Do you remember the book Be Here Now? It’s by Ram Das, a spiritual teacher who had an awakening in the 70’s and has been teaching on various topics regarding mindfulness, being present in the moment and loving for decades. His body recently passed away and his teachings live on! His book was my first introduction to “being here now” on the...
While working with a great trauma therapist for nearly two years, in late 2019, I realized that one of the biggest healings of my life, so far, came, not from our work alone, but through a Spiritual Coach, Otis Gladdis, who I had just started seeing a few months before. Shocked by this truth, and now seeing, as I write this, that it is...
During the summer of 2001, I went to visit my best friend from college, who was doing work exchange, at the Omega Institute for Holistic Studies outside of Rhinebeck, N.Y.. On my way to New York City, for a job interview, pursuing a dream of becoming a professional hip-hop and Latin dancer, a stop at Omega, on route, changed my...
When in Cuba, for the second time in 2011, a life changing thought went through my head, unbeknownst to anyone but myself. One afternoon, near the end of my stay, a group of Norwegians, Cuban dance instructors, family members and I went to celebrate our time together, at a house by the beach. Everyone was enjoying their time dancing,...
Learn How to Love Yourself Back in June of 1999, I had just graduated college and was beginning my life as an adult. A dear friend, mentor and Soul Mamma, Dariel Woltz, offered to teach me some yoga, for the scoliosis she saw in my spine during my first yoga class, which was with her. And, she offered to lead me through a creative arts...
Ohhh, this one is my favorite! This came to me one day many years ago: "Energy speaks louder than words." I am telling you, it's true! We are all made up of energy, scientifically. And, our body’s are constantly informing us of things, just through sensations and feelings. This is where I get to really feel something before I even “know” it’s...
What Have I Got To Lose? "What Have I Got to Lose?" is a song that came through a groovy reggae bass line I'd heard in a dream the morning of March 31st, 2020. I wanted to create a song from this bass line and ended up singing out lyrics that eventually didn't match the awesome bass line I'd heard. However, with the magical and...
The Simple Abundance Journal of Daily Gratitude Back during the holidays of 1998, a dear "Soul Momma" gave me Sara Ban Bereathnach’s book, The Simple Abundance Journal of Daily Gratitude, during my senior year of college. I'd never had a "gratitude practice" before. And, shockingly, when I began writing one, two, or three things I felt...
Don't Believe Everything You Feel One day, while at the bank, I was listening to Whitney Houston sing "How Will I Know," on the radio, as the teller processed my business. When the chorus came, I thought I knew the words, but then I heard what the background singers really said, "Don't trust your feelings." Did I hear that right? I thought...
House Made of Dawn When I was 19 years old, I took a semester off from college and lived in Santa Cruz, CA. for a few months. While out there, I took a class in Native American Prose and Poetry, at the local community college, with a great professor, Stan Rushworth. One of our required readings was a book that would change me deeply,...
