I AM an Ally, student and Lover of SOIL
I AM the Teeming with LIFE, Rich, Moist, decomposing, fertility found in your COMPOST pile
I AM a living expression of Gaia (mother earth)
I AM a SOUL who thrives on the Living Edge of a changing time
I AM a WILD fungal midwife of the biodiversity required for a New human Story
I AM Innocence that disturbs
My passion and gift is tending to SOIL. This
page is to capture my ongoing adventure of SOUL fully SOIL. I spent many years without a sense of how to best express permaculture as I "express" it. I have experienced all kinds of permaculture design methods, practices and philosophies and none have felt fully ME. SOUL fully SOIL is more than a typical Permaculture service. It is a reflection of the gifts and abilities that I AM as an awakened visionary who knows herself to be an aspect of Gaia (mother earth). I look to her as the "expert" and Elder Carrying wisdom I could only hope to know
My "business" model is based solely on who I AM and what I am lit up in doing. My passion and gift is growing SOIL and thus community. All LIFE on this planet is dependent upon the diversity and nonseparation of each part of an eco system. The more connections/relationships in the community, the stronger the eco system is. The more diverse and varied the kin of the eco system are, the more resilient and anti fragile the system is. SOIL is the most beautiful metaphor for how I see my world. All species living, thriving and depending closely on one another. These SOIL communities are Weaving an abundance, growth, and resiliency for each member when they embrace, foster and share their own unique gifts. An earth worm acts and does as an earthworm does. A Nematode act and does as a Nematode does. A butterfly, bacteria, fungi etc...When are you most lit up? What is your unique gift? I AM inviting you to look at the resiliency, growth, re-generation, and collaboration, with our original "mother", Gaia (Planet earth), thru a connected and sacred lens. When we see Gaia through a connected and non separate lens, we start to see patterns, behaviors, and strategies that become our gateways for transformation during these troubling times of disconnection and polarization. Everything that the "earth" is and does is perfect. There are NO exceptions to this. It is my belief that when I embrace SOIL as it is part of my own BEING, I act and create in alignment with my larger “role” or “purpose”. I am in my own authentic FLOW. I am here to experience and foster beautiful collaborative designs/communities/reciprocity that CONNECT both the land and the communities of people, trees, shrubs, plants, flowers, insects, birds, fungi, and animals who live on her. I hear the call to my personal WILD and to CONNECT the experience of GENERATIVE food systems, perpetual growth of SOIL, and the blossoming of the new biodiversity. I choose to act with her best interests at heart and those of my children's great great grandchildren. What kind of an ancestor will I be? Day to Day the "business" model for SOULfully SOIL will look different. I may plan and execute the building of a community garden, co-create a herb spiral/ yoga workshop, plant a food forest, upkeep a local food bank garden, travel to Hawaii to engage is sacred water ceremony, partake in a sweat lodge, host women's gatherings, collaborate with the Eco System of Evolution, or choose to teach at the local food bank. Regardless of the task, the intention and underlying gift is SOUL fully SOIL. I am deeply present, mindful and engaging with others who are called to create a New World thru the expansion of SOIL (Sacred Organic Interconnected Life). Fuzzy "money" and "hours of operation" details.. If you are called to collaborate or would like just a bit more clarity about what I will or won't "do", please feel free to connect with me at the bottom of the page. I understand that this may seem a little unclear and a-typical of other "business's" but I am willing to create, co-create, host, hold space for, engage in, consult with....anything that moves me. You will not find direct fees and a clear time table for hours of operation here... A moving changing force creates her own schedule and prices based on reciprocity. There will always be those who wish to "write a cheque" and that is wonderful, but I believe strongly in a gift economy and am looking for a deeper and more meaningful experience of "money". So, prices and fees will always vary depending on each individual experience and are ALWAYS open for honest and connected conversation. Some of what I have created in the past looks like this: Herb Spiral building, compost, mulching, water saving techniques, tea drying/blending workshops, permaculture as a way of BEing conversation, Becoming Gaia gatherings, Regeneration of SOUL and SOIL experience, full and New Moon Red Tents, Gluten and Dairy Free cooking classes, Fermenting, Clean eating and cleansing cooking classes, Canning and food preservation classes and community work B's
So..Call me, email me, message me, Instagram me a picture, come to my home.....whatever....just connect soon. Mahalo and a deep thanks
Mandy Sandbach
a mother, partner, permaculturist, Student and lover of SOIL, colon hydro therapist, reflexologist, gardener, farmer, knowledge sharer, WILDER, supporter of community gardens, lcoal generative food systems and community
Lands Acknowledgement for where I lay My head:
I currently Live and Homestead with Mi'kmak'i, the unceded and ancestroal territory of the Mi'kmag people. I am new to these territories and find myself in a most humble space of listening, learning and respecting what is before me. These lands have been tended to and cared for, as the blackfoot confederacy lands, for eons. My goal is to live in reciprocity and seek to know and learn and unlearn as required to be in alignment with the long time caretakers of these lands. Lands Where I was raised and where I raised my children:
The Blackfoot peoples of these lands are the Original Caretakers. I owe a great debt to their sharing of land care, knowledge keeping, and language. My life is and will forever BE more richer and humble because of my relationships on and with the land and its original peoples. OKI (Okhee)
I Live on Traditional Blackfoot Land
Original Peoples of this Land: Kainai, Piikani and Siksika
The Siksikaitsitapi otherwise known as the Blackfoot Confederacy
These lands are now known as Treaty 7 Territory or "Southern Alberta" This land has been gracious enough to allow my play and curiosity to be sustained and infused with LIFE and more REVERENCE.
