Howling with the Moon: Ancestral Memory, Earth Wisdom & Spirit-Led Ceremony
For lifetimes, humans have lived in tune with the cycles of the Earth, the Moon, and the seasons. My own journey back into this natural rhythm has been nothing short of a revolutionary homecoming.
Each time I hold space during our HOWL: Full Moon Breathwork Ceremonies, I feel my ancestors humming within my bones. I feel and hear their quiet voices echoing through the chambers of my heart, whispering, you are remembering.
Remembering the Moon as Kin
As Asha Frost so beautifully teaches, “Everything in our natural world is interconnected and viewed as sacred. Since time immemorial, Indigenous peoples have developed a reciprocal relationship with the Earth, our Ancestors and the Spirit World… The Plants, Animals, Rocks, Waters, Stars, and Moon are our Relations, our Kin.”
The Moon is not just a glowing sphere in the night sky. She is an ancient guide. A mirror of our internal landscapes. A teacher in the sacred language of cycles and spirals. She calls us to slow down, to tune in, to honour our dreams, and to release what is no longer serving. This is why I lead ceremonies under her light, because she mirrors, reflects and reminds us of who we are and how to live in our flow.
Moon Magic as Resistance & Reclamation
For those who don’t know, I was born in the Azores, where my ancestors lived close to the land and the rhythms of nature. Through my own ancestral healing practices I have come to learn that many were curanderas (healers), herbalists, visionaries, and dreamers. During the Portuguese Inquisition in the 1500s, many were persecuted for these sacred practices accused of witchcraft, Jewish or Muslim practices, divination, superstition, and blasphemy.
Women (and some men) who had deep relationships with the Spirit of the Earth were publicly humiliated, exiled to the colonies, and even executed. Through controlled beatings, penance rituals, and auto-da-fé, their wisdom was stripped from collective memory. The teachings they carried, the very same teachings I now hold in my blood and bones, were nearly lost to fear and domination of the Catholic Church.
It is a sacred rebellion to reclaim these practices. It is a blessing I do not take lightly.
Each time I sit with the Moon, each time I guide others through breath, through feeling and through Spirit, I am singing their names back into the wind. I am honoring the medicine that survived. The fire that could not be extinguished.
Honouring the Land I Stand On
Although my bloodline reaches across the Atlantic, my body lives and breathes here on the lands of the Anishinaabe peoples. The teachings of the Anishinaabe Moons have helped me deepen my relationship with the Earth beneath my feet.
The moon names are not random, they are invitations from the Land herself. They teach us when to plant, when to gather, when to harvest, when to rest. They speak the language of water, of animals and of trees. They reveal the sacred timings of this region we now call Southern Ontario.
Different Nations carry different stories for the Moons based on their land, climate, and cycles. I honour that I am a guest here and so I learn and share these teachings with reverence and gratitude.
The Moon as Inner Compass
Sarah Faith Gottesdiener’s lunar teachings have shaped much of how I live, move, and teach. She writes:
“Why the moon? Because she’s both predictable and wild… She mirrors our own rhythms and cycles, our energy and emotions. She represents our interior: the unseen, our receptivity, our psychic abilities… Moon work helps us tap into our deepest patterns and aids us in reflection and release around them.”
The Moon is a guide for living cyclically. She reminds us that rest is not laziness, it is preparation. That darkness is not danger, it is gestation. That fullness is not forever, it is a moment to savor before the letting go.
In our HOWL: Full Moon Breathwork Ceremonies, we gather in community to breathe together in rhythm and union under her light. We gather because this is what the Moon calls us to do. When the Sun, the Earth, and the Moon align, we mirror that alignment in ourselves and in community.
Coming together affirms that we are not alone. The Moon reminds us that we are held by something vast, eternal, and alive. That our healing is sacred. That energy is always in motion —emotion. That our breath is a portal to the deeper, Spirit, worlds within us.
Healing is in Our Bones
My ceremonies are informed by the stars, by ancestral memory, by yoga, by shamanism by the winds that carry my ancestors voice and dreams. I follow my intuition. I listen to the land. I channel the ones who came before me.
This work is a remembering that you are a part of something much bigger, a web of land, spirit, body, breath, and belonging.
And as you connect to the Moon’s cycles, you begin to notice your own.
You begin to trust the ebb and flow.
You begin to see your sensitivity as strength.
You begin to feel the ancient knowledge rising in your chest.
You begin to howl.
Come join us in sacred circle. Let the Moon hold you. Let your breath guide you home. Let your ancestors speak.
Our HOWL: Full Moon Breathwork Ceremonies are a portal into your inner knowing. You already carry the wisdom. We simply gather to remember, together in community.