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 […]
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The World’s Flower Gardens
I wrote my first poem when I was 19. It was my first experience with feeling and experiencing a perspective and perception deeply and then searching for words which best described it. It fascinated me. It was as if there was a garden full of flowers, and I had to walk through it finding the […]
This Big Beautiful Life
I know what it’s like to have trauma in one’s life. I understand when extreme situations bring us to our knees or begin to take away the lightness in our steps. I understand duration of uncertainty and rugs being pulled out from beneath our feet, when all that’s left is the air we breathe. […]
On The Wings of Song
during my run this morning, i had so many experiences. the first was bringing along a question i awoke with this morning: why do i write? i love questions and i loved hearing myself answer my own question as my feet kept planting themselves one in front of the another. ……….. i write for several […]
A New World Culture of Friendship
Okay…such an interesting gentle, quiet ride through the fields and meadows of life, heading up tall mountains and soaring down the other side, swimming through rivers to get to the other side and back floating skyward in the ocean these days. On the one hand, it’s quiet inside; on the other hand, it’s active. And, […]
On the Wings of Loving Kindness
photo by jillian my quiet voice says, i think the big blue sky of awareness is what’s being asked for right here, right now. everyday rod and i speak together, trying to understand what is essential for our and everyone’s well being. we read, we research, and we observe. every day we make new decisions. […]
One Full Breath
“I will be calm. I will be mistress of myself.”Jane Austen – Sense and Sensibility. Yesterday we sat for an hour and a half meditation on the beach, took a swim in the turquoise waters and walked on the white sand. We listened to a podcast, Marybeth had suggested, or maybe a different one, […]