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I wanted to share a gentle reminder of the power of connecting with nature through a simple tree meditation. Before I embark on my Moroccan retreat, where I'm excited to bring back new insights, I wanted to share this practice.  Join me in this short guided meditation...

“In an age of speed, I began to think, nothing could be more invigorating than going slow. In an age of distraction, nothing can feel more luxurious than paying attention. And in an age of constant movement, nothing is more urgent than sitting still.”  - Pico Iyer...

I remember counting the rings found in tree trunks when I would take walks in the woods as a child. Sometimes there were so many rings I would lose count and marvel at the ancient stump before me and try to visualize the tree in her alive form, towering above the...

A friend of mine was recently talking about investing money and as she was speaking, I began to think of another type of investment. Energy investment. If we do not invest our precious energy wisely , we can lose something much more precious than what is in our...

Welcome to all the beautiful opportunities awaiting us as we begin again in 2025. This year I am focusing on the opportunity to be more still and notice when I can soften into the space between my busyness and tasks in work and life. I am excited for my “work” to be...

To Know the Dark- To go into the dark with a light is to know the light To know the dark, go dark. Go without sight, and find that the dark, too , blooms and sings, and is traveled by dark feet and dark wings. -Wendell Berry Oh, how we look towards the light! It is...

I love me. I love me not. I love me.  Lessons in Self Compassion I remember plucking daisy petals as a young girl, playing the game of asking a daisy if “they” (the object of my affection) would return their affection back to me . “He/she loves me, he/she loves me...

"YOU CAN’T LEARN THAT WHICH YOU THINK YOU ALREADY KNOW" - Epictetus In my April newsletter I wrote about late bloomers; the late blooming tulips and my own late blooming self.  Now it is Autumn and on a recent hike I looked up and noticed that among the barren...

“Silence is not the absence of something , but the presence of everything.”- Gordon Hempton I remember first discovering the existence of the Hoh Rainforest in Washington state when I was in my early 20’s. I cannot remember if I read about it or if someone I knew told...