Zero Day: An Elemental Moment in the Mountains.

 

It's been ten months since our last elemental event here in WNC. Wildfires arrived here in March of 2025 and lasted for two weeks. A whole different sort of elemental event.

This time it's about air and water. We might know a thing or two about water events here in these mountains. But this will be my first time experiencing a winter air and water event quite like this.

I’m no stranger to extreme winter conditions having spent nearly 30 winters in Northwest Ohio...but this is different. The infrastructure is very different here. The lay-of-the-land is much more extreme and not flat as a board like NW Ohio.

I’d be remiss not to mention...everyone here is a bit unsettled and nervous...because this is the first really big regional and statewide (and really country wide) event since Helene in Sept 2024. So we all know disaster more intimately than we’d like to declare.

All that said, I’m deeply grateful for weather forecasters who gave us more than ample time to prepare. Days in fact. And from what we all witnessed post-helene...we know how much we appreciate line-people who work in some of the worst conditions...to restore power as quickly as possible. Immense gratitude for this!

Yet, these sorts of events remind me just how reliant we are upon electricity. Especially in the cold months. Has caused me to rethink my personal strategies and systems for staying resourced and resilient.

Another incredible experience for me is community support. I mentioned to a few of my neighbors that I was looking for an extra gas can and within ten minutes I had two! (This was to have backup fuel for the generator my other neighbor is letting me use!) Neighborly love is alive and well here. I am so grateful for mountaineers who get it!

This is what it looks like when people take care of each other.
So here we are…pivots and rolling with the flow.

Also….the Wildhearted Gathering originally scheduled for January 25^th has been moved to February 1^st from 11a-1p same location.

Here’s link to the details on that.

In a few hours...various form of winter precipitation will begin to settle over the mountains.

I know we’ll all get through it. One dear friend said to me, “I’m already focusing on the other side of this...it’s already happened and everyone is ok and we’re going about our lives.”

That thought helped me shift...remembering there’s a larger wisdom at work, and more support present than what’s immediately visible. A reminder to trust the same intelligence that shaped these mountains and continues to move in and through them.

For now, the work is simple: stay warm, stay prepared, check on one another, and trust the steadiness that lives beneath it all.

Namaste my dear friends.
Stay safe. Stay warm. Hugs to all.

#wildhearted

 

 

Photo Credit: Seth from highonleconte dot com

 

 

 

 

Spiritual Peace and Happiness...When music grabs your soul!

 

 

There are songs that grab your heart and immediately cause you drop everything right where you are and listen intensely...and this is one of those for me.  

Please take a moment, pause and listen.

You'll be glad you did.

Peace,
Rachel 


This song is by Lenzspot.  
Their intention is to create music all about emotion and to heal and motivate.
I think they nailed it with this one.
Carry on.

 

 

Our first Wildhearted Gathering of 2026 is here!

Important Update:
Due to the pending winter storm and State of Emergency declared in North Carolina, our Wildhearted Gathering originally scheduled for Sunday, January 25 has been moved to Sunday, February 1, from 11:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.

All other details remain the same.

ReWeaving: Mending the Divide Between Soul-Self and Earth-Self

A Wildhearted Spiritual Gathering
📅 Sunday, February 1 | 11AM– 1 PM
📍 Wellness and Movement Center, 1171 Spartanburg Highway, Hendersonville, NC
🎟 $25 | Limited to 30 guests
Hosts: Rachel Dickson & Jaci Daley

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Reserve Your Spot

Seating is limited to keep this gathering intimate.

👉 [Click Here to Reserve]

After registering, you’ll receive a confirmation email with event details and a link to your FREE 12-page Mindful Meditation Guide & Journal PDF.

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Why Gather Now

We’ve been taught to fear our instincts, doubt our inner voice, or exile the parts of ourselves that once protected us.
Restoration doesn’t come from rejecting these parts—it comes from welcoming them home.

This Wildhearted gathering is a gentle, sensory-rich return to awareness. It’s an invitation to reconnect your ancient soul wisdom with the grounded, human intelligence of lived experience.

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What We’ll Explore

• Sound Weaving: Layered soundscapes of crystal bowls and carefully crafted frequencies to open the body-mind, soften the inner field, and recalibrate your cells.

• Zero Point Teaching: Discover the quiet inner meeting place where soul-self and earth-self work as one. Learn to rest in awareness without needing to fix or change anything.

• Colour Mirror Wisdom Bottles: Select a bottle intuitively from a table of 36. Its energy and color will guide your reflection, insight, and inner journey.

• Guided Inner Awareness: Gentle meditation and grounding exercises to reconnect body, mind, and earth.

• Integration & Reflection: A safe space to share insights and root the experience into daily life.

• Orange Dragon Blessing: An invocation of elemental energy to support unity, community, and belonging.

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A Transformational Experience

The orchestrated soundscape created for this gathering, including the enchanting songs of Blue and Humpback whales blended with crystal bowls, is designed to guide healing, reflection, and deep presence. Every time this experience is shared in a Wildhearted Gathering, the results are astonishing: calm, clarity, insight, and a renewed sense of inner guidance.

This is accessible, nervous-system friendly, and requires no prior meditation or spiritual experience.

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Who This Is For

• Anyone craving connection, insight, and presence

• Ages 12+

• Fully accessible location with parking, entrance, and restrooms

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💡 Why this matters now:
The Colour Mirror Bottle 12’s energy—Heaven on Earth—merges the above and below, the ancient and present, soul and human. This gathering is a safe doorway to experience it firsthand. As this will be our theme.

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👉 [Click Here to Reserve]

After registering, you’ll receive a confirmation email with event details and a link to your FREE 12-page Mindful Meditation Guide & Journal PDF.

See you there!

 

 

Photo Credit:  pixabay dot com 

 

 

 

Rest, Reset, Reclaim: Tools for Pause and Presence

 

Sometimes we find ourselves pushed into a “middle place”. That uneasy, in-between space where it feels like nothing is settled and everything feels discombobulated.


We try to stay busy to avoid it, but sometimes the only thing that really helps is to pause, breathe, and reconnect. To call the spade a spade...in full awareness.


I’ve created a handful of tools — sounds, meditations, and practices — to help you do exactly that.

Guided Meditations

Short, intentional practices to help you reclaim your energy and reconnect with yourself.
Each one is just 5–15 minutes, no meditation experience required — just press play and I’ll guide you through it.

• The Sacred “No” — A 5-minute guided meditation to honor your boundaries and reclaim your energy.

• Return to the Wisdom Within — A 5-minute guided meditation to reconnect with the intelligence of your body.

• Let the River Reconnect You — A 5-minute guided meditation to soften, release, and come home to yourself.
  
  
  

River & Forest Videos

For those moments when you just want to rest in presence. You can press play and let nature do the work of settling your mind.

• 31 × 3-hour mountain stream videos — [Link to Best of Forest River Sounds playlist]

• 6 × 8-hour black screen river sleep videos — [Link to Best of Black Screen River Sounds playlist]

• 1 × 8-hour forest night sounds (frogs & night ambience) — [Link to Forest Night Sounds]

   

   

Sound Baths

Crystal bowl meditations for deeper relaxation and reflection. Perfect to meditate to or just sit with.

• 3 sound bath videos (20–40 minutes each) — [Link to Sound Bath playlist]
  
  

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These are tools I use myself when life feels too full, too busy, or just…off. Some are free, some are available for a small exchange, but they all exist to help you pause, reclaim your energy, and come home to yourself.

Take what you need. Leave what you don’t. Just press play.

 

 

 

A Question I Get Asked Often…

 

Q: What do you actually do at an in-person Wildhearted Gathering?

A: The world we’re living in has stripped a lot down to “what’s the point” and “what truly matters.”

Here in Western North Carolina, Hurricane Helene made that unmistakably clear.
So much of what we thought mattered quite literally washed away.
And what remained was simple and human;
neighbors checking on neighbors,
shared water and thawing meat,
a hug from a stranger when words were too weak to comfort our souls.

Not long after came the social and political upheaval of 2025.
I’ve spoken with so many people who are simply over it—
over the noise, the rhetoric, the endless cycles of division.

What I’m witnessing is a quiet shift.
A remembering.

Something is calling to the deeper parts of ourselves.

People are turning back toward what’s real.
Toward their own inner truth.
Toward nature, community, spiritual practice, and spaces where they don’t have to perform, defend or explain themselves.

I for one am sick and tired of having to explain myself. In fact, I’m done with that.
And I want to be around people who just...get it.
You likely know exactly what I’m talking about.

That is why Wildhearted Gatherings exist.

They are a place to slow way down.
To breathe together.
To be held in a calm, grounded, intentional space.

We work with vibrational sound, the energy of color, guided meditation, quiet prompts, and questions that don’t demand answers—only honesty.

People often arrive thinking they need clarity or direction.
Most leave realizing they already knew…
they just hadn’t been given the room to hear it above all the superficial noise.

If you’ve been feeling a little numb, troubled inside,
or out of rhythm with yourself—
this work may be what’s calling you.

 

Click here to learn more about our February 1st Wildhearted Gathering. 

#wildhearted
#wildheartedgathering

Photo Credit: Image by Peter H from Pixabay

 

Big News… Announcing Our First Wildhearted Gathering of 2026!!

Important Update:

Due to the pending winter storm and State of Emergency in North Carolina, our Wildhearted Gathering originally scheduled for Sunday, January 25 has been moved to Sunday, February 1, from 11:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.

All other details remain the same.

ReWeaving: Mending the Divide between Soul-Self and Earth-Self...an in person Wildhearted Spiritual Gathering: February 1, 11am-1pm

As hope-dealers and light-bringers and bridge-builders, we all want to experience purpose, inspiration and meaningful connection in our lives. Drawing from the teachings of Eckhart Tolle, Oriah Mountain Dreamer, Julie Tallard Johnson, Gregg Braden, Dr. Joe Dispenza and many others, this Wildhearted gathering will focus upon re-introducing a practice called the “zero point.”

We will intentionally create a sacred space by applying resonance of vibration principles, integration of the power of color, intuitive selection, and guided inner journeying. This gathering opens a doorway for you to reconnect the ancient knowing of your soul with the grounded, human wisdom of your lived experience. 

When: Sunday, February 1 | 11am– 1pm
Location: Wellness and Movement Center, 1171 Spartanburg Highway, Hendersonville, NC
Hosts: Rachel Dickson & Jaci Daley
Reserved seats: $25

👉 Click Here to Reserve your Seat.

 

*After reserving your spot, you will receive a confirmation email with details such as what to expect, contact info for questions, and the link to your FREE 12 page Mindful Meditation Guide and Journal PDF.

**This gathering is designed to be supportive, accessible, and nervous-system friendly.
No prior meditation or spiritual experience required.

 

You were never meant to forget the intelligence of your own awareness.

So many of us were taught to fear our own instincts, mistrust our inner voice, or exile the parts of ourselves that once protected us. But restoration begins not by rejecting these parts — but by welcoming them home.  

This gathering is a gentle, sensory-rich return to awareness.

Guided by the significance of Colour Mirror Bottle 12 – Heaven on Earth and held under the leadership of the Orange Dragons—elemental beings who support soul families, community, belonging, and unity—we will explore what it means to live from the Zero Point: the quiet inner meeting place where soul-self and earth-self work as one.

Zero Point is not about changing or fixing your inner world...it is about learning to rest in awareness, where the body is felt, the mind is witnessed, and wisdom and mindful presence naturally emerge.

Using the powerful Colour Mirror Wisdom Bottles—a proven system founded in South Africa in 2001 and used worldwide by complementary health and professional therapists for personal and spiritual transformation—participants will intuitively select a bottle from a table of 36, guided by color and number, allowing a uniquely encoded message to reveal itself as a mirror for inner awareness and reflection.

After settling into presence, the chosen Colour Bottle becomes a quiet companion for the experience. Its colour, energy, and wisdom will serve as an ally, mirror-to-self, and teacher throughout the guided meditation and inner journey.

Through sound, color, intuitive selection, and guided inner journeying, this gathering opens a doorway for you to reconnect with your own inner guidance system. 

What to Expect

In this deeply held sacred circle, we will:

🎶 Sound Weaving — Arrive through a layered soundscape of grounding tones and expanding frequencies, designed to open the body-mind, soften the inner field and re-calibrate our body’s cells.

🔥 Zero Point Teaching — Rachel will introduce the Zero Point: the living bridge between instinct and insight, body and soul, human self and holy mind.

🌈 Colour Mirror Wisdom Bottle Selection — Jaci will introduce Colour Mirrors Wisdom Bottles. You’ll be invited to intuitively select the bottle calling to you; its color wisdom and zero point mirroring will serve as your companion and guide during the gathering.

🌀 Guided Inner Awareness — Rachel will lead a gentle guided meditation to remind of us our connection between body and earth. A grounding through body awareness exercise.

💬 Integration & Reflection — A space to share insights, ask questions, and root the experience into your everyday life.

🌟 Orange Dragon Blessing — We will close with an invocation of the Orange Dragons to support unity, community, belonging, and reconnection.

Why This Gathering Matters Now

We are living in a collective moment of remembering —
remembering our instincts are not our enemy,
remembering our inner knowing and guidance is trustworthy,
remembering that awareness arises not from self-judgment,
but from the simple act of witnessing with mindfulness and trust.

Bottle 12’s energy — Heaven on Earth — is the exact medicine for this time:
the merging of above and below, the ancient and the present, soul and human.

Details

Date: Sunday, February 1
Time: 11:00a-1:00p
Location: Wellness and Movement Center, 1171 Spartanburg Highway, Hendersonville, NC
Hosts: Rachel Dickson & Jaci Daley
Exchange: $25 | Space limited to 30 guests
Age: 12+ recommended
Accessibility: Fully accessible parking, entrance, and restrooms

👉 Click Here to Reserve your Seat.

*After reserving your spot, you will receive a confirmation email with details such as what to expect, contact info for questions, and the link to your FREE 12 page Mindful Meditation Guide and Journal PDF.

**This gathering is designed to be supportive, accessible, and nervous-system friendly.
No prior meditation or spiritual experience required.

 

 

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