In Praise of Grief & the Dying Autumn
We are creeping up on the darkest days of the year. And here, we are invited to bow down, empty out, in grief, in praise of all we’ve...
Thanks-Giving for Your Body
Here's a simple THANKS-GIVING ritual you can do for your body. 1. Take some time to remove yourself from technology, noise, and other...
Leaning In to the Darkness
I often see that when the Earth grows quiet, dark and still, our inner-chatter grows louder and we busy ourselves more incessantly. As a...
Lessons from the Wildfires - The dance of Fire and Earth
The other day, giving a bodywork session to a very fiery client of mine, I received a powerful image of her standing in her full power, a...
Shifting our Perspective to Strengthen Inner Vision
I’ve been thinking a lot about how our vision is strengthened when we can easily orient our eyes from close-up to far-away, the...
Your Healing is in Your Hands
When we are in pain, when we are running our habitual destructive behaviors, when we are surprised with a diagnosis or health condition,...
How Can We Receive More Support?
“Inviting your body to gently let go will allow you to receive more support.” This is something close to what my yoga teacher said this...
On Power and Control
I recently had a major revelation. That somewhere locked deep in my body, my unconscious mind, was a belief that if I let go of control,...
Remember the Exhale
I write a lot about connection. True connection that nourishes us: our bodies, our hearts, as well as our relationship with the earth. A...
Embodiment: Teachings from Redwood
This past weekend I journeyed to visit the Redwoods in Northern California. I hadn’t visited them for 10 years and was immediately taken....