My name is Laura Loescher. I co-create Earth Altars with nature.

Earth Altars are  sacred mandalas that celebrate the beauty and honor the impermanence of the natural world. In collaboration with nature, I design Earth Altars using cultivated flowers and wildflowers, fallen leaves, seeds, pods, and stones. 

Every composition is a unique exploration of beauty and order amidst the chaos of our ever-changing world. I hope to help us remember that even when things fall apart, we always have a choice to craft beauty from the pieces.

My practice of creating Earth Altars began in May of 2020, early in the season of pandemics and social uprisings. I was feeling burned out, grieving all the crises—climate, injustice, pandemic, economic collapse— and was on a healing sabbatical to regain a sense of wellbeing. I had a feeling that all my efforts to “save” the world had failed, and I needed to rebalance by taking some time to “savor” the world in new ways.

Creating Earth Altars got me off my screens and into nature, connecting me so much more deeply with the natural world and with my sense of place. I am so in love with this planet, more than ever before, as I get to know the names of what’s growing all around me and as I walk through the world seeing color and shape and possibility everywhere.

What started as a practice for my own healing and resiliency turned into something that others found nourishing and inspiring as well. I am honored to share my Earth Altars with you. My great hope is that my art plants seeds of beauty and healing. May it inspire you to travel more deeply into your own wilderness and creative joy.

I’d love to help you live well in challenging times

In addition to Earth Altars, I offer a range of resources for resilient living. If you’d like support in thriving through life’s challenges, check out my Resiliency Cards at resiliencycards.com. This deck offers 64 playful and powerful practices for resilient living. Each card features an Earth Altar photograph to remind us that we always have a choice to craft beauty from what life offers us.