I know I must be in transition when I have another one of my dreams about needing to pack up everything from college and get on a flight. Usually I have only an hour before I need to leave and haven’t begun packing. These packing-up-school dreams usually stress me out Read more…
Sometimes the lowest point in my day is when I’m trying to convince my daughter to make her first attempt at a new and challenging song. While a little difficulty keeps things interesting sometimes things feel impossibly hard. While we might escalate into a dramatic showdown on the piano bench, Read more…
You may have noticed that “in-the-bones†understanding is a favorite phrase of mine. Intellectual knowledge gradually seeps into my body. As knowledge penetrates “the bones†it becomes spiritual understanding. And like our skeleton, this spiritual understanding creates a structure that can support our whole lives. One of my healing clients Read more…
I write a lot about the art of staying engaged and available for transformation. This is the big question of my life partly because I’m not always good at it. For example, last week I was chopping some collard greens for a soup and enjoying the soundtrack to Hamilton. My Read more…
I never thought I’d say that I’m grateful for my cancer experience. My healing adventure was painful but also unexpectedly blessed. I’m happier and more solidly myself than if I hadn’t been forced to transform. It’s the transformation that I’m grateful for. And it wouldn’t have happened if it were Read more…
I recently returned from a week visiting my family, including my mother-in-law who is in a lot of pain from ovarian cancer. I’m both deeply fulfilled and very tired. I’ve seen a lot of people around me needing to suddenly drop everything and be with some significant challenge. The death Read more…
Some days just throw you around, as if they were somehow set on “agitate.†I don’t live inside a washing machine, but it can feel that way. Life is complicated and then the unexpected throws us for a loop: illnesses, computer crashes, theft, car accidents, injustice or simply the burnt Read more…
This month I’m delighted to share with you an excerpt from Collette Cumella’s beautiful story in the Edge Magazine about how practicing Romani (Gypsy) dance has energized her life. Collette is a member of Wisdom Dances’ Living Wisdom Community Practice. Coming Home to Myself through Roma (Gypsy) Dance How does Read more…
Winter solstice is approaching with the promise that the dark and cold of winter will end. The turning of the seasons is our creative teacher. For me, winter always feels like a test of my resilience. Beyond winter, these are testing times. We are all experiencing a stress that is Read more…
Dancing heals us. I know this with my whole body. This is a picture of me four years ago. I’m connected to an IV awaiting the first phase of major surgery. My team of four top surgeons warned me that total success in removing all cancer from a delicate area Read more…