Your Healing is in Your Hands
When we are in pain, when we are running our habitual destructive behaviors, when we are surprised with a diagnosis or health condition,...
How Can We Receive More Support?
“Inviting your body to gently let go will allow you to receive more support.” This is something close to what my yoga teacher said this...
Remember the Exhale
I write a lot about connection. True connection that nourishes us: our bodies, our hearts, as well as our relationship with the earth. A...
Embodiment: Teachings from Redwood
This past weekend I journeyed to visit the Redwoods in Northern California. I hadn’t visited them for 10 years and was immediately taken. I cried and laughed in awe multiple times over my two-day visit. I learned so much from being in their presence, and felt indescribably interlinked with the ancient mystery of this Earth. I think the most important teaching I received while there was regarding embodiment. Interesting, that a non-human form had so much to teach me about bein
Hollow Bones
Photo by Artem Mishukov I woke up this morning with the words “Hollow Bones” ringing in my ears. I had been dreaming about old, jagged...
Healing Ourselves in a Wounded World
With rampant violence and fear in our world today, it can be really difficult to find center and peace in our bodies and minds. Living in...
Spring Weeds - Medicine All Around Us
Harvesting cleavers Here in Portland, OR the earth is truly waking up from Winter Slumber. New growth is blanketing the ground, flowers...
Spring Equinox: Exploring Balance
As we arrive at the spring equinox, we are hovering in momentary balance between day and night, light and dark. These two forces of...
Finding a Moment to Connect
A client recently told me she felt her 9 to 5 job was holding her back from living in an authentic way, and from maintaining her...