Listening Into the Center
Dear Friends, I welcome the New Year with hope, anticipation of beauty, and the calling forward of hardiness as we are greeted with such a deep and cleansing cold. I am offering two workshops in the next few weeks. The first one is a 5 hour Authentic Movement Workshop which will be held at the Zen Barn in Waterbury. Preregistration …
Dear Friends, I am excited to say that I will be soon going to the beautiful Lake District of England to offer workshops on Authentic Movement, a deep practice of embodiment. This year, the 3 day conference, created by Rumi’s Circle, is entitled “Sacred Pattern: Balancing the Feminine and the Masculine. Elizabeth Hin will be the keynote speaker and Kabir …
SEPTEMBER The abundant harvest, the chilly nights, the crickets, the amazing light of the fading sun. This sunset was taken in August on Prince Edward Island, a respite of profound peace and quiet , a resetting of an inner domain. I bring that resetting forward into the autumn. My Authentic Movement classes are beginning soon and extending into December. They …
Dear Friends, We are approaching the full moon of July in this very powerful Summer of 2017. Deep and penetrating rains, ushering in a more inward energy as summer commences. Each hour of sun is noticed and celebrated. It seems as though the fruits of the field and tree literally pop during these sunny moments. Prayers for the sodden ground …
Dear Friends, I have recently returned from a magnificent journey through the American Southwest, spending time immersed in the vastness of the land, the saturation of prayer and reverence for life throughout the area. I am deeply grateful. Two opportunities have arisen in May for me to read from my new book, White Stones, Bones and Mist:Authentic Movement and Living …
Dear Friends, It feels so good to greet the Spring at last. I will very soon be traveling to the Southwest, Four Corners area, a journey I have looked forward to for many years. To be immersed in that sacred landscape, I am certain will bring many gifts. I look forward to sharing them upon my return. The Authentic Movement …
Dear Friends, There are two opportunities to enroll in Authentic Movement classes beginning the first week in May and extending until mid June. One class occurs Wednesday mornings 9-11 from May 3rd to June 14th. The other happens Thursday mornings May 4th to June 15th, 9-11. Both seven week series are $140.00 The full description can be found on my …
Dear Friends, On Sunday, February 19, 2017, the book I have been working on was published. Just before the final approval, my editor, Sarla Vasiliki Matsumura and I said a prayer and I lit the candle that held watch and space over the writing of the book for all of these months. White Stones, Bones, and Mist: Authentic Movement and …
My book is in the final stages of being proofed and ready for publication. Here is a photo of the cover. I took this photograph a few years ago while on a retreat in Bellagio, Italy. This is Lake Como. It was here that I knew and understood for certain that this book would be written. I look forward to …
This is my great grandmother. Gramma MacDonald. Mary. She was born on the Isle of Harris in the Outer Hebrides of Scotland. I visited there several years ago and experienced the land where she was born and lived. She moved from the island as a young woman and had her children in North America–Martha’s Vineyard and then Canada. When …
