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*A reflection on care, choice, and the subtle discernment that lives inside teaching and shared practice.*

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Since my children were young, I’ve protected a small but steady ritual: at least half a day each week just for myself. Even now—one child in college, the other in high school—that time feels non‑negotiable. It isn’t a lu...

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As we evolve, change and grow so does our practice. Like any relationship the more we invest in it, the more opportunity we give for things to come up to the surface for healing. So although it doesn't necessarily get e...

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In times of crisis there is usually some jewels or gifts left inside the sand sifter. Is it too soon to tell? Do we need some more time with this to see the gifts and allow for the sand to move through? Or are some treas...

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There has been so much change for us on a local and global scale. And digesting it all on an energetic, physical, and emotional level can almost feel like a full time job!

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Throughout the most challenging times it often feels that the practice of yoga and meditation help us remember who we are in the mist of chaos.

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A few months back I remember listening to bestselling author and meditation teacher Jack Kornfield's podcast. He spoke of a poster that he saw when he was in Santa Cruz many years ago. It was of Yoga Master Swami Satch...

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Namaste Earth Family,

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Have you ever been enthusiastic about something and then after a few weeks, months or years not be quite as into it anymore? And could the lack of luster in our practice or anything that was once our everything stem from...

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Yin medicine is important for both men and women. It is the feminine essence that is the life-giving force of all creation. Yet the power of yin does not lie in 'pushing through' or being forceful, it lies in openness an...

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Being true to you is being true to another. But how do we trust ourselves enough to honor this? 

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On a retreat in Bali, I sat alongside the lotus pond and looked at the blooming flowers.It was clear in my mind’s eye that the mud represented my early life and that it’s possible to emerge from the mud into an exquisite...

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What is community? In sanskrit it is called Sangha. A conscious community that gathers together in an authentic way, or as my teacher calls it 'beloved community'. In this community as we grow and learn is it possible fo...

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