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:
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 […]
To notice is often the first step
The act of noticing can be so simple, yet so profound. I took a walk today. I’ve been thinking (for a long time now) about ways to move my body more. Since the pandemic started, I’ve been so much more sedentary… which isn’t necessarily a bad thing. At first it was necessary. The sheer volume […]
The Gift of Awareness
Today my meditation clients showed up with feelings of stress and overwhelm, the busy-ness of life weighing on their shoulders. So we did some simple body awareness and breath exercises during class to help them remember the power of breath and self care.🧘The practices of yoga and meditation have brought me many gifts, but the […]
The Gifts of Lemon Balm
Today’s lemon balm harvest! This beautiful plant (Melissa officinalis), in the mint family and originally from the Mediterranean, grows easily and abundantly in my backyard garden. These leaves will be infused in water, in alcohol, and dried to eventually become tea/tissane or tincture… all yummy and powerful medicine. Lemon balm is known to help ease […]
Summer Solstice: Reconnection & Rest
As I celebrated the vibrant and nurturing energy of the solstice and reflected on the gifts my spirit has to share with the world, one of the things that came up for me was my continued desire for connection
The Healing Power of the Sun
These are uncertain times (to say the least). Though we are all experiencing current events through our own unique lens, I think it safe to say that we are all walking into an unknown future. And whatever your perspective, that can feel scary. In searching for possible insight or reflection to offer, the only things that […]
Spring Equinox: Celebrating Change
Today is the Spring Equinox (for those of us in the northern hemisphere)… the day when the sun passes over the equator and the length of day and night are (relatively) equal. It also happens to be my birthday! Time of Renewal As you probably already know, springtime is usually associated with a sense of […]
Transition and Hope
Autumn is Here So, the weather has changed in southern California. The days are noticeably shorter. The summer plants in the garden are beginning to transition, going to seed and preparing to make room for the next generation. My family has started the new school year. The changes this year were more dramatic than in […]
The Power of Receiving
It’s been a while… Wow, has it been a LONG while! Though I’ve been sending out newsletters–and blogging has been in the back of my mind for many weeks–I didn’t realize quite how long it had been until I sat down to write this morning and saw my last post was in November! WHAAAT?! As […]
