Listening Into the Center
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 …
FAMILY CONSTELLATIONS RESTORING THE ORDER OF LOVE with Jan Sandman A Way to Release Inherited Dynamics that underlie Depression, Anxieties, Addictions,Lack of Joy Saturday, February 11, 2017 1:00-5:00 Family Constellations is an energetic remembering of the Family Soul. Bert Hellinger, the originator, observed what he called the orders of love and the presence of the Family Soul. According to …
January 1, 2017 The year begins. The sun rises wherever I am. I look out and breathe deeply. I look in and I breathe deeply. In my breath, I experience space; I return to this, breath after breath after breath. In the eternal space, I feel the steady pulsing of life ongoing, unlimited grace and possibility. I move with …
December 27, 2016, Dear Friends, Two opportunities to learn and practice the form of Authentic Movement are happening. I am offering a 12 week series beginning on Wednesday January 11 from 9:00-11:00 and another 12 week series beginning on Thursday, January 12 from 9:00-11:00. Both are here in Montpelier. Preregistration is required. Authentic Movement is an intriguing deep practice that …
The Winter Solstice Gong Meditation has two openings. This will happen on Friday December 23 at 7:30-9:00 pm. Space is limited and it is necessary to register with me in advance. So if you are interested in coming, there are two places available which will be filled on a first come, first served basis. This is a beautiful event I …
Welcome to my new website. I have spent the past several months working closely with web designer Markus Kuenzel of Hawaii on creating this new site. Photo credits are given to Barrie Fisher of Barrie Fisher Photo in Waitsfield Vermont, along with some photos by Steve Pitonyak, Kelley Hunter, Markus Kuenzel and myself. I will be writing regularly on this …
