Visionary Teacher & Guide
…if it’s not all right, then it’s not yet the end.” (My favorite quote from film “The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel) I celebrated 12-12-12 with a group of women from my dance class. We all brought items to create a beautiful altar space…sacred objects from diverse traditions, rose petals, fruit, photos, and candles. We sat [...]
We are never too old to dare ourselves to try something new. This spring I decided to do something I’ve never done before… in fact I’ve been afraid to even try. Yes, the Daring Diva was afraid to dare! Was it ziplining from tops of 100-year-old Cypress trees? Nope. That was my Mother’s Day gift [...]
Every April, in honor of Earth Day and Bar Ostrand’s birthday (Bar is the ‘goddess in charge’ of my Daring Diva Dance Class) I create a special “Bearthday” class. Each year I wonder how I will create a playlist as wonderful as the last year’s. And each year, like magic, the perfect music comes to [...]
Last weekend I had the most fun cleaning out my closet! It all started with an idea from my friend Marianne MacKenzie who wanted to create a “Clothes Swap” with a twist. The twist? Well, Marianne’s specialties are soul coaching and Feng Shui, so she wanted to teach women the deeper aspects of clearing their [...]
I have never been able to separate the sacred from the everyday. From grade school all the way through college I remember the feeling that I was holding Jesus’ hand while walking to class. In nature I feel the presence of God. I’m always seeing angels in patterns made by the clouds, and when I [...]