Have you ever in your life, suffered in silence, screaming inwardly, the fractured pieces of your life crumbling, barely functioning, but out of fear, guilt and shame you internalized enormous feelings and went about your daily life pretending to be “fine”? Raise your hand please, both of mine are in the air waving around frantically […]
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Speak to the hard, numb, raw, vulnerable and painful sensations in your body Witness these with an offering of words lacking the harshness of judgement, usher in the sweet, sweet sounds of fierce kindness, compassion and tenderness. Place your hands carefully and lovingly on your own soft, warm body where you feel the sharp, jagged […]
Well, here we are in 2021. Barely a week into the year, we have a coup, the virus still rages, it is January and visiting family means we brace ourselves into engaging in cold weather activities. Life feels undone and this unraveling feels like it stretches way into the unforeseeable future. Feeling all the things […]
2020. Out with the Old, In with the New! (January of 2020, Vagina Monologues Rehearsal in the Home studio) 2020, a year like no other. Beginning the year with directing The Vagina Monologues and spending an extraordinary amount of life changing time with amazing women, moving through the pandemic, cancer scare with the hubby, losing […]
May the weariness aching in your bones, borne of grief, loss and isolation, find you arriving at last, in blessed rest, restoring, healing and fortifying you for the months ahead. May the longing that grips your Being, flow through and express this ache in subversive poetry, songs of lament, hope and transformation, lovely snacks, and […]
A Solstice Blessing May you mark the return of the light by remaining receptive to the dark. May you dwell in Kairos time to sense the Other-worlds present with and within you. May you invite mystery and imagination to guide you through uncertainty. May you expand your capacity to be with discomfort and failure, […]
Blessing for Challenging Times/Week # 13 May your heart receive many small moments of grace. May you be sustained, nourished and replenished in spaces of illumination and joy. May the heartbreak of these times allow your heart to break open wide. May the spaciousness here be a refuge and balm for soul wounds. May you […]
Blessing # 12 May you seek the stillness necessary to feel truth only to find love here as well. May you speak truth accompanied by love. May you embody this truth through your thoughts, words and actions. May you invite vulnerability as the path to authenticity and integrity. May you witness your attachments and reactivity […]
Blessing # 11 May tenderness find you, entering above/beside/around/below you, holding you in a soft but fierce embrace. May resilience form you, shaping/molding/transforming/guiding you forward on an uncertain path with a resolute. sturdy gait. May community hold you, loving/supporting/listening/sustaining you in times of vulnerability and challenge. May Earth nurture you, inviting you into the […]
Holy Imagination May you vision, dream, and imagine that which nourishes, nurtures and sustains you and your beloved ones. May your radical creativity be a wellspring for Justice. May emergent strategies keep your heart/mind/body fresh and full of hope. Holy Heartbreak May you embody the courage to face your suffering and that […]