If we are all spiritual beings having a human experience, then our greatest learning instrument is our body. Let’s start with our most human parts. Our belly being the keeper of our emotions and the archaic stories of our tribe. Our hips helping us move in the world. Some with more relaxation, others with more …
Our body… The Greatest Learning Instrument… Enjoy the Ride Read More »
I am going to start this by reminding you of a great truth… You… the real YOU is wild. You were born wild. Your body born to shake, wiggle, and move freely. Your mouth to tell your truths and yell in delight. Your skin to help you feel you in this world and sense the …
I have been relatively quiet these last few months. SO much going on every day. I get that the planet is in the middle of some seismic shifting – turn on the news and you see it happening EVERYWHERE. For someone who preaches on openheartedness and kindness, it has been … well… very very challenging. …
Snow White is not the only one with a Magic Mirror. Read More »
It’s that time of the year when we get flooded by images and messages of how to create more romance, how to be a better lover, or how to find your perfect partner NOW. Admonitions that the status of our relationship or the togetherness of our coupling is lacking something. Let me remind you that …
Valentine’s Day: An Invitation to Feel More Alive & to Relish Being in Your Own Skin Read More »
It was a calling. A deep heart calling to be part of the Women’s March LA. It was not about being anti-anyone. It was about listening to the whispers calling me to witness a rising. I had never witnessed a morning like that. Hundreds of us at the train station. The train themselves, completely jammed …
The holidays are here. A time that for many of us is rich in traditions, rites, and rituals. Gift giving, gathering with loved ones, lighting candles, and feasting with certain foods that help us celebrate and pay homage to our ancestors. The holidays regardless of religion, culture, language, country, or ethnicity are high holy days …
My favorite holiday is Thanksgiving. Yes, partly for the food – the turkey, the side dishes, the gravy, the sweet potatoes – oh the sweet potatoes! One year I made four different types of sweet potatoes because I love them so much. I love making food to share with my loved ones. It is a …
Gratitude for ALL of it… the good, the bad, the ugly, and the beautiful Read More »
You are not reading this wrong. Don’t be you. I remember being a little girl with my hair often a matted mess and frequently scabbed knees. I was unstoppable. I had scabs over scabs and I kept going. Falling down and getting hurt did nothing to keep me from exploring. I was Wonder Woman in …
A few weeks ago as I was facilitating a workshop, I spoke about sensuality and sexuality and how they were different. Most of the participants appeared and shared their surprise in hearing me say this. A few then shared that they thought that both were the same thing. By definition SENSUALITY is any condition that is about being …
Many times when I speak of movement, people automatically think that I am speaking of dancing. Of course dancing is movement, but that is not exactly what I mean. We live in a disembodied world — sitting endless hours at our desks, commuting long-distance maintaining relationships through our phones and laptops, and leaning on …
I just got back from my annual AASECT conference. This year I had the privilege of presenting on my favorite topics — movement and mindfulness, and how they relate to sensuality and sexuality. I came back fully motivated and inspired to continue this work.It is my intention for people to feel more embodied and enjoy their bodies. One way of doing this …
This is my favorite time of the year. The stillness of Winter giving way to the allure and grace of Spring making this season the perfect invitation to one of my favorite morning rituals — walking barefoot in my garden breathing in the blossoming roses, narcissus, and gardenias. These blooms have also become my teachers schooling me …
I have begun to wonder. Rather than asking, “How are you feeling?” is it be best to ask others to move their bodies? Because the moment we are asked how we are, our minds turn on and story creation begins. When we are asked how we are or what we are feeling, we begin to roll back over everything …
Self-care isn’t selfish. If anything, it’s selfless. It allows you to be a better mother, daughter, friend, feminist, boss, employee, partner, and more. You don’t run a car without filling it up with gasoline, so why would you run your body, heart, and mind without filling it up with some fuel? Many people believe that …
Self-Care & Self-Love … A true Valentine’s Celebration Read More »
I recently attended, both as participant and assistant, in a woman’s workshop focused on sexuality and the Medicine Wheel led by the incomparable Gina Ogden. On the first night, all the women walked the Wheel, placing their sacred objects and sharing with the group what each object represented — one representing what they want …
As I was getting ready for bed the other night, I heard the news anchor in an excited voice begin to talk about the Perseid Meteor Shower. The newsperson, out on the field, was somewhere in the dessert interviewing a man with a gigantic telescope excited about the moonless night and his being in the …
I believe that we are all divine beings having a human experience. I often imagine that before we made the choice to come to the earth school, we all surrounded a giant bond fire where God tells us about a special “life” planned for us. We are so happy to learn and grow and …
The Goddess of Love Venus (or Aphrodite) has been a symbol of the feminine and a muse for many centuries inspiring poems, stories, and paintings. She is always radiant and sensual admired by both men and women. She was born when her father’s genitals were thrown out to sea by one of his sons and …
