"Your body is a temple, but only if you treat it as one." ~Astrid Alauda If you're a fan of Eckhart Tolle and have read his book A New Earth, you may remember the term 'pain-body'. It is a concept worth knowing that can open the mind and enable healing. However, identifying with our peacebody is far more, well, peaceful! The pain-body is anti-life. It gets triggered when we resonate with an unresolved emotional… Read more
In a short tour of some local shops my eye caught this little gem of a statement on a garden plaque: 'You are Here.' It seems like such an obvious statement doesn't it? Where else would you be? But then why do we need to keep being reminded of this? Most often we are not 'here.' It's said that we have anywhere from 12,000 to 60,000 thoughts per day. It would be safe… Read more
The summer winds down. The new school years begins, and work resumes in earnest. The leaves begin to turn, and nature reminds us that "to everything there is a season, and a time for every purpose, under heaven....a time to be born, a time to die." Or perhaps the lyrics from this 50's song by Pete Seeger could be "....a time to die, a time to be reborn...". That, of course, would depend… Read more
I look out the window to see millions of snowflakes falling, straight down to the ground. No whipping wind, just a purposeful dance. I am grateful. I can feel its calm, slowing the movements of everything around, muffling its sounds. I sense urgency downshift in my mind. Today will be unhurried. The past few weeks have been busy for me. They have been joyful, but they have pulled my energies outward into the world, while my Higher Self… Read more
Ahhhh. Mmmmm. Deeeelicious! The sun beamed into my heart, the soft breeze brushed my face, the birds made music, and my half-smile of gratitude found its permanent home on my lips. In that moment, nothing could have satisfied my soul more than this first evening walk in the welcoming spring air. No shivers, no bracing against the biting wind, no contracting from the cold; for the first time in months I felt as though I had the freedom to breathe. Winter doesn't sit well in my bones, so spring… Read more
Lately there seems to be a focus in the media on the topic of forgiveness; stories of tragedy are retold, the heroes inspire us and our hearts unfold. We need to see and hear from these miraculous vessels of compassion, the people who show us that it is possible to be God-like in our forgiveness. Perhaps they reflect to us so much of their divinity because they have experienced so deeply the value of their humanity.… Read more
Imprinting...I'm printing...'I AM' printing Into your womb, one day soon, there will be my passing. One that takes me into question now, one that will take me out then. Foreign to the press of my logic, there is only certainty in the wave of oneness reaching unmistakably into my roots. As my feet lay down upon your back, you call me to answer, "What will I leave of me?" Dying, decay, death.… Read more
Have you ever seen a squirrel march directly over to its next nibble? Have you witnessed birds perch for very long in one place? Do bees make one flower their home or do they buzz from blossom to blossom? Would a dog be content with only one sniff here and one sniff there? My experience tells me that they are all finely attuned to their needs and their environment, and follow their "nose". What about you? How… Read more
With Valentine's Day just two days many people turn their focus turns to notions of love. Ah, the desire for romantic passion is still something we sometimes think we desire to save our lonely soul; to be swept off our feet with declarations of devotion and an until-death-us-do-part heart connection. While romance can make us swoon, it is simply a means to deepen attraction. If it is not carried on a foundation of higher love it is empty and fleeting.… Read more
Imagine - your wish can be granted. What are 5 things you most needed when you were growing up which you feel you didn't get? They can be yours. What did you answer? The question is a powerful one. When I ask this of my clients I get powerful answers. I never hear them list things they didn't have, like more money, better clothes, a nicer room or better vacations. Even from those people who grew up… Read more










