We had just finished a group sound healing session when the facilitator asked if I wanted to see the new machine that everyone was talking about. Of course I did! It is called Turbosonic, and is a ten-minute whole body workout with no effort. Supposedly it was developed by the Russians to help their astronauts… Read more »
How do you look at the world? Is it through love or fear? If you see the world through a fear-based lens, it is like a huge pie. When someone else gets a slice then yours is smaller. It is finite, scarce and threatening. If your glasses are tinted with love, then someone else’s success… Read more »
The cool stream flows over her toes. A trickle, a rumble and her stones readjust, allowing her to settle into the flow of the stream that day. Brooke, formed from the movement of water, the most powerful and gentle of elements, is truly a product of nature and her ever changing moods. Brooke, the fifth… Read more »
Next came Chester. His official name is “Third Eye Goop, But You Can Call Me Chester”. Early on I dropped the first part of his name. A wiggly, squiggly creature, Chester gathers information from sensations in his three bellies. He can feel vibrations from the earth and, therefore, he knows when weather patterns change or… Read more »
Nuggets of wisdom on love and compassion were flying all over the room. I rummaged through my canvas bag for a pen and used the back of a receipt to jot down some of these thoughts: “Violence is not completely fatal until it ceases to disturb us.” Thomas Merton “We need to cultivate deeply principled… Read more »
This weekend I attended a dance recital of NM school children who are trained free of charge by an organization that teaches with a mission which is to help children develop discipline, a standard of excellence, and a belief in themselves that will carry over into all aspects of their lives. I experienced this performance… Read more »
My favorite alternative doctor, Christiane Northrup, says that people in their 50’s and up should regularly check their blood sugar and make modifications if it is high. She says that some people in the medical field believe that high blood sugar is a precursor to Alzheimers. Okay, so I went to CVS and bought a… Read more »
When I see reports about hate crimes, I wonder how these people feel justified in acting out their rage. There is not a gene for all-consuming hatred against a group of people or assurance of security by being part of a group whose common thread is a perceived enemy. Beliefs of separateness and isolation are… Read more »
I opened a manilla envelope that contained my writings. I thought that I was ready to visit the Ellie of my past and to get a glimpse of an earlier life that I had forgotten. Curiosity tugged at my gut, wonder at my heart. I was wrong. I wasn’t ready or prepared to remember past… Read more »
Spring is here…or almost here. I have been feeling spring-ish, cleaning out old papers and clothes, re-organizing files and thinking of planting. New ideas are sprouting like tender shoots. They are not my ideas, but things that people have told me to cultivate the richness of this season. Eat seeds, grains, greens. It is especially… Read more »