How Listening Heals your Digestion
Solar Term 11 | July 6 – July 21 When people ask you about your happy place, what comes to mind? Take a moment to visit it in your mind’s eye. What qualities does it bring up in you? My happy place is a spot by the Methow River in Washington State. What first comes […]
Looking through the Lens of Nature
The quality of nature that is significant in early summer is spreading. We can see this quality in flowers as they bloom, the petals gently spreading wide. Tree branches will spread out a bit further and reach towards the sun. It is found in birds spreading their wings to fly. And it is found in you as […]
Focusing your Will
The last two weeks were about setting your root by connecting with the ground. This is a metaphor for being in your body. This creates a sense of belonging. By belonging to the earth itself, being grounded, you feel more centered and balanced. This is the foundation for having balanced Earth energy. The physiology of water in our […]
Growing Healthy with the Energy of Spring
Poison creek runs through our backyard. It is a diurnal creek fed from the snowmelt of the Wasatch mountains. In the spring I find myself standing on the bridge mesmerized by the ever rising level of swirling muddy water. I watch the thin red roots of the willows that line the bank grow longer and deeper. There’s […]
How can Mindfulness Reveal your True Nature?
This blog is about the mindfulness practice of paying attention to nature and how it is found within you. Timeless truths of nature, qualities of nature, are also the qualities of you and your true nature. Recognizing your true nature clears away the blinding darkness of confusion. You can see clearly the true nature of your mind […]
Spring means Wood energy is rising to meet Earth energy
How does embodying the qualities of empathy help you embrace growth, remain flexible, and manage the fluctuations of life? I am here to help you create your own embodied practice based on learning about your internal organs. This provides a place for you to orient when everything around you feels negative, dark, and scary. As I […]
Embrace this solar term with the renewing practice of pause.
The energy that is significant this time of year is from 3:00 AM to 5:00 AM. It is the most still time of day amongst the most still time of year. Holistic Eastern medicine incorporates lunar phases with elements of nature, areas of the body, and time of day. It’s a moment to pause, to […]
This week is the second new moon after the winter solstice.
It indicates that the energy of spring is starting to stir. I like to think about all the seeds nestled in the earth starting to vibrate with this energy, getting ready to germinate and grow, for it is the very beginning of spring. In spring, growth energy returns. This energy rises from the ground and […]