Tonight a friend was telling me about his role models. I started thinking of my own. There are countless people that have inspired me, especially women in my family, a few powerful teachers, and a super incredible 4-H leader from when I was growing up. I am deeply in debt to these individuals. That said, … Read more
Feeling a body… such a sacred task. To live here in this flesh and feel all of it’s beauty, it’s flaws, the presence of age unfolding. To cast eyes on those parts that don’t measure up, and yet to wear it fully with every step. To wear it naked, clothed, in a bridesmaid dress or … Read more
It’s been awhile since I’ve touched a brush to a page and let my heart spill through color into the world. Sometimes in my Yoga practice I am so taken by the amount of love pressing through me into a vast fullness of stars and people and galaxies, and I wonder why it’s so easy … Read more
I sank into my couch and felt that question in my heart. Is it better to live or to die? My heart floats on the ocean of love pondering. Is this moment of incredible sensation and bodily relaxation something I will miss for an eternity? Or not? I suspect the universe is wired for more. … Read more
What is the last time you took a leap of faith? What does that question even mean? I started writing a blog weeks ago, that I will finish sometime, about how I learned and learn to love my body. THAT, in this culture, is a leap of faith. To believe that every hair on my … Read more