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I wonder how the river feels when she meets the sea?
I wonder how the river feels as she meets the sea or what the earth feels as she receives the first long-awaited raindrops. Here in Ireland, water is abundant. On a sunny day, the air sparkles with millions of miniature rainbows. The ground is saturated and the ocean...
If unresolved trauma is stored in the body, where is joy saved?
If unresolved trauma is stored in the body— Where are beauty, joy, and love saved? My trauma resolution journey (consciously) began… I’m lying on my back on a massage table, fully clothed. It’s surprisingly comfortable. I’ve been asked to recall a recent car accident....
Return to center again, and again, and again
Wise teachers from many different disciplines, throughout time, have expressed the need for a daily centering practice. As the modern world’s turbulence escalates, being centered is no longer a good idea it is an essential life skill. When we individually and...
Pots are molded, centered, burned, fired, cracked, broken, and put back together
Yet, through all that whirling creative stress; it’s the space within that transforms the lump of clay into a beautiful vessel. Many years ago, while juggling the new-mom-transitioning-out-of-a-beloved-dance-career, I landed a summer job at the Penland School of Arts...
The body holds the wisdom to access real-life change
The tricky part is learning to listen and understand her language. Here I am, the artist (uncomfortably pretending to be a businesswoman) at a power luncheon, surrounded by real businesswomen, hungrily networking and selling. I’ve always found this town confusing....
If I were to tell you there is still a chance, would you listen?
At the height of the pandemic, a priest in Kerala opened a new temple. This temple was dedicated to a virus named COVID-19. He was ostracized and ordered to close it down. He argued that if God is in everything and everyone, then God is also in this virus. He had a...
A life where love and belonging are normal
Let’s build a world where love and belonging are normal and fear and isolation are abnormal. This weekend I took a road trip down to West Cork. It’s only about 80 miles away but, the winding rural roads feel like a different world in a different time. Clonakilty (a...
On a threshold
Who was your favorite singer-songwriter when you were a teenager? Joni Mitchell was my shero - singing and playing her songs at the top of my lungs kept me sane during my turbulent youth. At 17, Joni’s inspiration flew me from Chicago to California. Sitting on a...
Out of Auto Pilot
I’m standing at the open door. 18,000 feet above ground. Feeling only sky and roaring wind. The guide is attached to my back. He counts 3, 2, 1, push – we are hurtling through space. We are sailing through open sky. Breathless, forcing myself to take long slow...
Moving from dark into light
Several times over the past few weeks I've tried to sit down and write to you. My body kept saying, ‘No, not yet’. Today I am ready. So many feelings have been swirling through me. So many thoughts have come and gone.These past nine months have been a wild ride. We've...