Someone asked me this week how I started my new business Mindful Tradition. The question took me by surprise and I had to take a moment to think, because it was never a conscious choice. I do not often sit down and conjure up my next plan, I follow the threads of intuition and the … Continue reading Following the Dharma Flow
Traditions used to be the cornerstone of our species. In it, people were able to decipher the world around them, felt held, and use them as the foundation upon which their lives were built. Comfort and security was the name of the game. As we evolved as a species and we moved toward nuclear family … Continue reading Mindful Tradition
It's no secret that things have been hard. And having just come to the other side of my annual rotation around the sun it feels like there's a possibility for new direction and growth. A birthday being an annual marker is the perfect opportunity to look back on what has happened, and then look forward … Continue reading Picking Up The Pieces
Things have been hard. I know that things have been hard for everyone this year. We are physically and emotionally carrying a load that we never could have imagined possible. The world is hurting, we are hurting. And I know we have to be broken down to build our selves up better and stronger. And … Continue reading Just Breath
I strongly encourage everyone to live a life full of music. Be it any age, in any place, music is accessible to all. It transcends class barriers and preconceived notions. It can transport you to anytime and anyplace. It can bring up episodes of nostalgia or help process big emotions and feelings. Through it, we … Continue reading Live a Life Full of Music
I recently voluntarily (those strongly encouraged) engaged in 26 hours of social silence. This meant no small talk over meals, no cracking wise-ass remarks to those around me, not complementing a passerby, or needing to filter the words I’m saying because I wasn't saying anything. This was part of the curriculum for my 200 hr … Continue reading Screaming In The Silence
It has been a month. A long month. A history-changing kind of month. A month of reassessing and reevaluating. A month of planning and re-planning. A month filled with cuddle puddles, hugs, boo-boo kisses, tears, fights. A month of deep breath and yoga and compassion. It. Has been. A month. In fact, it has been … Continue reading One. Long. Month.
In the last week of my yoga teacher training I was given the gift of Dharma. We had a whole lecture on this idea of Dharma, this belief that each person has a divine purpose on this earth. That in order to achieve ones Dharma they must be willing to listen. To pay attention to … Continue reading Doin my Dharma
So this morning, was one of those mornings. One child was screaming because the second child had touched her toy. The second child was screaming because she did not want to get dressed for the day. The third child had left his lunch box on the rock outside of the house even though it had … Continue reading Everything is OK
I spent last week at Lake Tahoe with my whole extended family preparing to spread the ashes of my grandmother. Now I know that just about everyone thinks that their own grandmother is the best grandmother, but mine totally was. She was cool, calm, collected, and not opposed to getting a little tipsy on Christmas. … Continue reading Remembering jars
