A 40 day transformational practice“Time is a created thing. To say ‘I don’t have time,’ is like saying, ‘I don’t want to’”. -Lao Tzu When I first began studying Qi Gong...
The wisdom of letting goAutumn is a season of wisdom, the wisdom that comes of age, of lived experience and the recognition of the approach and imminence of...
Turn around and face your fear (or any other emotion that's hounding you)Many years ago, rather early in my practice, a 45 year old white woman named Freya came in to see me. She was a teacher, musician and...
Reaching for the LightA few years ago I was stooping to pick up the small potted evergreen tree we’d left outside through the fall and winter. I found that...
give them your blessing In my early twenties, our family went through a breakup. My grandmother, my mother's mother, had recently passed. My mother, in her...
how are you becoming an elder?This question was posed to me fifteen years ago – and in some sense has been on my mind & heart ever since. In a culture where we...
what do you plan to do with your one wild and precious life?A wintry snow storm outside. One foot of snow and now freezing rain. For a nice crusty covering to crunch through. It’s the...
The Return of the LightSeveral years ago I ditched the New Year's Resolution list. My life was already filled with too many “shoulds”. I replaced it with this...
saying YESThere are two stories that have most defined my present life. My choice of career and my choice of husband. Both decisions were great...
the day that changed our lives forever 9/11. I was visiting home on Long Island for the week, a short break from naturopathic medical school that had just begun on the west...
people pleasing & letting goTwo sides of the same coin. My biggest challenge and biggest breakthrough has been when I let go of the desire to be taken seriously by...
swimming deer & the poetry of the momentThis morning on my run alongside the mighty Hudson River, I was contemplating the feeling of being stuck. Being stuck creatively - and...