FoodLove 9: Velda Thomas

Episode 9: Meet Velda Thomas, a multi-faceted, creative, tour de force. As a writer, a sound and somatic healer, poet, and steward of the land in Port Townsend, Washington, Velda offers a new model of relationship to land and to bees. She models how humans can move away from trauma toward healing and away from a transactional approach to animals and bees toward a deep relationship with the land and, hopefully, the bee colony that will soon be hers.

How might one relate to bees if one were a member of the colony?

Listen as she describes poetically the tai chi walking of a beekeeper, the healing effects of being in nature, and the beauty of a life that focuses on, and honors the intimacy of, a committed relationship with land, animals, and bees.

Be inspired by her words, her relationship to land, and her reimagined relationship with bees. What poetry will come from her deep observations of them is yet to be seen.

She shares an exquisite poem with listeners in this podcast which gets to the crux of the power of words to heal.

Of herself, Velda observes:

“I am a multifaceted person. 

Like a cut jewel there are many facets to my past, present and future self. 

I long to share this journey with you. 

Writing, art, travel, healing, bees, creativity, women studies, dreams, horses, cultural anthropology, earth stewardship, natural building, and more.

I need to move my body, be in nature and engage my brain. 

I pause often for integration in quiet communion with the spiritual forces supporting me.”

Find her powerful, healing writing, poetry, and other creative works on her patreon account. https://www.patreon.com/veldathomas