We Are Only Here for a Short Time We are on this earth for a very short time. With this perspective in mind, we can make choices to optimize this beautiful human experience and appreciate what we have and what we are creating. What do we want our contribution to be? How are we making a difference? Are we part...

In my experience, as we move towards, and rest in a life we love, we have to continually let go. Because we know nothing is permanent, practicing non-attachment invites a present moment noticing, an awareness that continually asks of us to allow what is. It’s really a movement between intentional action and letting go. We can (and should) be super...

Being = Having. This is one of those concepts that feels counterintuitive but when we just take a moment to think about it, makes perfect sense. Remember a time when you were deeply in love. That state of being was infectious. Everywhere you went people seemed to radiate with you. You were ‘being’ the vibration of deep love and the...

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...