when I feel something coming on, I take a few tablespoons and it knocks it out of my body. It’s been extremely helpful for a number of years!

Preserving time is fun!

I’ve been cooking down tomatoes, making tomato jam, and pickling and roasting red peppers. Every season it’s so great to be able to either freeze, can or roast veggies to use throughout the year.

It feels especially amazing when some of the vegetables I’ve grown from seed year to year. I feel the continuation of my plants and seeds from year to year. What I love most specifically is thinking about my ancestors and how they survived through this type of work. I wouldn’t be here if they didn’t work extremely hard as farmers from one season to the next. It feels beautiful to have their energy watching over, and celebrating all of this tradition.

Sometimes in the past my mood has gotten lower in the fall. But honouring all of these vegetables that have been produced through the season brings me hope and joy.

Thoughts on resilience.

I was mindfully cutting back the flowers on this cinnamon basil. As I did I gently pulled back the leaves, and found a full to***co plant in the base!

Now for anyone who has grown traditional to***co, you know it is very hard to get started and it’s not the easiest to grow. You have to be very patient with the Seedlings, and transplanting them you can lose them very easily (as I did this year when I transplanted them too young). Every year, I seem to get a different teaching from this incredibly sacred plant.

Since my Buddhist teacher passed away, I have had a number of significant losses in my life. But somehow through my practice, I have found resilience to be able to move through the grief. I’ve been trying to remember the old Zen adage “pain is inevitable, suffering is optional“.


I take this moment to once again thank this tremendous plant to remember to fight for life, to dig my roots deep and continue to stretch my leaves to the sky.

Good things grow in Ontario! Tomato harvesting has begun. The flowers are gorgeous…. Gladiolus has started to bloom. Yesterday I recognize the anniversary of the passing of a dear friend. The garden offered my heart a place of healing and peace. I’ve heard that Horticultural therapy this one of the oldest forms of healing. I can attest to that. Anytime I have my hands deep in the soil, I can ground and feel my ancestors support me. I come from a long lineage of farmers, and I know all of them love and support all the work I’m doing. 😊

do you find that working with plants helps your mental health?