Empowering You to Actualize Your Purposeful Potential
How can we let our heart speak before the head intrudes? Some time ago I discovered the deliciousness of longing. This is a state that, prior to this discovery, I realized I didn’t allow myself to have. As soon as a longing appears, the head moves in to say, “Forget it, it’s just not possible, […]
Last week in yoga class I heard a lovely term for the first time: Forest Bathing. Exploring further, I find Shinrin-yoku (森林浴) literally means forest bathing, and it originated in Japan in the early 1980s. There are more than 60 Forest Therapy Camps nowadays in Japan alone. The idea of bathing in the forest brings to mind […]
Every time there’s a choice to be made by the characters in the movie, The Piano, director Jane Campion has them select an unexpected direction or response. This is so refreshing. In most Hollywood movies things are so predicable that my interest wanes and I feel frustrated by the lack of imagination in what I’m […]
As I stood inside the Redwood tree, I felt protected, nourished and safe. I felt the size, scope and strength of nature. I felt connected to something way bigger than my small self. I felt the power, wonder and majesty of a force beyond anything I’ve ever experienced before. Truly, the force of nature. We […]
The anticipation is over. Here we are in the new reality. It is not only rocking our world, it is rocking the whole world with fear of what’s to come, what’s to be, how bad it will get. This puts each of us in a dilemma: How to respond? On the one hand, vigilance is […]
On Saturday, September 17th at 7:00 we will be gathering at the Inner Balance Studio in Patterson, NY to sing, play, listen and connect with music. Everyone is welcome. If you’d like a copy of the song list, or to add to it, email info@innerbalancestudio.org. “Music is a world within itself, it’s a language we […]
We met at Somers Library on Saturday afternoon, twenty-three souls, and had an engaging experience of listening to our hearts, living our passion, sharing our gifts and living our potential. If you missed it, or want to come again, here are two more opportunities: Monday, June 6th at 7:00 at the John C. Hart Memorial […]
A few weeks ago a friend, neighbor and musical colleague died suddenly and unexpectedly on his way home from a fifty-mile bike ride. It has been so overwhelmingly sad and shocking that it has taken me until now to be able to write about it. Still, my mind keeps tricking me into thinking it is […]
