Mid-life Crisis or Mid-life Rebirth?
This middle adulthood moment that I’m having has got me extra full of reflections in 2024, and somehow they do not possess the “crisis” quality that many of our cultural READ MORE
Breaking and Mending on the Path to Wholehearted Love
Oh 2020. I wish I could say you’ve been on fire and that all my #blackgirlmagic is making the unfathomable happen, but January of this new year was pretty sobering, READ MORE
My Body is a Vessel for Truth
Fragmented Beginnings I was an unusually shy child when I was small. Heightened fears about expressing myself to people in particular settings would sneak up from out of nowhere and READ MORE
Love Lessons Learned in the Company of Women
A School For Womanly Arts and a Series of Mini-Lessons on Womanly Love Gathering with women is essentially a love fest. Not for all women, but it has always been READ MORE
Love Stories 2: Mindful Listening: An Antidote to Anxiety in an Increasingly Polarized World
This week was the first in many years when I had a sleepless night. I woke from sleep in a fit of anxiety and spent the remaining three hours until READ MORE
Love Stories 1: Hendrix
I met Hendrix on April 1. It was the beginning of spring, and ideas and experiences were stirring in me, waiting to be born anew in the true spirit of READ MORE
On Loss & Grace (of the Divine Feminine)
When I was a little girl, my big dreams were to be a “grown-up” and to live in a big mansion with all of my girlfriends, have fun and be READ MORE
On Community & Bringing Magic Back to the Yoga Mat
One unfortunate by-product of becoming a yoga teacher for me is that sometimes my practice feels like it is no longer my own. I am often preoccupied by thoughts of my students and what I READ MORE
If You Build It, They Will Come
There is so much truth in the feminist position that asserts: when women are well, the whole of society benefits. It was such a treat to teach the women who READ MORE
Thankful for Hilerine
Just so we’re clear, it is not uncommon for me to transform instantly from a composed and graceful woman into a wet sobbing mess. Today was one of those days. READ MORE