I fled to the eastern mountains this week, to a place shaped by fire, to be sharpened by obsidian. To learn and make medicine from stones that have been used around the world to harvest animals and plants, that are used as mirrors to peer into the future and into other worlds. Obsidian helps cleanse the spirit, your psychic field, to cut cords with people you no longer wish to be tethered to, and to support healing from sexual trauma, and shift unhealthy patterns set in early childhood.  I often introduce obsidian in my sessions and see it as building a relationship on the table with my clients. May we all remember to humbly seek out the gifts and receive wisdom of these earth elders in times of transition, grief and stepping into the unknown.