Proactive Trust
Trust is often thought of as a ‘response’, given where it has been earned. That is an important view of trust, of course, one that
Coherence
Our True Powers
I’ve always been curious about power, what it is and how people use it. I so often hear, and use, the word empowerment, and ask…
What is Coherence?
In my own work and practice, I have come to understand the importance of coherence as the foundation and starting point of right action and
Freedom
Freedom has different meanings for people, but most would agree it is a deep value, one held close to the heart. It can refer to
What is ‘Energy Intelligence’?
Energy Intelligence is what we are using when we walk into a room and get a feeling or vibe or when we notice that what
The Art of Pausing
We are so bombarded with ‘stuff’ in our modern world – information, to-do lists, etc, going from one thing to another, from device to device.
The Dream Field
Imagine that there is a meaning to all the fleeting body sensations and snapshots of experience, that the images and moments that get your attention,
Community
Preparing the ground
2023, what a year you have been. Sitting here in the harvest of wisdom sown in this past year, I am both humbled and hopeful.
Alchemy
Choosing Peace
It can be easy to associate peace with the absence of something like conflict, noise, or chaos, or being at a passive place of remove
Climate change
Hope
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
Body Wisdom
Connection
It seems all good things come from connection – to each other, to ourself, to nature, to spirit. You might first think connection is what
Abundance
Spring
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
Becoming
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
Beginning Again
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
Body Wisdom
The Key
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
Faith
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
Abundance
Spring Renewal
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
Empowerment
Living with Intention
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
Keeping the Faith (Guided Meditation included :)
‘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
Tenderness and Truth (Guided Meditation included)
For many of us these days, discerning the ‘truth’ among many divisive and contradictory things can be difficult. And how can I know how to
Body Wisdom
Be-Wilder
“It may be that when we no longer know what to do, we have come to our real work and when we no longer know
The Jewel in the Crown
Usually when we speak of patience, there is a sigh or a resigned tone hovering somewhere near. At least that is how it was for
Loving Yourself True
I’ve been reflecting on ‘Self-Love’ – what that really means, and the ‘how to’ in daily practice. There are so many conflicting messages about what
The Wild Heart (and a new guided meditation)
Our wild heart knows that each moment is fresh and new; nature does not repeat herself, it is only our mind and its’ filters that
A Renaissance of Wonder
The Spring feels like a much needed breath of fresh air after what has seemed like a long winter…and an extended season of cave time
Body Wisdom
Deep Listening
The meaning of the word obedience my surprise you…etymologically, it means ‘deep listening’. This is the ‘obedience’ of true loving attention and self-care. To turn
General
Heart-minded
Our heart is at the center of our function in more ways than one. According to the great wisdom traditions of the West, the heart
Heart
Alchemy
Alchemy refers to a process of transformation – taking the ordinary substance of everyday life and turning it into the ‘gold’ of truth, beauty, and
Our Beloved Nervous System
Our nervous system function happens automatically, going back and forth between the two poles of sympathetic activation and parasympathetic relaxation. In a healthy and resilient
Embodiment
We so often dwell in our thinking and judgments, hopes, and fears… and indeed we have been trained and conditioned in our culture to default to
Remembering
‘This is the story of how we begin to remember’ Paul Simon wrote a song called ‘Under African Skies’ years back, and that refrain has
courage
Courage
The root of the word courage is ‘heart’; it is made of Love, a Radical Love… of life, of another, of self, of Earth. I’ve
General
Meditation: Medicine and Magic (with guided meditation)
Meditation can be defined in different ways, and practiced and experienced with so many techniques. The word meditation comes from the same root as ‘medicine’…
When we come to it..
From a favorite poem by Maya Angelou We, this people, on a small and lonely planet Traveling through casual space Past aloof stars, across the
Naturalness (with guided meditation)
Accepting the invitation of this cocoon time, I’ve been going deeper into the practices that stabilize and hold me – conscious breath and meditation, mindful
The Turning
It feels like things are at a turning point. Whatever that even means… I’m reminded what the word revolution actually means turning. What, or who,
ReSourcing (with guided meditation)
Here we are, suspended in the pause, the in-between, while the world around us continues to do its job…Which is to change, and ask us
Resilience and the Breath – (with guided breath practice)
Reminders of our fragility and uncertainty abound. The collective and personal crucible we are in together will tumble us to who knows where, and we
Shelter in Your Heart (with guided meditation)
In these last few days, I have shared some practices that can help to calm and soothe – they sure have been nourishing for me.
Cocoon Practices (with guided practice)
It feels like the world is getting smaller. As we shelter in place in our cocoons around the globe, we are tuning into the web
Dropping in (with guided meditation)
Most of our day-to-day lives are spent oriented toward the turning wheels of life and all the steps that it takes to keep those wheels
Time for Meditation (with guided practice)
Hopefully, most of us are now ‘sheltering in place’, isolating to protect ourselves and others. It is an exercise in community cooperation, as well…we need
The Eye of The Storm (with guided heart meditation)
This is the first day of Spring in the northern hemisphere, yet it seems like the hibernation is just beginning! It’s time to remember that these
The Power of Practice
Whatever we practice, we get better at, and we are always practicing something; either we are reinforcing habits, behaviors and reactions we already have or
Our Practice
Yoga is a wisdom philosophy realized and understood only through practice. This is one of the profoundly beautiful things about Yoga – it is not
A life of gratefulness and trust
The word for faith used in Yoga is Sraddha. It refers to our faith in the practice, and a trust in the mystery that moves
The Importance of Heart/Mind Coherence
‘Coherence’ is a term used by scientists who make it their business to measure wellness, and qualify and quantify our optimum function. Defined, it is
Life is short, but the Art is long…
This quote can be traced back to Hippocrates, and is one of my favorites. After 61 years of living it, I have come to understand
Yoga Dreaming
In our practice we work with our willingness to show up on the mat and ‘stretch’ to our edge and we attend to our body’s
The Art and Science of Personal Practice
When we come to it, We must confess that we are the possible, We are the miraculous, The true wonders of the world. That is
Naturalness
“Tension is who you think you should be, Relaxation is who you are” Lao Tzu It’s kinda funny to think that it takes practice to
Meditation is Intimacy
There is so much energy moving through and around us, so much input and STUFF…for me, meditation is a necessary pause that helps me digest
Healing our Nervous Systems
We live in a world rife with the white noise of constant stimulation and overflowing information; the screens of phones and computers are ever beckoning
Embodying the Deep Feminine
Much has been said about the Rise of the Feminine and the balancing of culture through the empowerment of the Feminine principle. The truth of
Cultivating Yin
The winter time, whatever the weather may bring, is the time to slow down. Nature’s way encourages us to ‘stay inside’ more and sink into
Body Wisdom
Wild Heart
I want to unfold. Let no place in me hold itself closed, for where I am closed, I am false. I want to stay clear
The Abundant Life
Abundance is one of those words, like sustainability, that gets used often but means different things to different people. The last few years of economic
Heart Math
Their name may sound like an oxymoron, but the folks at Heart Math Institute have done some serious scientifically based research that illustrates the power
Sustainable Self-Care
Sustainability is a word we hear often in these days of waking up to the real needs of our planet and our communities. The heart
Breath – The Open Secret
So what is the secret of the breath? Our breath brings us into this present moment, body and mind together. Yes, we are breathing all
Feminine Wisdom
The Yoga of Yes
This morning, like most mornings, my practice helped me get to Yes. Yes to life as it is – the yes that opens my heart
Body Wisdom
The Heart Knows
Scientific research about who we are and what makes us tick has created a quiet revolution in our understanding of the power of our Heart.
E.E. Cummings
Gratitude
Thank You God for this most amazing day i thank you God for this most amazing day, for the leaping greenly spirits of trees and
Grounded Grace
Many of us we brought up to value ambition, goals and the importance of working toward something. This forward and outward orientation is indeed a fine
body/mind practice
Mastery and Mystery
“Our duty as people is to proceed as if limits to our abilities do not exist. We are collaborators in Creation”. ~ Pierre de Chardin
Do What You Love
‘There is no way to happiness, happiness is the way’ ~ Buddha There is a lot of research being done these days about happiness and
body/mind practice
True Empowerment
Talking with a dear friend and colleague the other day, our conversation turned to empowerment. Just what was this thing? We can point to a
Body Wisdom
Compassion Starts Here
What is the body? That shadow of a shadow of your love, that somehow contains the entire universe. – RUMI There is a magic that happens