Offering: An Intention-Setting Ritual
We gathered around my symbolic campfire (a candle), sitting in mindful reflection and embodied intention setting…. Here’s a sort of rough outline of the ritual we held:
Support in Times of Uncertainty
I don’t know about you, but so many people I know (myself included) are tuning into all the uncertainty lately. While I feel like we’ve been on the cusp of social change for a while (like, the last decade or so), the last 3 years have seemed to speed things up, and naturally that leads […]
Developing the Observer
I had a weird parenting moment the other day… a moment of keen self-awareness where I was able to experience a moment and watch myself experiencing it at the same time, like I was an analytical observer taking stock of it from the outside. We were in the car on the way to a karate […]
Emergence
Every couple of weeks I teach meditation to the staff of a local small business outside at a local park. We had taken an unintentionally long break (due to holiday vacations and unusually heavy and consistent rain), but the weather was *finally* cooperating and we were getting back out there after 5 weeks away! Even […]
Stepping Away, Shifting Anew
I was brainstorming with my mentor the other day and reflecting on my passions, my gifts, and where I’m headed next. My friends have been hearing me talk for years about being in transition… one big, long, slooooooooooooooow transition. Of course, as a mom, I’m *always* in transition with something; we transition in and out […]
Receiving is an Action
One of my main self-care ‘musts’ is to have regular body work done. I learned a long time ago that I’m hard on my body, asking it to do a lot for me in my day-to-day, AND I was pretty hard on my body when I was younger, resulting in several injuries that have left […]
Why Embodiment?
A couple weeks ago, I noticed I’d fallen into an old habit of unkind self-talk and worry. Though the thoughts had been swirling for a few of days, I was just then starting to realize the feelings of anxiety they were creating in my body, which led to a lot of over analyzing and second […]
We Need Remembering
“We don’t need more information. We need remembering.” These wise words were said to me casually in conversation by my beloved friend and mentor Sylvia Poareo a few weeks ago. I felt their impact immediately during our talk, but their meaning has stayed with me. It seeps into me like water is absorbed by the […]
Stop. Look up. Breathe. ☀️🌳
One of the many perks to having my office in the park is the reminder that I am part of nature, connected to the web of life that surrounds me. Where some just see the summer heat, I see the power of sunlight shining down. Where some see weeds in the grass, I see the […]
Book Rec: The Book of Delights
The Book of Delights by Ross Gay Oh, what a DELIGHT this book is! I realize that sounds a bit like stating the obvious, but there really is no better to describe how this book made me feel. It’s a lovely exploration of what “focusing on the positive” can look like in an authentic, non-bypassing […]
