Light a candle, eat chocolate, connect and dance…

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Last Sunday, before the events of the week unfolded, I led a retreat at my good friend Britt Bensen’s YogaFarm.  The whole day was amazing!  We did yoga, danced, laughed, connected, cried, ate, walked in nature and, most importantly, remembered who we were…returned to the center of our beings. Aaahhh… Our prayer was that the [...]

Let me get right to the point

Love LOVE LOVE

If ever there was a time to choose LOVE, HOPE, COURAGE, FAITH, JOY and PEACE it is now.  I don’t mean that like a threat (you’d better choose love OR ELSE…), but more like a reminder that we have a choice.  We can choose what we focus on.  And what we focus on expands and [...]

“Everything will be all right in the end….

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…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 [...]

In Honor of Gabrielle Roth

In Honor of Gabrielle Roth

Gabrielle Roth was a dancing shaman- visionary- pioneer whose fierce dedication to healing the deadening split between spirit and flesh touched me and millions of others profoundly.  Yesterday her spirit danced from this world into the next.  I don’t have the words to express my appreciation and gratitude for what Gabrielle brought to this world, [...]

Everyday is Thanksgiving….

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In Bali every day is Thanksgiving.  All throughout the day, men and women dressed in ceremonial sarongs place offerings of flowers, food, incense and water at the entrances of their homes and and places of business as a symbol of their thanks and blessings. I am so thankful for… The my lovely seat mate on [...]