Can you feel it? It’s palatable; the shift in the collective energy, even with the pandemic swirling all around us and much work ahead, something has lifted. It feels as though a heavy weight of uncertainty and tension has risen off our shoulders. To say this has been a difficult year is beyond an understatement. […]
Writing on the heels of a tragic moment in our story. On so many levels. On Memorial Day 2020 a black man named George Floyd was murdered in our city, by a policeman and the system who birthed him. Following this horrific death came violence to our city streets causing more death, more
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Writing this on a day of remembering, of honor towards those who have left this earth. A Memorial Day like no other I have ever experienced. Forced to isolate during our grief. Unable to connect with our pain. This is hard. Not only are we remembering all who have gone before us but collectively
Perhaps you know this ancient tale. The Taoist farmer? It goes like this; Once there was a farmer who was lucky enough to own a horse. All the neighbors were envious of his good fortune. One day the farmer neglected to close his gate and the horse escaped. All the neighbors came
Why is this so hard? To share the love…as woke souls we know this power, the importance of giving and sharing love. But as human beings if we are honest with ourselves, it can be hard. To really and truly feel completely and purely happy for another human being, or conversely really and truly
Despite the dire circumstances Mother Earth is bursting forth into a glorious Spring. Sunshine, soft breezes, budding trees and the bright colors of tulips and daffodils. The earth seems to be saying thank you for the break from overtaxing her resources, and we humans are soaking in her glory. We the people of the
It’s the dawn of a new world and the alarm is sounding loud and long. It’s as if we the people are waking up from a long and deep sleep, on the heels of a nightmare. In Yoga, mindfulness, spiritual circles we often refer to those on the Path as Awake, or Woke. A
And we sit. Sit, stand, walk, stay. Staaaaaaayyyyyyyy…… We are doing what’s right. We are sacrificing, surviving, eating, drinking, loving, and living. And we are suffering, and we are rejoicing and we are LIVING. Maybe for the first time. We as a society have been stripped raw of all our layers. Held
Extraordinary times create extra ordinary feelings. Feelings of loss and grief flow through the rivers of veins within our souls. We are grieving, a collective sigh of pain which ripples out and touches all of us. Grieving many losses. Losses of human life, our normal lifestyle, our families, our friends, jobs, communities, places
During this time of isolation and uncertainty the work of the late Louise Hay has been calling me. In her little reference book “Heal your Body” Louise outlines how our thinking and belief systems affect our health. She speaks of the point of power being in the present moment. How at any given time
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