Healing and the Heart
We have just celebrated International Women’s Day, and I am feeling grateful for the abundance of remarkable women in my life, and in the world. Elizabeth May, the only Green Party member of the Canadian Parliament, just sent out a note about a “dream” she had, that she had become Prime Minister, and had appointed...
Love and Bodies: Happy Valentine’s Day
Most Saturdays I dance! At a class called NIA, a wonderfully comprehensive and glorious gift to the body and the senses.In honor of Vanentine’s Day the theme of the class will be LOVE. The instructor, Judy Cashmore, is a sensitive, creative dynamo. I had another post in mind, which I will write soon, but today,...
Hope
As I write this, the Gaelic festival of Imbolc has literally just begun. It is also just after Groundhog Day and the Christian festival of Candlemas. I find that these holidays share a common theme: Hope. The feature image I chose for this post shows Snowdrops, also called Candlemas Bells, and they are said to symbolize...
Love — everyday!
I had in mind to write a blog about Balance. It’s been on my mind as the seasons shift. And I will come back to Balance, ha! in a later post. But then I came across a Love Poem by Billy Collins in the Writer’s Almanac, and was moved to tears. It changed my day,...
Deep inspiration — renewed motivation!
I had the privilege yesterday of attending a workshop sponsored by Be the Change, partnering with the Pachamama Alliance. The titles of the components of the day were Where are we? How did we get here? What’s possible for the future? and Where do we go from here? The first two sections are sobering, to...
