The island of Maui is my home, and where there has been devastating wildfires and catastrophic loss of life this month. The grief and shock are profound, and it will be a long recovery.* In the wake of that disaster there has been such an overwhelming and moving outpouring of support and Aloha from within …
It seems all good things come from connection – to each other, to ourself, to nature, to spirit. You might first think connection is what happens between us and another but it also happens within us. Connecting is a capacity of our nervous system, one we need to survive, and also one we can build …
This month, it’s as if a veil has fallen from my eyes; colors are sharper, the light is brighter. Maybe each time the wheel of the year turns to Spring some version of this happens, yet every Spring feels like the first. Beauty all around me insists on my attention, and my response is something …
In this mid-winter moment, I’m reflecting on the ancient feast of Imbulc. Meaning ‘in the belly’, it is a celebration of the pregnant moment of promise, the coming of new life and the return to the light. It is the the turning of the season toward spring, as yet unmanifest and unborn. In the natural …
It has been quite a year! In my life, that hasn’t taken the shape of a lot of exterior changes, but an onslaught of internal shifts ushered in by health challenges – lessons like patience, perseverance and humility have been my focus of ‘ wisdom study’. The kind of shifts that tend to presage exterior …
In a dream I had recently, I was given a key. Someone handed it to me as an answer to a question. Some of the details have faded, but the gist of it was I needed some help with something and didn’t know how to proceed. I stood there in a questioning state, wondering what …
What is faith? Some use the word to refer to a set of beliefs that they adhere to or live by. Others consider that it is something akin to trust or hope. I find myself leaning into faith so much lately, and, in turn, deepening my understanding of it. For me, faith is not at …
This weekend is a confluence of Holy Holidays, the time of renewal and rising. The word Easter comes from the German ‘Eostre’, the ancient goddess of spring, fertility and beginnings, the freshness and possibility of the new season. Nature tells this story every year, blossoming in all her verdant glory. In this season of resurrection, …
Welcoming a new year is often a time we reflect on where we have been and where we are going…perhaps we even make ‘resolutions’ for the new year, promising ourselves a positive new direction. But that is somewhat different than an intention. If you look at the history of the word intention, you’ll see that …
‘Dawn begins at midnight…’ Faith is often misunderstood by the thinking mind. It isn’t a leap into the unknown necessarily, but a subtle way of seeing in the dark, an inner certainty and trust in our deepest truth. Belief and doubt are of the mind, but faith is of the heart… It is a felt …