When we stop to remember how strong we are, something happens. Our world is fraught with anxiety and uncertainly. I invite you to join me today to embrace the truth that we have, in our lives, grown in strength. This is why I have created this guided mediation. Like powerful trees, we [...]
There is a song that is being sung. I call it The Long Song, A Song of Awakening. It calls to us. Those who listen will hear and respond. When so much of what we once knew is now different, we may listen in different ways. Our hearts may be opening into [...]
There are times when we need to express the inexpressible. Like right now. Our world is in great crisis. I woke this morning to hear the words of my deceased father. (Yes, I am one of those) I asked how I can offer hope to others. In response, I am sharing a chapter from [...]
Please pause for a moment to listen to this guided forest meditation: Shinrin-Yoku is Healing Forest Medicine Being connected to nature brings a healing power to our bodies, our minds and our spirits. The practice of Shinrin-Yoku was established in Japan during the 1980’s. Shinrin-Yoku is referred [...]
I stand between the old and the new, that which was and that which will become. I pause to honor the ancient trees and to marvel deeply at their resilience. In this forest of redwoods I am deeply moved at the community way, how the elders look after and indeed prepare a space for [...]
We are Labyrinth Walkers We are labyrinth walkers. It has been a week of violence in our land. We come together, some walk with canes, others with flute song. We walk separately and collectively, all at one time. We are labyrinth walkers. We gather to walk our prayers and intentions along a sacred pathway. [...]
A Handmade Artist Book by Annie Mathias This poem is written for the people I dearly love I look for the doorway with no frame To enter into the place with no ceiling and no walls. The land is before me now, beside me, within me I move with no feet and [...]
