Photo by Michael Hahn (tiny itty bitty grains of sand!) Hello Beauteous Beings ~  So much of our world is being destroyed and torn down by various means. Some of which I have no doubt I am a party to. And perhaps some of this needs to be torn down and composted and offered up as…

Artwork by Harsh Malik Hello Precious Siblings ~  There is an old teaching from both the Hindu and Buddhist traditions that says we are each a shining diamond, a shimmering dew drop in the warp and weft of the web of the world. Our embodied presence at the meeting place of time and space is…

Hello Precious Siblings ~  Where is your Joy?  This was the question put to my friend as she traveled around Peru and really made an impression. What was it about her that emanated this lack? She is a pretty lively and present being as I experience her. But from their vantage point something was off.…

Hello Precious Siblings ~  There is so much that is troubling in the world. So much calling out to us for care, attention, love and repair. And we live in a culture that is so dissatisfied (with itself, life and everything) that there is always something that seemingly needs to be fixed, changed, altered, and/or…

Hello Precious Soft Siblings ~  I recently had a potent and unusual experience. I was spending time on the Oregon coast letting the salty air and crashing waves wash me clean and help me settle back into my bones a little. I need as much help as anyone as I try to navigate this surreal…

Hello Beautiful Beings – “If I just keep noticing things then I will never get bored.” ~ Joel Primack This was a realization he had when he was just 7 years old and went on to fuel his life long inquiry into the cosmos and life. It is a potent teaching for all of us especially…

Hello Cyclical Siblings – New Moon Blessings to you. Happy Lunar New Year to you. This is now seen as a singularly Chinese tradition but if we go back far enough many of our ancestors followed the moon cycles for their calendar! Here’s to another circular spiral of life that invites us to step into more…

Hello Human Kin – I am having lots of conversations with folks who feel so overwhelmed by all the atrocities happenings across the globe and in our backyard. There is a deep urge to keep a breast of all the latest news, to know the details and be able to track what is going on for…

Hello Sweet Beings – Blessings to the darkness.  Here in the northern hemisphere we are approaching the Winter Solstice and are in the darkest time of the year. It is an invitation to slow down, curl in, drop back and tend the interiority of life. It is the calling of the cave and the soil to…