Cloud on Cloud
At first glance, it might appear that there is just one fluffy white cloud in the sky. A more careful look shows one strangely sunlit cloud amidst a skyful of thunderously gray clouds. How often is what we think we… (READ MORE)
This Saturday–Summertime Yoga Extravaganza (website version of emailing)
Dear Friends, I’ve just returned from a wonderful meditation retreat with Paul Muller-Ortega out in Sedona. Every time I go on retreat, I am reminded of how essential it is to take time out from my busy life to rest… (READ MORE)
Outrageous Light (and Sadhana)
I just spent a week looking at the celestial realms — inner and outer. Fifty of us spent a week meditating and studying with Paul Muller-Ortega at a retreat center in Sedona. It might seem from these pictures that there… (READ MORE)
We Love Having You Here
The Insistent Dawn
The morning light calls here with great urgency. Wake up, wake up!
At the Airport
This delightful working dog is sitting near while I wait for my plane to Phoenix; I am traveling to Sedona today for a weekolong meditation and study retreat. As part of the retreat, I will take myself away from phone,… (READ MORE)
Half Moon Rising
Grapes from the Garden Anyone?
The grape vine (seedless red Concord) loved the drought. Other things are now recovering thanks to the rainy week.
Rain in the Night (and the four states of consciousness)
This morning when I woke, my first thought was that I thought it had rained in the night. My second thought was that I felt well-rested for having slept through the night — not having had my sleep disrupted by… (READ MORE)
Sensing the Subtle Energies (an Earthquake)
I woke up around 4 o’clock this morning, inexplicably agitated and unable to fall back asleep right away. Sully, too, was restless. I went into the yoga room and did a series of restorative forward bends and twists, which provided… (READ MORE)