Hippie life down on The Farm, TN

Cassi Stuckman (cassiyoga.com); The Farm; Kelly Ani, Amber Larson (eds.), Wisdom Quarterly

O, to live like a hippie down on The Farm in good old Tennessee, USA (cassiyoga.com)

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I just returned from a long weekend in Summertown, Tennessee with my mother and grandmother.

We spent three days attending a herb workshop at The Farm (a commune or intentional community), a renowned spot in rural Tennessee that was pioneered by a group of hippies in the 1970’s who wanted more from life:

They wanted to live off the land, promote peace, and have the kind of birth they desired.

 

Study permaculture design (thefarm.org)

We stayed with a sweet and amazingly hospitable couple. (Their birth story is in Spiritual Midwifery, a book about The Farm’s births).

One night my mother and I sat with our hosts on a bench in the middle of the country road and looked at the sky.
 

The food served at The Farm was soul food. It came from an on-site garden, and it was vegan/vegetarian because they don’t harm animals on The Farm. It was delicious!

 

Earthquake! Help, humans, help us! (AP)

Hearing my mother and grandmother talk about their birth stories over home cooked meals with other women was something I will cherish forever. Midwives and doulas traveled from Puerto Rico, England, Australia, and other places to spend time tapping into the spiritual energy of this place. More