64: WEAVING COMMUNITY AT SKYDOG FARM WITH KATHERINE FOTIADES

In this episode of Waking Up With Melissa Ruiz, I welcome a very special guest, Katherine Fotiades. She is the owner of Skydog Farm, an artist, educator, community weaver, and, as it turns out, my first Harvest Host on my van life adventure! From the wonders of plant medicine, to an intimate reflection on The Rainbow Gathering, all the way to the life-changing impact of the Ram Dass Fellowship, listen in as Katherine takes us down her inspiring decades-long journey as a community weaver! What to watch for: -[01:20] How immersion in the New Age movement in the 90s led Katherine to Skydog Farm -[07:26] Turning Skydog Farm into a refuge for travelers -[14:22] Katherine recounts her fascinating experience at a Rainbow Gathering in the 80s -[24:31] The impact of Ram Dass -[6:20] Cultivating our spirituality with plant medicine Words to live by: "We are unique and we all are that one limitless light and energy and thing that is nameless." "We need to know that we’re not apart from nature, but that we are nature." "We work to become enlightened not for ourselves, but for all of humanity." Learn about my program: iammelissaruiz.com/cosmic-genius Learn more about Katherine Fotiades and Skydog Farm: Visit their website: www.skydogfarm.com Follow them on Instagram: www.instagram.com/skydogfarmri Our farmer friends you visited: https://www.thefarminri.com/ https://www.ramdass.org/ https://beherenownetwork.com/ IG: @iammelissaruiz @wakingupwithmelissa