I always want to get to the root of things. Without getting to the root every effort feels as futile as trimming back the same trees along the foundation of my house. When pruned back those pesky trees keep growing even longer and abundant branches. I only succeeded in removing Read more…
How do we weather the storms in life? This question matters to me not only because I’ve needed to get through my personal dangerous and disorienting storms and also not only because I worry about basement flooding or losing electricity in a blizzard. This question is also about the big Read more…
This summer marks the ten year anniversary of Wisdom Dances. In 2012 I said yes to a leading I could no longer resist and quit my steady job in a hot mess of burnt-out exhaustion. Now I’m grateful to get up every day and continue to learn and serve through Read more…
This Saturday is one of my favorite spring time traditions – the Wisdom Dances Earth Day Celebration. Our community of dancers will dance and sing throughout the Cities to participate in activating the energies of spring. We will be dancing at the crossroads. This is literal and figurative. Our inspiration Read more…
I’ve been reflecting on the crucial, powerful mystery of joy lately. These are such difficult times, I know joy might feel impossible, frivolous, or inappropriate. But I believe joy is an essential ingredient for cultivating healing and transformation. Joy is happiness for no reason. We are happy when positive things Read more…
Dear one, It is amazing how quickly the world can feel completely different. The catastrophe in Ukraine didn’t come out of nowhere, but the rapid unfolding of these past few weeks is significantly shifting how we understand our global inter-relationship with each other. All levels of society are considering what Read more…
Hello dear one, Your pursuit of healing, transformation, peace, and joy is a beautiful thing. Most precious is the voice that continues to long for compassion and liberation, even when it feels so far away. These are challenging times. Despite all the ways we’ve cultivated international cooperation, the situation in Read more…
Next to my computer is a beautiful amaryllis plant that is preparing to bloom. I’m delighted by its timing this year, emerging at roughly the Lunar New Year. The beginning of February also marks the end of the darkest three months, a transition I warmly welcome every year. This plant Read more…
Dear one, This is a great year for developing your creativity because, well, we are bring forced to. Thinking about living in 2022 as a creative project is a way to turn your focus away from griping and toward layers of opportunity for transformation. Earlier this month I gave a talk Read more…
If 2020 was the year of disruption, 2021 has been a year of some integration. Things are starting to take the form of a new normal. I don’t think we collectively have words yet for all the ways we have been changed. The change isn’t over either. Reading others’ words Read more…