Mother’s Day brings up a whole gamut of emotions. For those who have lost mothers and feel the pain of grief and separation. For those who have had mothers who suffered with mental illness and/or addiction and grew up in homes with violence and pain, this day can be...
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I have never in my adult professional life applied for a job through an advertised opening of a position. I have always created my own work and for most of my life that has been an interesting, frustrating, amusing, challenging and largely fulfilling helluva ride! In our society that...
There is something about being in the body physically for so much of what I do, teaching Yoga, playing and singing with the harp in hospice and also dancing that allows my thoughts at the end of the day to emerge focused, clear and concise. My mind unwinds on...
This week in my community a public press release revealed the grand jury investigation surrounding the sexual abuse of children by many clergy in the Altoona Catholic Diocese. Not only were the many acts of abuse revealed but the decades long cover up by Bishops continued to leave children...
Embodying Love in times of chaos and negativity has been the theme in my yoga classes this month. Moving beyond love as a personal emotion and awakening to love as the essence of our being. We created in love. All of us. We are a reflection of that love...
Oh Earth School! The best laid plans of mice and men are but insignificant pieces of nonsense in your all knowing greater scheme of things!! We have been exploring the second limb of yoga in my yoga classes this past month, the niyamas, the observances. Purity. Contentment. Discipline. Self...
Have you ever noticed that when you are the least comfortable with yourself that everyone around you shows up like a complete asshat? Fools! The whole lot of them! This is usually my first clue that I have some serious shit to sit with/deal with/ process when I start...
I Love Life! I am someone who lives voraciously and is head over heels in love with life!! Even in uncertainty and chaos. The marking of time in this part of the year and the reflection it allows us is to me a sacred practice. It invites noticing regrets,...
Holding space today and inviting deep wisdom and compassion into my heart. The enormity and spaciousness of life!! The joy present in witnessing my son marrying the girl of his dreams, a blessed union marking a milestone in all of our lives. Balancing the crass materialism and hectic...
My heart and soul are yearning in this present time for simplicity and deep, authentic community. Consumption, greed and the voices of hatred and oppression that seek to divide and isolate ring out obnoxiously loud and are cloaked in self righteousness that stems from fear. In the midst of...