It was damp and cool when I woke up, one of the first mornings that really felt like fall. I...
June, 2023 Creativity and Renewal: Summer Retreat with Erin Joosse Harmony Hill Retreat Center July 22nd-24th For more than...
May, 2023 As a yoga instructor who has been teaching since I was 25, and who prefers a slow and gentle pace of movement, I have often been younger than many of the students in my classes. At times, I have been the youngest in the room by a couple of decades....
January, 2023 In January, I usually write some version of my (gentle) rant against the “New Year, New You” marketing that...
November 2022 “The greatness of a community is most accurately measured by the compassionate actions of its members.” ~ Coretta...
November 2022 It’s a roller coaster, isn’t it – being alive during this time? It’s true that things are always changing, uncertain, unpredictable. But it does feel like we are in a time where SO MANY things are precarious all at once. It is a time that is...
October 2022 Recently I read 2 novels that were written since the start of the pandemic. I recommend both –...
September, 2022 Dear friends, I was talking on the phone with a friend the other day, and after a couple of...
Beautiful views and lush gardens framed our summer Harmony Hill Retreat – join me for our fall retreat – learn more here. Dear friends, I hope you have been enjoying summer! I have been trying to savor the activity and social time that summer is, but by mid-August I...
July 2022 “WE WERE MADE FOR THESE TIMES… Ours is not the task of fixing the entire world all at...
THANK YOU FOR SUPPORTING AND SHARING In this third year of pandemic life, I just want to take a...
June 2022 It’s been a particularly difficult time – being in this country, in this world, in this human experience. I have shed tears these last couple of weeks for victims and families of senseless gun violence, ongoing war, and the continual targeted attacks on marginalized people. The shooting at Robb Elementary...