Split Wide Open
I don’t know what to say after a week of being struck speechless by the words of Luis Urrea, Cheryl Strayed, Samantha Dunn, and others at...
Truer than True
“What is truer than the truth? The story.” — Jewish saying* I hadn’t intended to use this photograph. A split second of awesome beauty....
Quiet Stirrings
Last week I experienced something astounding. For the first time, sinking as deeply into awareness as possible, I headed into the safe...
Simple Wishes for Complicated Times
Walk around feeling like a leaf. / Know you could tumble any second. / Then decide what to do with your time. - Naomi Shihab Nye This...
To Say What We Love
“We cannot win this battle to save species and environments without forging an emotional bond between ourselves and nature as well – for...
Upside Down and Praying
At some point a few days ago my thoughts turned negative, judgmental, and deafening in my head. The word hate became the verb of choice....
Compassionate Power
It is empowering and connecting to speak from our own wisdom and knowing, drawn from the deep well of our experience and clarified...
Autumn Equinox Meditation
Sometimes all it takes is…one beautiful wrist movement synchronized with the head and heart…” – Helen Frankenthaler Helen Frankenthaler...
A Call to Calm
“I define calm as creating perspective and mindfulness while managing emotional reactivity.” —Brené Brown I showed this quote to someone...
Time Travel
"Begrudge time and it will turn its back / on you like a dead secret. But bathe, kiss, enter, bow. Immerse / yourself in the time you...
