The loved ones we call the dead depart from us and for a while are absent. And then as if called back by our love, they come near us again. Then enter our dreams.  We feel they have been near us when we have notread more

How did you spend the end of 2023?  On the heels of exciting emotional and spiritual healing in the fall, I was gifted with one more chance to confront my biggest challenge: my own mind. They say that God doesn’t give you things you can’tread more

January 26-30, 2023 I don’t do cleanses. And yet, my body—the miraculous thing that it is—is always cleansing all on its own, through the natural processes of detoxification and digestion it’s designed to do to stay alive. In Ayurveda, facilitating the process of cleansing ideallyread more

Happy Samhain.  Before you get confused and wonder why I’m not wishing you a Happy Halloween, stay with me—the two holidays are practically inseparable. The most important of the four Celtic fire festivals, Samhain (pronounced SAH-win) is the midway point between the fall equinox andread more

For reasons I won’t get into here, I’ve recently had to adjust my routines around dish washing. To give you some context as to why this is worthy of a newsletter, I spent many years on a schedule where I’d come home after 9 pm,read more

“Holding space”—a task given to many a yoga teacher and holistic practitioner, a responsibility and a blessing that gives us a sense of unity and connection and safety. I spent many years leaning on my teachers to hold space for my personal healing, whether itread more

This week, I read a book. A fairly unremarkable statement from someone whose life has been defined by books, by stories, by reading and writing, and yet at this particular moment it feels like something to pay attention to. Like many of us, I’ve beenread more

Lokah samastah sukhino bhavantu.… I sit on my yoga mat, ankles crossed in a Half Lotus pose, eyes closed and struggling to form the shape of these foreign sounds in my mouth. Horns blare and headlights shine dimly through the gossamer-curtained window—the thinnest of veilsread more

If I had had a different sixth grade math teacher (or, while we’re going here, ninth grade biology teacher or twelfth grade English teacher(s)), my life would probably look much different than it does now. It was in Mrs. C’s “honors” math class that Iread more

Earth, wind, and fire—besides being a great musical group, these three elements are part of a beautifully designed system of matter and energy at the core of Ayurvedic teaching and healing practices. Add in water and space (which are effectively the containers of the otherread more