Yoga nidra is so cool! It’s like the ultimate healing method for those of us who are tired of doing & trying stuff. But we know we need attention. We know our bodies are loudly demanding that something’s gotta give. Sometimes healing or becoming healthy feels like so much effort. Maybe yoga nidra is the answer to the lazy woman’s prayers! ha-ha I sat down with my friend and colleague, Dr. Aarti Soorya, to discuss healing, yoga nidra, the nervous system, and conscious awareness - the ven...
25 days ago • 4 min read
So many times I have written "your body is trying to get your attention" when trying to illustrate that someone's physical symptom or sensation is not coincidental. It's not a random out-of-the-blue occurrence when X person develops Y condition. I'm not saying we consciously make things happen to ourselves. I'm not saying it's someone's fault when they get sick. And I'm not saying that illness persists because you're weak in some way. What I am saying is that the body responds. The body...
28 days ago • 3 min read
Dear Reader, A big realization that I've had recently is that if I want you to hear, resonate with, and join me in doing this deep work of awakening to your true self, then I have to be doing the exact same work simultaneously. Not similar, parallel work. The EXACT same. Because the clearest way to guide you into the moment when you're face-to-face with that thing that you feel when you're yearning for meaningful change, is to do it in my system first. As my body experiences what it's like to...
2 months ago • 2 min read
Good morning Reader, In what way will you allow light into your system today? Maybe literally by sitting outside for sunset, or taking a walk during the brightest part of the day? Or symbolically, by closing your eyes and envisioning light pouring over you from somewhere far above... Or relationally, by looking into someone's eyes, both of you smiling, sharing your souls' light... Or maybe today it's finding a simple way to let yourself know that you love yourself. Go ahead, it's OK. For a...
4 months ago • 2 min read
Root to Rise Trees do it. Buildings too. Grow your ideas, projects, & services from the same playbook. “Ground all of your offerings and services into the earth grid. Anchor them to root so that they grow tall and wide.” [I apologize so sincerely. The above quote is not mine. I heard it or read it somewhere recently and I can’t for the love of me remember who it should be attributed to. So, a big THANK YOU to the invisible “Universal Writers” guild for giving me that quote to use to jump into...
5 months ago • 4 min read
Some people absolutely delight me. Others make my skin crawl. Vibes and chemistry? Perhaps. Each of them a mirror to something I need to see? DING DING DING!! What you see in others that you like, you like because that is also in you. What you see in others that you abhor, you dislike because that too is also in you. We reflect our true nature to and through each other. And if we are willing to meet the good qualities with humbleness and the negative qualities with grace and awareness, then...
5 months ago • 2 min read
With the world spinning out of control, how much of an impact could I possibly hope to have? About 15 years ago I enrolled in a continuing ed class to satisfy my license requirement for training in pain management. The training I chose was a weekend course on using meditation and other spiritual tools for managing pain. I felt excited, yet slightly guilty, that I was going to get credit for this unconventional approach to the subject matter. I had begun to have a deeper awareness that health...
5 months ago • 6 min read
A card drawn at a party reinforces a purpose and a shifting consciousness In August 2020, I “woke up”. I hadn’t been in the deepest slumber possible, for I was aware of many incongruencies and incompatibilities between how the world was working and how it could be. I saw incompetence and unawareness which didn’t quite make sense, but I didn’t understand why or how it was so. This was especially evident on the part of government agencies that are responsible for doing the right thing when it...
5 months ago • 6 min read