Somewhere in Ireland and Iowa my ancestors hold poetry in their closed eyes and silent tongues. Somewhere in Montana a baby deer is born and scrambling to be upright. From the quiet mountains of Tibet to the lazy shores of Cabo, a soundless strength beyond time and appearances connects us. And somewhere here, right where […]
Life is about being here growing in truth coming out of hiding and wiggling in laughter. It’s about aware attention crying babies tired mothers and radiant moons. It’s about skinned elbows lost hair and voices like angels. Life is about living this simple moment as your mind is touched by fingers of grace and your […]
It might appear as ragged, tired, or raw an overlooked one in a dark alley or a lonely one in the cold of night. Though it might echo a chilling wail or bellow with pompous forgetting listen closer, friend come here, friend. Under your torn heart shattered by worn threads of forgetting a glint of […]
Winter Solstice is a cornerstone inviting deep rest and balance outside the fray of activity. Like turning a corner to come home from a long weary journey, early winter points us to a soft landing and soft heart. Under the surface of things, deeper than the noise of things, different than how things appear to […]
We live in surprising times. Gut wrenching times and times too beautiful for words. As Fall streams in on the power of summer eclipses, the invitation is to meet the gut wrenching in presence and kindness, where it naturally reveals life’s unspeakable beauty. Fall brings reminders to be awake to everything. To access the heart […]
To embody our self and our life is to pay attention to what is arising inside here and now. Becoming embodied asks us to listen to a deeper sense of our self, to let alone how we think life should be and not choose between two states, but engage where life’s interdependent arising and demise […]
Sometimes we feel inspired to come clean and be honest. If we’re lucky, we tire of holding things together the way we think they should be. If we’re listening, we fall silent. Life isn’t what it seems. It doesn’t ask us to come clean. It asks us to stop and come to this moment as […]
Those of you who remember the bouncy doo-wop song, Summertime Summertime Sum Sum Summertime by the Jamies, may also remember simpler times. Life in today’s world is vastly more complex than those Leave it to Beaver days, yet the heart of life remains simple. Learning to open and stay in your heart is the foundation […]
On one side of the current edge of evolution, mind and body contract in habitual survival patterns. On the other side is connection and vital aliveness. Actually, there are not two sides, simply an organic, surging evolution of dark becoming light. These seeming polarities are partnering in one encompassing and profound expression of cosmic intelligence […]
Have you noticed that you are different than you were a year ago? Or even different from yesterday? Perhaps you feel less attached to how you think things should be, more open and willing to meet unpredictability, more available for spontaneity and showing up compassionately without needing to be certain or in control. At the […]
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