There were things I knew and things I learned as a child. One thing I knew without a shadow of a doubt was that animals were also love and light with their own lessons about the world. My first pet was Buddy. Part Great Dane and part…
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How do you wake up each day? What’s the sound of your morning alarm? Reflect here for a moment. How you awake in the morning may seem like an unimportant detail of life, it may be something you’ve not even put any thought…
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When I first found out that it was unlikely I’d ever have a child, I walked. I put the leash on my dog and we just went walking. We walked for miles. We walked for hours. We didn’t have any particular destination in mind. We just walked. I…
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From my old journal: September 3, 2014 – Los Angeles • It was the scariest, saddest time of my life. I was beyond weak physically and spiritually and had to dig DEEP down to find the last drops of energy to do it. There’s almost no…
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For today all I can do is write. Sometimes the weight of the world, as we call it, feels debilitatingly heavy. Today I am having a really difficult time being in a body. The ache of the sadness is so strong, I feel the pressure on my chest, in my heart...
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There is a popular bar of sorts that gets set this time of year – the phrase "New Year, New You" starts circulating in a myriad of contexts, a pressurized suggesting that we should all be setting goals and making resolutions for ourselves to...
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When I first started on the path of Yoga, I quickly learned a very powerful Mantra that is often spoken or chanted in unison at the end of each class. Initially without even “knowing” what the Sanskrit words meant, I was able to connect with…
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When it comes to the planets, Mercury, and it's retrograde phases, definitely tends to create the biggest buzz – stirring up many questions, and the most "brace yourself", anxiety-inducing responses from us humans. Generally…
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