RESOURCES

Not long ago, someone on my mailing list replied to one of my emails about listening to the wisdom of the body.  She wondered, how can we take time to care about listening to the body when war rages all around us?  She criticized me for speaking about inner awareness while children are literally starving.  I sat with her words for a long time and really thought about how I could respond with dignity and authenticity.  After all, it is a luxury to have the time and space to wo

A young woman recently shared with me that she is really struggling with commitment. She has expressed fears that saying “yes” to anything—projects, relationships, responsibilities—limits her. When I asked her what she is afraid of, why she chooses to decide about things at the last moment, her instinctive response was that she appreciates her freedom. Immediately, my inner voice whispered to me, that’s not freedom, that’s isolation. We live in a culture filled with endless

If you are anything like me you can feel the tensions that are so alive in these times you can feel how profoundly the challenges in...

For as long as humans have walked the earth we have made offerings for so many reasons to ask for protection to give thanks to honor...

As a young adult, I remember saying often,  I am looking for inspiration.    Something felt flat to me, though I did not have the words...

What does it mean to actually accept yourself with love?  Two months ago, I celebrated my birthday by making a small ceremony for myself,...

My mother was a master of gift giving.   Before big family celebrations, she delighted in going to the nearby educational toy store to...

The world is changing so fast. How are you feeling in the face of such rapid movement? Are you finding a good balance between rest and...

How does it feel to you to stand at the crossroads of a decision?  At some point in my life I realized that there is a distinct...

There is something about these times of fragmentation and separation of polarization and distance that leaves me feeling very alone. ...

Sometimes I wake up in the morning  and my body feels heavy perhaps a bit stuck and I notice my thoughts can be the same heavy and...

Living with grief is a full time job.  It’s not a thing to get over grief — there is not a day that goes by when I don’t think about my...

How much does it need to hurt, this pervasive loneliness, eating away at our hearts until we are so frozen, so unwilling to express our...

It happens to me too.  All the time.  During the night, in front of the fire, I can feel the magic that lives in us all, I can see that...

It is now the month of Tishrei, which begins with Rosh Hashana, the holiday that marks the New Year in the lunar calendar of the Hebrew...

Grieving together - Israelis and Palestinians in sacred activism I live in a beautiful bubble in the middle of the desert.  It is an...

Two and a half years ago a crazy and beautiful friend of mine invited me to come to his land to dance with his people and build a sweat...

My beloved Ecuador Wow!! Today we fly to Ecuador my home on the other side of the world high up in the mountains where the flight of the...

Listen to the Waters...dance for healing in NYC!! As a child  I remember often being told to sit down.  I was always moving…  dancing...

My book…a nostalgic reflection, still relevant today  When I was little my grandmother bought me many journals always encouraging me to...