2016 – my year of consciously slowing down

Over the past few weeks, the holiday season, I was aware of how much I truly need (mind, body and spirit) to slow down.  Since my yoga teacher training in March and April of this past year, things have started to slow down naturally with a daily sadhana. My...

In It: Struggles on the path

Is it this time of year – dark, cold, body calling for hibernation…Is it the holidays – as an adult avoiding family contact, not wanting to choose, easier to do my own thing and now family is close, so time to change habits…Is it my process – the deeper I go, the less...

Overwhelmed with the reality of Love

After watching a wonderfully well done movie, “You’re Not You,” and many tears shed for the beauty the love portrayed, poetic prose sprung into my mind.What Is Love?Love is seeing beauty everywhere.Honoring what ISand the joy, pain,...

A discovery within letting go.

I had a discovery today.It came while reading an excerpt by Thich Nhat Hanh in the most recent “Shambhala Sun” magazine.                “One day a friend coaxes you into getting away for a...

I CAN

I have been practicing saying this most of my life as I have strived to go against the “should” of being a female in American society: strive to educate yourself and get a job, but make sure that you still find Mr. Right and have kids, preferably a couple of...

Recommitting to writing

When I was living in India, I was filled with words, descriptions, images that wanted to flow out on the paper.  I blogged, I kept a small journal to write things down when travelling and my mind was thinking like I was writing.  Upon returning to the US, I...