Ready to be Reborn

My house is heated by a wood stove. Many mornings, I gaze into the fire, soothed by the crackle and burn of the warmth. Today, a message from the fire: I am ready to be reborn. In my most recent email to my community, I opened with these lines: I am rowdy at my core. … Read more

Staying With & Honoring Your Body

This past week, I have been paying particular attention to what it feels like to be in my body and in energetic integrity with my needs. Over the course of our day we are given the opportunity to make dozens of choices. Choices about what to eat, when to sleep, how to hydrate, how to … Read more

Comfortably Uncomfortable

I’m not an overtly adventurous person by nature. I have a tendency to move slowly. To incubate ideas, imagining their shape and form during months of gestation. I have a predilection for having things just so.  Yet, I also have a deep desire for new experiences, divine movement, and life outside of the careful confines of the … Read more

Having Brave Love For Yourself

Your light is undeniable. Your spirit and your soul are full and brilliant. Even in the darkness, in the moments when things aren’t going your way, you can choose to have brave love for yourself. Brave love is the flexible kind of love that you have for the ones closest to you. This love is … Read more

When Our Darkest Parts Seem Impossible to Hold

There are movies that I feel compelled to watch, even though I know that they will be hugely difficult and triggering for me. I see them coming my way, peripherally watching the trailers or making plans to see them with my friends. And then, when it comes to watching them, I freeze. There is never … Read more