There is a story inside everything: wind, rain, fire. Even in the sound corn makes when it is trying to grow in the field. Rivers have great stories, so do leaves rustling on trees. Listen to old stones for information about survival. Put a pebble to your ear and listen to the tale it has to tell. What a seashell...

The spiritual path wrecks the body And afterwards restores it to health. It destroys the house to unearth the treasure, And with that treasure builds it better than before. Rumi When we choose the spiritual path, part of revealing the treasure is moving into and through all of the protective shields, the wound tightness, and the limited ideas, to release...

Life is brilliantly amazing and incredibly inspiring. Everything we need is here. It starts with a love of self, awareness, forgiveness, acceptance, trust, inspiration, dedication, kindness, JOY, and movement towards all that is possible. Right now, right here. Give yourself the love and everything else you seek from outside. Sit quietly and open to your inner wisdom thankfully and truthfully...

A poem by Nancy Wood ~ When you thought that spring forgot to come, a meadowlark sang in a tree. A flower popped out of the ground. You felt like dancing. Like singing to the clouds. Now is the time to learn how to breathe all over again. Pretend you are a newborn baby. Get the staleness of winter out...

One thing I have learned living here in the Bay Area is that people are busy. We learn to be busy, focused driven and always moving towards something. Today, I hope to inspire  r e s t i n g  -within that. What does this mean? It means to be present if busy, to connect and breathe and feel and...

I keep being gently reminded that love is an inside job. Yes, it’s beautiful when love is twinkling around us from the various people, places, and things we meet on our path, but it twinkles outside because it’s active inside. It’s not exclusive; it’s inclusive. But sometimes it seems like we block love, or rather, that our own love light...

When we love it all, magic happens! When we replace judgment with curiosity, energy floods in and allows us the innocence of not needing to know everything. It’s playful, it’s kind and it’s connecting. When we judge, we wall ourselves off from all that is not within the parameters of that which we deem right or good. What if not...

I’m inspired to write today about celebrating life while we are living. It strikes me that when we lose people we seem to suddenly celebrate their greatness privately and publicly, and this is wonderful, however, I’m always moved to think why not be inspired to celebrate those we know and love NOW LIVING? First, so they can see and feel...

This morning’s run found Flynn and me on a trail surrounded by summer grasses with a backdrop of mountains and not too far from the ocean. The fog was holding us as we made our way through the Eucalyptus trees on the trail, Flynn running free and finding his simple joy with sticks and berry bushes, now and again barking...

Carve out quiet time for yourself every day. This can just be 5-10 minutes of undisturbed, deep breathing, centering time to clear the clutter of the mind. Get the chemicals out. Buy clean home and body products and buy organic produce. When possible buy directly from farmers at the market. This ensures the most nutrient-dense (supporting local growers), cleanest, truest,...