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Hi there. Right now, just as you are, I invite you to try this 12 second exercise: Allow your eyes to close, settle into your chair a bit deeper and let your...

Is there one tree, or one flower more perfect than another? You are beautiful just as you are. ~Jan As we go through life, we acquire various physical, psych...

"This porridge is too hot! This porridge is too cold. But this porridge is just right." Goldilocks tried them all to find the right one. We hear so much ...

I have struggled with the concept of "self-love." I have not understood that it does not mean some narcissistic self-indulgence. No, it means attending to t...

​​ I've been inspired to resend this reflective practice on re-framing a negative inner narrative, by a wonderful blog on the Law of Attraction by psychother...

What if menopause isn't just a sign of decline but actually the opportunity for us to bloom into the best time of life? My teacher, Kaiya Larson, sees elderl...

Sleeping In The Forest - Mary Oliver I thought the earth remembered me, she took me back so tenderly, arranging her dark skirts, her pockets full of liche...

Are you sneezing and rubbing your itchy eyes? Is your nose running and your throat itchy? The pollen is thick on everything and I've been treating a lot of ...

No, I’d never been to this country before. No, I didn’t know where the roads would lead me. No, I didn’t intend to Turn back. ~Mary Oliver~ We tend to hold f...

“The 3 months of spring Are called springing up and unfolding. Heaven and Earth together produce life, and the 10,000 beings are invigorated. At night, one g...

Where can we find the power and the peace in doing the “no-thing” (Dawna Furfaro-Strode) Scene 1: We awaken to the alarm and stumble to the coffee pot. We bl...

“Take what we love inside, to carry within us an orchard” ~ Li-Young Lee ~ We all have aspects of ourselves we find a challenge. It could be a habit we have ...

You are not leaving, you are arriving. ~ David Whyte ~ Hello all, Happy Autumn! In tandem with the season, the practice this week is Acknowledging what has v...

It’s playtime and time for “no-thing” in particular (Dawna Furfaro-Strode) It is summer time! Summer brings the gift of joy and partnership. It is time to pl...

“What do you do with the mad that you feel” (Mr. Rogers, 1969) This photo is the soft, gentle morning dew on the tall grass. What if we could be that soft co...

"And you — what of your rushed and useful life? Imagine setting it all down" (Lynn Ungar) Could it be possible throughout a regular day to create moments of ...

“Create a clearing in the dense forest of your life and wait there patiently” (Martha Postlewaite) We are a very doing, doing, doing culture. Hard at work, h...

“Ours is a time of almost daily astonishment and often righteous rage… Yet I urge you, ask you, gentle you, to please not spend your spirit dry.” (Clarissa ...

Seeing this beautiful picture of love brings a smile. It is hard to stay stuck in muck in its presence. How can we unstick our stuckness when needed? It is ...

“Enjoy the life that shows up in the making space for healing.” (Dawna Furfaro-Strode, L.AC) When we are in pain, or unwell, either in the short term or the ...