In Person Options
Heal My Voice: Share Your Story of Healing
Some of you may have noticed my recent posts in Facebook. Others of you may be wondering what’s going on with me. I’ve been going deep … deep into my healing and deep into my journey. Drum roll, please … and I just completed my chapter for the next Heal My Voice book project, titled “Empowered Voices”! YOU were my inspiration. YOU were at my back, pushing and cheering me as I navigated into uncharted waters. Let me rewind a bit so you can catch up. At the end of January, I posted The Physical Side to My Love Affair. It was a post that I wrote in November of last year and had been in the queue to post for a while. Honestly, I had lost track of when it...
Read MoreJoin Me at the Tapping World Summit in May
Since the beginning of April, I’ve been participating in a 3-month Energy Coaching intensive. The results that I have been seeing in 30 minute sessions have been mind-blowing. I’m convinced … the way of the future for both health challenges and personal growth is ENERGY. On the surface, it may appear that I am diverging from my yoga therapy and meditation background, but honestly I am not. Why? Because energy IS the behind-the-scenes reason why the Body-Mind Connection works the way it does. The way I see it, it doesn’t matter whether you start your transformation at the level of the Mind, Body or Spirit (energy) – they are all...
Read MoreApril 28-29, 2012 In-Person 5th Annual Nonviolent Communication (NVC) Conference
Nonviolent Communication (NVC) continues to be a huge part of my life, even though I no longer attend a weekly practice. I remain committed to sharing with you amazing opportunities to experience this for yourself because this continues to be an evolving learning for me. Most recently, I’ve been exploring my power dynamics in relationships, those areas where I continue to expect someone else to “make it right for me” or where I jump in to “fix it for them”. You may wonder “Power dynamics … NVC? I didn’t realize there was a connection.” Actually the connection becomes obvious when you learn that our usual way of...
Read MoreMarch 18, 2012 In Person Talk Author of “Tattoos on the Heart”
I know I already sent out a post this week, but I couldn’t hold out on sharing this opportunity with you! Out of my most recent readings, “Tattoos on the Heart” by Father Gregory Boyle is the one that stands out for me. He will be speaking for FREE at the Camarillo Community Center on March 18 at 2pm. This is a book about compassion, serving those who are left behind by society, and more than that, it is a book about the joys and challenges of reconciling one’s belief in a loving, creative God with the violence, sorrow and hopelessness found in gang neighborhoods. If you don’t recognize Father Greg’s name, he is the creative force behind Homeboy...
Read MoreMy Latest Love Affair: My Voice
I recently did a Naked Voice workshop with my friend, Stella Davies. The idea of Naked Voice is that you can hear where you are out of resonance with your life force energy through your voice. More importantly, you are encouraged to allow your song to flow … without judgment about the quality of sound … as Stella puts it, “to let yourself be sung.” As a yoga therapy teacher, I feel embarrassed to admit this, but I have difficulty feeling sensation within my body. It is why I’ve trained deeply in yoga modalities, like Phoenix Rising Yoga Therapy and Thai Yoga Therapy, that are grounded in more than postures, movement and sensations … where the...
Read MoreNov 23, 2011 In Person Interfaith Thanksgiving Eve Service
I highly recommend this service on the night before Thanksgiving to those who are seeking to balance the upcoming shopping, feasting and football with spiritual sustenance. Gratitude … the giving of thanks … is a practice that exists across cultures and faiths and can serve as a way to bring people together. This particular service embodies that reality as you will have a chance to hear contributions from a Muslim imam, Catholic priest, Jewish rabbi, Methodist reverend … and the list continues to grow! I am hoping that the Buddhist teacher who joined the group last year, but had to miss the service due to illness, will be able to contribute to the celebration...
Read More2012 Tapping World Summit with Nick Ortner
