Loto Journal
An evolving exploration of consciousness, spirituality, relationship, and what it means to flourish together.
Through personal storytelling and curious inquiry, we explore consciousness and the Self, contemplative spirituality and mysticism, psychology and somatic healing, creativity and relationship, and our connection with nature and the living world. Along the way, our Founder, Jennifer, shares letters from her travels as a digital nomad, exploring the people, places, traditions, and sacred landscapes that continue to shape her journey.
Reader’s Note: In an attempt to bring a conscious sense of responsibility to our language (where inclusivity and equality matter), in our Loto Wellness Collective blog content, except for direct quotes, the pronouns often used for God are They/Them in reference to Great Spirit, the I AM, the Universe. Also, we have taken the liberty of capitalizing the term “True Self” or “Self” so you will know that we are not referring to the “false self” (psychological egoic self), but the foundational Self that we are in God, Imago Dei.
The Open Road is Calling
Horses, Highways & Healing Waters
What We Hide in the Shadows
While death reveals attachment and asks us to let go, the shadow shows us why we can't…
Mirror Work: Learning to See Your Self
We invite you to find a mirror and sit or stand comfortably in front of it.
Notice the tendency to examine your appearance—to fix your hair, inspect your skin, evaluate your body, or decide whether you like what you see. Then, instead, look directly into your own eyes.
And stay.
Don't try to create a spiritual experience. Don't repeat affirmations you don't believe. Don't force yourself to feel love, compassion, forgiveness, or anything else.
Just notice.
What Must Die?
Death clarifies. It asks what matters when everything else is stripped away and reminds us that loving something and possessing it are not the same thing. Death reveals our attachments.
Shadow Work: Learning to See What We’ve Hidden
shadow work is the practice of turning toward what we have hidden, rejected, suppressed, or disowned—not so that we can become better versions of ourselves, but so that we can become more whole.
Healing in Relationship
When another person becomes a mirror for something I'd rather not see in myself, I have the opportunity to become curious about the reflection instead of immediately looking away or projecting.
Drumming Prayers
Researchers are even exploring whether neural entrainment may be part of what is happening: patterns of neural activity synchronizing with features of an external rhythm. In other words, our brains quite literally respond to rhythm.
Reciprocity is Participation
Giving and receiving aren't opposing roles—They're movements within the same living system.
Learning to Receive
Am I willing to need other people—and am I willing to let them contribute to my life?
Abundance is Relational
Because living relationally requires more than surrounding ourselves with good people.
It requires learning how to receive as readily as we give. How to ask for what we need. How to recognize what is ours to offer and what someone else might be better equipped to bring. How to step forward—and how to make room.
The Love We Give
Maybe loving our neighbors well begins by ending the conditions we have placed upon Love within ourselves. Because if I am constantly trying to earn my own acceptance, I will probably keep expecting everyone else to earn theirs too. But if I begin to believe that I am beloved, then perhaps I can begin offering others the same freedom.
The Cords of Fear
When we forgot our Source, fear became a substitute for memory.
The Mountains We Climb
Some mountains aren't conquered. They're crossed. One slow step at a time….
Living the WE
If you've ever wished for relationships that go beyond convenience or shared circumstance, you're not alone. I think many of us are quietly longing for a deeper way of belonging.
The Freedom to Begin Again
Dancing in the Forest (& June Event Pictures)
One of the things I love most about what we're collectively creating is that community isn't defined by geography. We gather, we create, we bless one another, and then we carry those relationships back into the places we call home. The weaving continues, no matter where we are.
Lightpainting on Mt Shavano
Allow Me to Re-Introduce My Self
June Lineup at the House of Loto
Contributors & Collaborators
Loto Living and Loto Journal, would not be possible without the ongoing support and generous contributions from an incredible team of contributors, collaborators, and our Desert Mothers.