To Begin Again

To Begin Again

I wake up moody, worrying about the future. Last night I was reading about the unemployment numbers online. Perhaps that’s why I am feeling dark. I wonder what I can do personally, how I can contribute in the face of this daunting economy. I go through the...
Moved by Beauty

Moved by Beauty

In The Great Work, Thomas Berry speaks of the intimacy the indigenous people had with the land, each part of nature was experienced as a personal other.  I have always been drawn to the  beauty of nature, lured deeper into the land and its mysteries though the...
Teachings from the Earth

Teachings from the Earth

Two nights ago as I was walking at dusk on a tree lined road nearby my home, an owl swooped across the road from one tree to another. I had a feeling of knowing inside, a knowing that he wanted me to notice him, and in that moment I gave him all my attention.  He sat...
This amazing body we live in

This amazing body we live in

We have been graced with these architectural wonders –our bodies – that have the ability to be interconnected with the earth and the entire universe. Yet we tend to live in only a very small part of ourselves, and seem to have lost the operating manual. We have...
Like trees

Like trees

If we surrendered to earth’s intelligence we could rise up rooted, like trees Rilke Something stirred in my heart as early as 4th grade when I first heard the words of Joyce Kilmer’s Trees . . . I think that I shall never see, a poem lovely as a tree. I...
The power of “what if”

The power of “what if”

It has been said in many ways, many times, but what if each of us unleashed the power of our imaginations.  What if each time I had a negative thought about my body or aging: what if I get sick? what if I don’t have enough money?  What if, what if, what if . . ....
Finding Center in Uncertain Times

Finding Center in Uncertain Times

Center is where the juice is. Center is where freedom lies – from center we have the potential to move in any direction. Center is where we find joy. There is a center to everything, to each and every cell, to our bodies and to the earth. From our own center we are...
Embodied Rejuvenation

Embodied Rejuvenation

We have the ability to rejuvenate ourselves at any age by tapping in to the richness within. Beauty, Gratitude, Grace, Wisdom, Creativity – we can tap into these energies by drawing from our deepest Self. The archetypes are the primary rhythms that create form, and by...
Beauty, Grace . . . Rhythms of the Universe

Beauty, Grace . . . Rhythms of the Universe

There is a rhythm to beauty, a rhythm to grace. Or call it vibration. We can begin to notice that our breath changes with every different feeling, and we move differently as well. At any moment we are sending out a vibrational signal to the Universe through our breath...