Breathe. Move. Rest.

I like simplicity. I like balance. I like truth. The mantra, “Breathe. Move. Rest.” provides a simple, balanced attempt to organize life around and within truth. It’s a mantra that helps cultivate balance in my daily life. However, life has taught me that preferring these conditions is not enough to make them reality. In fact,… Read More

Intention as Mantra

Happy New Year!!! Are you a resolution setter? A Vision Board builder? A dreamer, a planner, or a fly-by-the seat-of-your-pants-er? Or are you a nay-sayer when it comes to setting intentions and aspirations for life or your “Bucket List”? I am definitely a dreamer and a planner, but over the years I have grown more… Read More

Holiday Survival: Begin Again

Happy New Year!!! I told you last month that Thanksgiving is my favorite Holiday… and it is. But… my second favorite holiday is New Years! not because I celebrate with a big party or even stay up late enough to watch the Ball drop. I love New Year’s because it’s the epitome of #BeginAgain! New… Read More

Holiday Survival: Gift giving

Gift Giving as a Practice of Love Gifts: they’re fun to receive and can be even more fun to give! My husband Peter, is an excellent gift giver. In fact, I believe it is his preferred way of expressing love. He is considerate, generous, and most importantly thoughtful about each gift he gives. Peter is… Read More

Holiday Survival: Moon Ritual

As the hectic holidays start to take hold in our lives, there’s really only one anecdote to the chaos: Self-care. That’s right, 2019’s biggest buzzword is the thing that will help us survive (and thrive) in the face of seasonal insanity, commitment overwhelm and anticipation of what’s to come in the New Year ahead. Think about it:… Read More

Watcha readin’?

What stories are you following these days? Is it something on the news or downloaded on your I-pad. I haven’t embraced the electronic book (yet?) as I am attached to the feeling of my fingers on the page and the weight of the book in my hands. It makes me feel connected to the story…. Read More

The value of story time?

I’m curious? Do you prioritize story time in your life? And I’m not talking about attending the toddler’s event at the library. I’m wondering if you make it a regular habit to seek out and listen to stories. The newspaper is a source of stories, as is facebook and instagram. But those aren’t the stories… Read More

What’s YOUR story?

One thing we all love is stories. Stories connect us, teach us, transform us, set us free and LIGHT US UP! I love a good story and I love the ritual of a bedtime story. In fact, my husband has been known to read aloud to me to soothe me into sleep. My favorite stories… Read More

Kick-off for Loneliness

There is so much to celebrate as we step into the Autumn season: vegetables and fruits of our summer gardens, warm days and cool nights for Home Comings, harvest and Fall festivals and fairs in every neighborhood and community. These harvest events are meant to encourage re-connection and the feeling of belonging after the long… Read More

In search of samasthiti

If letting go is a pre-cursor to a fresh start as I proposed in last week’s letter, then now seems perfectly appropriate to discuss #beginagain. If you missed last week’s message, you can read it HERE. The need for a fresh start or permission to allow myself to begin again often comes at a time… Read More

Practice of Letting Go

According to Google, there are anywhere from 40 to 16 to 5 steps or ways of letting go. I first heard this idea of measuring experiences with steps when I was a young child. Even then I knew one size didn’t fit all. My steps were not the same length as my older brother’s any… Read More

Waiting Room of Life

Do you ever feel like you do more waiting than you do progressing? That’s how I feel right now. It reminds me of the old adage: Three steps forward, two steps back, which is fine if I’m dancing but for my life’s work it can feel pretty discouraging. Life feels good when I step forward… Read More