Fragmentation & The Path to Integration.
Fragmentation happens in our nervous systems when we experience trauma. Integration is the work of healing, tending with care and repairing harm. I am in wonder and awe at the […]
What is the Point of Contemplative Practice?
What is the point of contemplative practice? *Note that these all require participation. Contemplation is not passive. According to The Center for the Contemplative Mind in Society “Contemplative practices are […]
Chant: Find Your Voice in Community
Chant: Find Your Voice in Community! Chanting, repeating a phrase melodically and rhythmically, is a simple way to engage in music without joining a choir or group. Chanting is something […]
MLK Day – Non-Violence & Yoga
Love Love is gravity, the primordial force of bonding that drives the ongoing creation of the universe. Our liberation is bound together by natural and spiritual truths. Today, on the […]
Sankalpa: Intentions & The New Year
Sankalpa- Connecting to the Deepest Desire of Your Heart My Realization of the Power of Intention Ten years ago I had the job I believed I would do for […]
Morning in Kathmandu: Peace & Devotion
Morning in Kathmandu We rose before dawn. Roosters crowed and cows mooed as we walked in the brisk morning air through the green walled streets of Budhalinkantha. The […]
Facing Impermanence? Choose Love Anyway.
Observing the breath, the muscles in the face, the brow, and the jaw, as well as the hands – are they clenched in fists or slightly open? There is so […]
Letting Go -Aparagraha- A Practice for Autumn
Letting Go – Aparagraha – A Practice for Autumn. Often, I find myself carrying constriction/tightness/tension in my body for no apparent reason. It could be the mid to high […]
Blessing For Those Tender of Heart
Blessings For Those Tender of Heart. You of tender hearts who by now ought to have grown weary of loud voices and the pandering of cynics and self-appointed leaders. Perhaps […]
The Power of Ritual
On a perfect late summer evening, spread out on the grass on all sides of the pavilion, people stood in clusters carefully opening the envelopes that held painted lady butterflies. […]
