It was 1995. She was 18 and had just graduated from high school. She was thrilled when she received the call that she had gotten the job as a camp counselor for the Boys and Girls Club. She along with a diverse team of college-aged students were charged with taking elementary-aged kids on 3-day overnight camping trips during the week. The majority of the children were African American.
Read MoreHave you stopped to smell the roses lately? At our home, the flowers are in bloom and the rose is imparting on us the most vibrant colors and uplifting of fragrance. It has been measured that the rose holds the highest frequency of all flowers. When you work with roses in your garden, simply hold them in your hand, or place rose oil on your body it can change how you feel.
Read MoreLike many, I have been feeling all the feels during this interesting time on the planet. My musing this month is from one of my shares during my treasured weekly writing circle:
One step at a time was her mantra. One day at a time was her theme. This whole global pandemic was bringing her and hopefully the planet back into balance. She hoped her children would remember this time in history as a turning point. That in the end, a lesson
LOVE. It's so simple yet why is it so difficult? When did we lose the innocence of love? The ability to love with no conditions, to feel it so fully in it's purest form. We had that purity when we were children staring into our mother's eyes. As babies, we understood it's formlessness, timelessness, and limitlessness but then we grew up and began to place boundaries and
Read More2020 is upon us and I am flooded with intense feelings of gratitude. I met my husband in June 2010 and it seems we have been rolling at the speed of light since that destined mountain top encounter at 3HO's Summer Solstice. We came together with a shared curiosity about life and all its possibilities and almost 10 years later have explored all we were given with a vengeance, leaving not a drop of unlived life behind us.
Read MoreI hope you are enjoying the colder weather and longer nights. I know I have. During 2019 I have been attuning my body and mind to the cycle of the seasons. I've been inwardly reviewing what foods feel good for my body, the type of meditation that works for me and what type of movement feels good depending on the time of year. As the seasons change, I change.
Read MoreWhen was the last time you fully relaxed? When you allowed yourself to just let go?
Have you ever had the experience of pausing and being in your body so completely, connecting to your life so fully that you felt no fear, no anxiety, no thoughts? This state, especially in today's society, can be very difficult to achieve. Mitigating commotion in our daily life requires learning how to relax.
Read MoreI am constantly reminded that there is no arrival in life, just new destinations. This month, in particular, I feel like a continued work in progress, managing life's unexpected twists and turns and in the same breath the beautiful opportunities. Life is my teacher and my daily Kundalini yoga & meditation practice is helping me let go of all expectations with grace. I hope this month's poetic offering speaks to you as it did me.
Read MoreIt seems that as a society, we spend a lot of time in the future, dreaming and visualizing about what our life could be rather than embracing the present moment. Over time, I have realized you don't have to like your current circumstance but you can befriend it. Once you do this you will begin to transcend it.
Read MoreAnd what am I dreaming up for this new 7-year cycle? I am not sure. But what I do have is a deep unwavering knowing that today is perfect in all it's imperfection and tomorrow brings hope and continued possibility. And I feel so very alive as I sit on the throne of our life ready to bear witness and be completely present to all that is offered during this next phase.
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