My intent in traveling to France was to visit the sites where my beloved heroine, Joan of Arc, traveled. I felt richly rewarded and awed by the love and reverence the French had for her. I find it poetically ironic Read more…
July 21, 2010. On our first day in Paris we wandered toward the famous Notre Dame Cathedral. From the banks of Seine River you can see it’s Gothic square spires stretching towards the puffy white and gray clouds. Even the Read more…
For more than forty years (I won’t say just how many years after forty) I have walked in this body, slept, ate, made love, had babies in this body and even walked on hot coals, and all too frequently, I Read more…
Today not only feels like the sunniest and brightest day of the year in the Northern Hemisphere it also feels the most luminous. The light is crystal clear and vibrant. It’s as if the air is filled with prisms and Read more…
Seventy percent of our earth is covered in water. Each of us is comprised of the same ratio of water to earth elements (carbon compounds) – 70%. Our brains our actually 90% water. One molecule of water can travel hundreds Read more…
It’s been a long time since I’ve posted anything here and I feel guilty of neglect. Blog neglect. Perhaps it was all the rain in April, or the new green growth, or some other shinny object pulling my attention. Anyway, Read more…
My sadhanas have been pitiful since my return from Costa Rica. I wake just minutes before sunrise, sit up in bed, squeeze in a few stretches and begin chanting only to check email on my ipod when I hear the Read more…
Saibung or Saibhung means Self-Illumined. I love this concept. Or, is it an elemental state? Technically, it’s only an adjective, but what a powerful one. Self Illumined. Lit from within. Radiant. Needing no outside source. This is the Yogi’s way of Read more…
Birds are chirping. The sea is crashing low tide onto volcanic rocks so jagged you could cut your bare feet. Sadhana mantras reverberate in my head from my i-pod’s earbuds. I think they are parrots – the loud squawking birds. Read more…
At the Olympics in China we saw the power of a group working as one cohesive unit. In Vancouver we saw the power of one individual soaring through the air over a ‘moving prairie’. The effect was stunning and reinforces Read more…
My belief system has room for the concept that somewhere deep inside of us we are very aware of the feelings of everyone else.
click here to make your tax-deductible donation The little country of Haiti has found its way into everyone’s heart. It is unfortunate that such a horrible event needs to happen before people respond in a united, heart-centered and generous manner. Read more…
We sit at the end of 2009, eager to slough off the old year, like last season’s styles, and plunge headlong into the new year. For many of us, 2009 marked a year of challenges. Our panic buttons were triggered, Read more…
When trust and courage come together, it is called belief. When belief and grace come together it is called faith. We must develop our dignity, our integrity, our courage, our faith and our trust to the extent that nothing can Read more…
For 121 days I have risen before the sun to practice yoga and meditation. My cat, Big-Boy, is now bought into my daily sadhana. If I am not awake by 5:30am he meows or scratches the headboard to wake me Read more…
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