Loto Journal
Through personal storytelling and letter writing, follow our Founder, Jennifer Axcell, as she travels the 🌎 globe as a digital nomad and Desert Mother, exploring Consciousness, rest, and Self-care.
Including thoughtfully created blog content about somatic healing practices, nervous system regulation techniques, and contemplative practices, Loto Wellness Collective’s blog focuses on the art and science of rest and renewal, drawing inspiration from Christian mystics, monastic wisdom, modern neuroscience, and depth psychology.
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 I AM. When referring to Jesus specifically, the pronouns He/Him are used. Also, we have taken the liberty of capitalizing the term “True 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.
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
WEaving Our WE
You Don’t Get Resurrection Without Death
When the Micro Mirrors the Macro
This Isn’t a Dream Anymore
Getting Blended: Riding the Waves 🌊
Choosing to Move in Flow
Updates from Vallarta
Don’t let fear make your world smaller. There is still beauty here. There is still safety here. There is still Love here.
Embracing the Burn of the Fire Horse 🔥🦄
What we're watching unfold across our feeds and news cycles is not new. The tension between Love and Fear began in the Garden. Control has always masqueraded as protection. Domination has always disguised itself as order. What is new is this: The Light is on. And when the light comes on, what has been hiding in the darkness begins to scatter. It's ugly. It's painful. And it is necessary.
🐍 Shedding the Illusion of Separation
At the Threshold of Renewal
Whales and Boats
Conscious Travel
The Returning: The Way of the Explorer
Rather than seeking God “out there,” the Explorer turns inward—not in self-absorption, but in humility—trusting that deeper awareness does not lead away from God, but into God.
The Returning: The Way of the Intellectual
The Intellectual encounters the Divine through reading, theology, history, philosophy, scripture, and sacred inquiry. Their devotion looks like open books, marked pages, late-night questions, and the holy insistence that truth matters.
Contributors & Collaborators
Loto Living and Loto Journal, would not be possible without the ongoing support and generous contributions from an incredible team of writers, artists, healers, editors, creatives, and pastors.