Yamhill, Oregon · Ten acres

Live in harmony with the land, and with each other.

Eloheh, The Harmony Way, is a Cherokee word for harmony, wholeness, abundance and peace. Randy and Edith Woodley teach that old way of living on a regenerative farm in the Willamette Valley, in their books, and anywhere people will listen.

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The idea behind it all

The Harmony Way

Most Indigenous peoples on Turtle Island have some version of it — a way of living where the land, the creatures and the people are all relatives, and everybody's wellbeing is tied together. Western culture lost track of that a long time ago. We think it can be found again.

The Harmony Way is how a people lives when things are right among them. Conflict gets settled peacefully. The whole community of creation is treated as relatives, so the land gives back everything we need, and nobody goes hungry or falls through the cracks. The people’s own history and culture stay intact. Out of that way of living came the ten values we write about in Journey to Eloheh, held in common by at least forty-five tribes and nations: harmony, respect, accountability, history, humor, authenticity, equality, friendship, generosity, and balance.

This way of living, and these values, are common to most Indigenous peoples around the world. They learned from Creator and from the whole community of creation that we are here to make a good world, and that being a good, respectful human being is the most spiritual act on earth. We call the Harmony Way the Original Instructions.

Eloheh, on the ground

Our spirituality begins with the land. So does our work.

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