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My 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 MoreSept 27, 2011 On-Line 6 Weeks with Pema Chödrön
I have not had the pleasure to hear Pema Chödrön live, but have read her articles and seen videos of talks that she has given. I find her to be a very grounded, humorous, and pragmatic teacher. She has a unique ability to take hard to comprehend concepts from Buddhist meditation and guide you on how they relate to living a more peaceful, balanceful, easeful life in modern times. She epitomizes a master teacher for me because she teaches from her own experience and has a foot planted firmly in the concepts and how they apply to modern life. Here is an amazing opportunity to join with a group of people committed to going deeper into the Four Immeasurables, specific...
Read MoreSept 19, 2011 On-Line 9 Weeks with Marshall Rosenberg (Nonviolent Communication)
As I write this blog post, directly after the Thich Nhat Hanh one, I’m appreciating how blessed I’ve been to be able to hear such masterful teachers of mindfulness and embodiment speak live … to be able to study at the feet of the masters. For the past 2 years, Marshall Rosenberg, the brilliant founder of Nonviolent Communication, curtailed his in-person talks which he used to do all over the world. I’ve heard that his health has been fragile, which has informed his travel schedule. So here is a unique and ideal opportunity to learn from the master from the comfort of your own home! I’ve been practicing Nonviolent Communication for 5 years...
Read MoreInspired Solution to Frustration & Helplessness
I found myself feeling upset, frustrated and helpless twice this week, for two very different reasons. First, due to the media coverage of the debt ceiling debate in Congress, because I’m left with the impression that nothing is going to change. It would be easy to throw up my hands and check out of the process altogether, since my vote doesn’t appear to make a difference. And yet, in this country where money has a voice, making mindful choices on how I spend/invest my money is how I make my vote count. A few years ago, I set out on a mission to locate people and organizations using the inertia as incentive to get together in community to develop innovative...
Read MoreOne Minute Relationship Miracles by Gay and Kathlyn Hendricks
For those of who know me, you know that I’ve been studying with Drs. Gay and Kathlyn Hendricks for the past year. They are masters in understanding the Body-Mind Connection, and have been featured on Oprah, CNN and hundreds of other shows. Their genius is that they teach you how to make HUGE changes quickly. I’ve bought their books, attended their trainings and purchased podcasts, and everyone that has followed my recommendation to check them out has thanked me profusely. What I appreciate the most is that they teach what they’ve tried and tested out in their own personal lives, both as individuals and in their relationship. So when you study with them, you come...
Read MoreHealing With The Masters
