I write about yoga, walking, and conversations to help us know where we are.

What Now? Uncertainty, Fear and Self-Care

What Now? Uncertainty, Fear and Self-Care

First, acknowledge your uncertainty and fear. Consider fear as a cycle of energy you can move, rather than a static place to remain. Here are some self-care suggestions to cycle out the fear and self-regulate your nervous system. In other words, return to calm. Move....
Your Story Requires the Presence of Another

Your Story Requires the Presence of Another

This story begins with a request. Actually, that isn’t quite true. This story begins with a relationship. Um…nope. Try again. This story began the day I was born. OK, that’s probably cheating. I’ll start with the first premise. Morgan asked me to share some personal...
Threshold Rituals

Threshold Rituals

How do we finish something that could go on and on? Artists have a solution. There can always be more brush stokes, words, rehearsals, and details, so they consciously decide something is finished. We can apply this to the end of the day when we have more to...
Recalibrating

Recalibrating

You know how sometimes you start something, then end up wishing you had done it differently? Like inviting people to a fancy dinner party in the woods and belatedly realizing you didn’t think about dirty dishes. Or Halloween festivities with elaborate decorations,...
Tat Tvam Asi. Thou art that.

Tat Tvam Asi. Thou art that.

Thank you for joining this experiment in generating more conscious community. Experiment because we’ll shape and iterate this together. That’s community. First Wisdom Teaching Tat Tvam Asi. Thou art that. This is a Sanskrit epigram from the Indian scripture...
Your Story, the One Lurking Underneath

Your Story, the One Lurking Underneath

There’s your Life Story, the How I Got Here. It’s usually interesting enough, and…there’s another one.  The one underneath guiding the whole show, like an iceberg you may not see. I’ll Out mine so you know what I mean. My surface story is that I grew up in nice...