Rewilding the Imagination The Moon, the Sun and the Earth are in relationships that involve gravity and movement that help us mark day, night and the change of seasons. This beautiful interplay, I experience as a dance and a love letter to the Universe. People from the beginning of time have observed with wonder and […]
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My oars slice through water, blending their black color into this water teeming with life below the surface. Big bass fish, a turtle, grasses and trees that have fallen into the water, the dim outline of their trunks, long immersed in the depths below, all briefly catch my eye as I glide slowly over the […]
Nationally, regionally and locally, we are not anywhere near herd immunity with Covid, but we are gradually opening up and releasing restrictions in the early summer months of 2021. I have become quite accustomed to some practices and have some inquiries around this bridge time. Here are my questions: Are we all still hiking? […]
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 […]
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 # 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 […]