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Connecting with Your Inner Wise Woman
Inside each adult female, there is an inner wise woman. And you don’t need to be over age 50 or post-menopause in order to connect with this sage part of yourself! The Wise Woman is deeply connected to your simple heart wisdom. When you are connected to this energy, you don’t Read More…
A True Global Sisterhood
In a world that is often fairly ruthless and self-serving, this kind of deep bond of supportive sisterhood creates an oasis of safety. It helps me relax in a profound and visceral way, knowing that there is a whole extended “family” who has my best interests at heart. And I, Read More…
POEM: A New Year Has Come
A NEW YEAR HAS COME The first golden rays Breathe life Into a new year. Green desires unfurling Beneath winter’s chilly coat Laughing iridescent hopes And dried up tears For what never came to pass. I saw you there Flying on the sunrise With hair matted and a tattered smile Read More…
Taking Time to Metabolize
Happy New Year! It’s time to say goodbye to the past year and welcome the new one. But before you rush off and start making plans around what comes next – have you taken the time to stop, contemplate and metabolize all that’s transpired over the past twelve months? If Read More…
New Year, New You
by Pujya Swami Chidanand Saraswati (one of my beloved mentors from India) At this time of the New Year inevitably people make resolutions, vows, promises and goals to become “new” in some way. We are always looking for some pill, some book or some practice we can use to become Read More…
Celebrating the Solstice
Today we welcome in the depths of winter and experience the longest night and the shortest day of the year. It’s a time for diving inwards and celebrating in a quiet way. But what is the best way to celebrate? No. The mall is not the answer (at least not Read More…
Rest Is Not Idleness
You probably sense that it’s important to have a reasonable amount of downtime in your life. But it can be hard to make it a priority, especially at this busy year-end time. That said, if you are anything like me, you may have noticed that when you are doing simple Read More…
Adding some SOUL to the Holidays
The holiday season is upon us. For those living in the United States, Thanksgiving is tomorrow, and Chanukah, Kwanzaa, Christmas and New Year’s are peeking around the corner. Many people use this time to gather with family and friends in celebration. But how do we really infuse these event with Read More…
Celebrating Your Mighty Aphrodite!
I was honored to be the featured guest for Lisa Schrader’s monthly Shakti salon. During our dialogue, we explored what it means to be part of a feminine mystery school, keeping it juicy in long term relationship, self love, protecting our sexual innocence from predators, stepping into our sexual expressiveness, Read More…
Finding Joy in a Rainstorm
PING…PING. PING. PING. I hear the rain falling quite hard on the tin roof above my head. My clothes are sticky and wet from walking through the rain, and my silver flats are caked with mud. I’d normally be a bit disgruntled about being a muddy mess, but my own Read More…