I’ve been thinking lately about the importance of being heard and feeling understood. One of the hallmarks of being a good friend is being a good listener. A good friend will listen to you while you just get it out, and after talking with them you feel heard and understood. We’re all familiar with the … More The Importance of Being Heard

“If you get tired, learn to rest, not to quit.” — Banksy I don’t know about you, but I can be so melodramatic when I’m tired. When I grow weary of something my mind almost immediately goes to: this is it, this is the end, I just can’t anymore! And then usually either my husband or … More Rest

Something happens that causes us to experience a big feeling. And then because of the presence of that big feeling we become uncomfortable, maybe fearful, and we doubt our capacity to contain or handle the initial big feeling, or the discomfort, or the subsequent fear, or a combination of all of these. So we do … More Permeability Is My Superpower

“The quiet refuge you seek is within you.” — Laura McKinnon This quiet refuge, this stillness, peace, total alignment, and connection is something most of us just touch in on for a brief moment at a time, maybe even just a millisecond every so often. But we know that’s it — that’s the pot of … More Refuge

“The thing that opens you is not nearly as important as what it opens.” — Mark Nepo When something traumatic happens, we can get so attached to and caught up in the story of who wronged us, what happened, or what kind of people we are, for example, that we miss the whole point, which … More Notice Your Thoughts, Examine Your Stories

Today we celebrate Valentine’s Day, a holiday centered around love. Want to know the secret to finding true love? “Everything worth having costs something, and the price of true love is self-knowledge.” — Daphne Rose Kingma True love is experienced through a thorough knowing and deep understanding of oneself. Our meditation and yoga practices are … More True Love

All of the rain and stormy weather we’ve been having lately has me feeling enveloped by nature. Despite the sleepless nights due to rattling windows (we live in a nearly 100-year-old house) and the sounds of snapping branches (surrounded towering trees that are at least as old), I feel oddly comforted by it all because … More Nature Without // Nature Within

“You practice asking for what you want to get to know yourself. And you practice accepting what you’re given to get to know everything that is not you.” — Mark Nepo Everything that has happened in your life has brought you here, to this exact moment, exactly as you are. That time you got exactly … More What You Want / What You’re Given: Awakening to Unity

In my last post I wrote about opening up — about joining Henry Miller as a curious can-opener-wielding imbecile and splaying yourself and everything around you wide open because as he said: “…underneath the mess everything is marvelous.” I believe this to be true. But what I didn’t write about is that on your quest … More Sitting in the Sludge

“What I want is to open up. I want to know what’s inside me. I want everybody to open up. I’m like an imbecile with a can opener in his hand, wondering where to begin… to open up the earth. I know that underneath the mess everything is marvelous. I’m sure of it.” — Henry … More Curious Can-Openers