Welcome -
My name is Julia Sparkman, I am so glad you found your way to Deeper Than Shallow.
Deeper Than Shallow is your doorway to spiritual exploration and devotion.
Deeper Than Shallow is our doorway.
Deeper Than Shallow is my medicine: it is the plants and prayers and pontifications that I lean on when I need to remember my Wholeness. I need these practices and that is why I am here offering them to you.
Deeper Than Shallow was born from a period of creative darkness.
On my journey to healing my debilitating postpartum anxiety and depression, I found spiritual herbalism.
Through the practice of intentionally sitting with my tea, my relationship to my Higher Power transformed. After a lifetime of a monotheistic conception of spiritually, my Earthly plant allies helped me to expand my notion of God to a faith akin to a polytheistic ideation.
Intentionally sipping my infusions and teas helped me to feel the interconnectedness we experience here on Earth and the divine intelligence present in all things.
Connecting with plants has helped me to feel and experience God everywhere.
My connection to God/Spirit/the Universe and my spiritual practices are the foundations of my well-being:
Spiritual Herbalism. Devotional Prayer + Meditation. Contemplative Reading + Writing. Conscious Rest. Pleasure.
And, Deeper Than Shallow is here to offer you a doorway to your own depths, explorations, and devotions.
Thank you for Being. Every piece of you is Welcome here.
With love,
Julia