Hello Wild Beings of Body, Mind, Heart and Soul- Sometimes I sit down to write this newsletter and the words and ideas come pouring forth. Sometimes I sit here blank, tired and completely at a loss for words or inspiration. Today is a day of lack of words, ideas, interest… yet I have a commitment to connecting…

Inside This Clay Jug- Inside this clay jug there are canyons and pine mountains, and the maker of canyons and pine mountains! All seven oceans are inside, and hundreds of millions of stars. The acid that tests gold is here, and the one who judges jewels. And the music that comes from the strings that…

Hello Wild Beings of Body, Mind, Heart and Soul- The month of March in the Northern Hemisphere is the time we welcome spring and the subtle but profound shift from shorter days and longer nights to increasing light and diminishing darkness.  The threshold of the Spring Equinox on March 20 has been honored by many traditions as a…

Hello Wild Beings of Body, Mind, Heart and Soul- Yoga is the practice of relationship, as is life. We are in relationship to everything all the time. Pause for a moment and consider this…right now you are relating to the words you are reading, the chair you’re sitting on, the air you’re breathing and the tree outside your window. You (and I) are even…

Blessing for the Inward Way- ~ Tracy Shaw May you learn to dwell Below the surface of the days At home with the ebb and flow of Your own heart’s tides. May you find the womb space at the center of your Life, There grow wise in the sacred rhythm Of filling and emptying, Emptying…

Hello Wild Beings of Body, Mind, Heart and Soul- Blessings on this, the first New Moon of the year. May the ever cycling process of waxing and waning become your guide.  We are rhythmic beings. We beat and wave and pulse and throb…we undulate, flow and splash. All this movement is the root of our…

What is the great labor? Out-circling interest, sympathy, empathy, Transference of focus from the self to all else: the merging of the lonely single self with the wondrous, never-lonely entirety. This is all. Experience only is the successful persuader. ~ Mary Oliver When death comes – Like an iceberg between the shoulder blades, I want…

Hello Dear Ones- This year has been deeply challenging for so many in multiple ways. I know that I am not alone in yearning for this year to be over in hopes that the new year will bring a freshness and possibility that seems to be lost right now. Whether we acknowledge the arrival of the new year…

Hello Dear Ones- Kayf haal-ik? This beautiful greeting in Arabic asks… How is your heart, right now, in this moment? What is the current state of your soul and how are you managing? Truly, I wish to know. My heart is heavy. It seems perpetually heavy these days as if it has somehow grown in capacity and at the same time taken on…