Every morning, I rise to sit on the beach by the ocean. I pile up a mound of sand on which to sit, tilting my pelvis forward, to reach the perfect balance point of upright meditation. Under each knee, I turn my lavender sandals on their sides like yoga bolsters supporting the varying dispositions of […]
Embodied Movement
Public Notice
It is so interesting to have the new experience of being older or the oldest, in a room of people, sometimes. Inside we have dials and compasses and dispositions and understandings about our lives and it is funny when they change like clockwork to new numbers, percentage points, directions and realizations like… When did I […]
The Living White Dove of Peace
Peace is a fresh and quiet breeze that has no sound. It is the inside of suffering when the struggle free falls with arms outstretched knowing neither above nor below, only the infinite moment of silence and timelessness. Peace is the willingness to hold open this space and place where the presence, fragrance and grace […]
The Opening and Rising of the Red Hearts
A tea and conversation, letter-writing moment between friends… I’ve decided to try this style today after a wonderful conversation with a good friend. It somehow captured so much in the space between us and within our words of exploration and discovery and convictions. World Hearth for Peace and Friendship’s wordship: Where there is genuine interest, […]
A Life of Practice. A Life of Creating.
To hold open space has been a disposition for me for a very, very long time….most of my life actually. When I was younger, I called it creating environments. Opening up space and creating within it and out of it. Artistically, I called it Doctor of Environments, because I could sense so many things in […]
The Beauty of Frustration
Jenny Liz Rome, Artist Frustration is a state of being full of fusion. It is convoluted into itself, because it arises within ourselves. Frustration is like a pressure cooker that builds bubbles of aversion. It simmers under pressure. There are several dictionary definitions for frustration: 1. “the thwarting of impulses or actions that prevents individuals […]
Unraveling
As one creation ends another begins. As I unravel the wool sweaters of gardening, what’s left are the continuous threads of life ready to be woven into a new garment of warmth and wisdom . With no beginning or end, I have only one moment at a time to discover and re-discover, over and over […]