In the last year, several people in recovery I know have “fallen off the wagon.” I’ve seen a return of Disordered Eating in lots of my yoga students. My class sizes have swelled and my private somatic therapy sessions* are waitlisted. I’m hearing, over and over, how the things that once helped people heal no […]
In a world of Noems, Be Good. ~a protest sign carried by an ICE protestor in Minneapolis On January 7, ICE Agent Jonathan Ross fatally shot – murdered, let’s call a spade a spade – Renee Good. Good, a Minneapolis mother of three, was in the driver’s seat of her Honda Pilot in the […]
Last summer, one of David’s residents at the nursing home where he works gave him a book titled The Quantum Revelation by Paul Levy. This dense tome tries to explain quantum physics in layman’s terms. It’s one of those books that sits on the nightstand for months, because you can only read a few […]
Did you know the month of January is named for Janus, the Roman god of two faces? When Saturn was cast out and wandering, it was Janus alone who welcomed him, offering him shelter when everyone else offered only suspicion and derision. For that act of open-heartedness, Saturn, the god of time, blessed Janus with […]
We do not have the privilege of hopelessness. ~ Frederick Douglass Every turning of the lunar calendar carries the promise of renewal, but few passages feel as spiritually charged as the transition from 2025’s Year of the Snake to 2026’s Year of the Horse. It is a shift from constriction to momentum, from survival to […]
Hooray Jake, hooray John Breakin’ up Christmas all night long Santa Claus come, done and gone Breaking up Christmas right straight along Don’t you remember a long time ago The old folks danced the doesey-doe ~Bluegrass standard Breaking Up Christmas, author unknown When I was in high school, I played the violin (quite […]
