A monthly blog on awakening our creative power through moving our bodies, connecting with nature, and spiritual practice.
For more than two and half years I have been walking closely with my friend Michael as he lives with brain cancer. Recently he shared his health adventure as part of a healing stories project. I was so moved by how he felt his healing began when he stopped worrying Read more…
I grew up struggling with migraines. As much as I’ve learned how to care for myself, I still sometimes get headaches. To be honest, I’m not always that gentle on myself when a headache does arrive. I find myself wishing that I could somehow evolve out of them. I find Read more…
There are two feet of fresh snow outside and it can be hard to remember that it’s April and we really are moving towards spring. The news is full of crises and one could easily lose doubt that there is a larger evolutionary impulse towards more love. How do we Read more…
One of my biggest weaknesses has been getting overwhelmed by the enormity and depth of our intersecting global crises. This weakness is the flip side of one of my super powers: the ability to see, synthesize, and transmit the big picture. As part of the effort to feel strong rather Read more…
Judy is a regular member of the Healing Waters Qigong practice group and she likes to read books and enjoy her retirement. Lately her yoga practice has been leaving her too energized to curl up on the couch and instead she’s shoveling not just for herself but for her neighbors Read more…
Are you a “morning person?†I’ve wished I was an early riser for years, but it’s been really hard for me to wake up consistently early. I don’t like waking up tired or to an alarm. I don’t like waking up in a hurry. I don’t like going through the Read more…
Last November I heard Hopi elder Vernon Masayesva speak about his work protecting water. I was struck by how he described his work as a response to the question “who am I am as a Hopi?†His repetition of the question helped me hear that he wasn’t asking a self-absorbed Read more…
Happy New Year! It is my honor to be connected to you through my blog. The highlight of 2017 has been about community, colleagues, and being part of a larger movement to build regenerative culture. Wishing you a lively community of support. Emily Joyful community I invite you to Read more…
I love the tradition of reviewing the year. What a wild year this has been! Sometimes its mind boggling to just review the day’s news and catastrophes of a month ago are so quickly subsumed by the next urgent thing. So while I get so much out of reviewing my Read more…
Holy darkness batman! There are parts of winter I really do like. Yet every year I find myself trying to figure out how to relate to the dark. Darkness is the absence of light but it is not the absence of the Divine. It is the fertile ground in which Read more…