Ceremony and Ritual

As humans, we are incredibly potent beings. Our awareness, our emotions, our actions are all powerful forces of life that are generative and creative. Participating in ceremony and ritual with awareness and conscious intent that is in alignment with the truth of who we are, partnering with all creation and seated in the values that we hold dear, can shift our lives and, over time, our world.

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Hope, Despair and Presence

When I read about the 3rd whale in a month washing up, I cried for an hour. By the 7th one, I wept off and on all day. Now there have been 13 whales stranded in the bay area in 3 months and I need to speak.

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Become the Medicine

When your feelings get large…. Sadness, anger, terror, even joy…. When you get triggered by something out there in that big crazy world…..That means you have agency in relationship to that thing. That means you have the power to change it.

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Power

So many of us are afraid to be powerful. We are afraid of the repercussions of what might happen, of being responsible, of doing it wrong, of not being liked, of loosing love, of harming, of failing, of succeeding.

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Integration Practice

Often in life when we have a profound and life changing experience, a new awareness or sense of self is palpable and alive for us, and we don’t want to loose it, yet we are unsure of how to land it well in our lives. Maybe we have just spent time at an immersive retreat or on vacation, or we’ve had a peak healing experience. Or maybe we are in the process of learning a new skill set or way of being.

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The Nature of Forgiveness

Forgiveness can be an abstract concept. What does it even mean to forgive something or someone? How do we forgive the unforgivable? Sometimes we get confused….. thinking it means to forget, to let go, to be done, to walk away, to ‘turn the other cheek’, to bypass, to ignore….But often we miss something in the process. This isn’t real forgiveness… This isn’t the Divine Transfiguration that’s possible for us.

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