Observing the dull, distracted state of my mind, lacking motivation, endless days stretched out before me. This fatigue of the brain is not unlike the experience of the long return home from Australia that we have made three times. Traveling from one of the farthermost corners of the planet,...
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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...
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...
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,...
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,...
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...
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...
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...
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...
This week, with Covid raging and the beginning of the Holiday Season present, please join me in offering a blessing to our health care workers. May your hands, tending to the fragility of life, be strong and certain in their application of healing. May your calling to serve be...