It’s a new age maxim that we create our own reality. That’s true if we are actively creating the reality we want. But if we’re not, then outside forces create our reality for us – and not always the one we want. For years people have...
Muladhara is the Sanskrit name of the base chakra, and its name translates as root or foundation. Here is where your roots dig deep, down into the earth to find grounding, nourishment, and support. Mulabandha is a yoga practice of muscular and energetic tightening of the...
Valentine’s Day gives us all permission to express our love with hearts and flowers, cards, and chocolates. It’s a tender, romantic holiday for some, but it also heightens the sense of loneliness for many who are single or isolated. But more than that, it can...
I’ve always seen initiation as a test. Which do you choose, Door A or Door B? The voices egging you on do not always tell the truth, and the signs on the doors might even be scrambled. How do you know? Who do you trust?...
My childhood memories are laced with the sing-song rhymes of Dr. Zeuss books, many of which I read so many times I memorized them. As the election nears, the words of Horton Hears a Who echo in my brain. For those who might not remember this...
Isn’t it amazing that 2020, the year of hindsight, celebrates the 100th anniversary of American women’s right to vote? And if you think voter intimidation is a problem today, remember that women were jailed, beaten, and tortured for their “militant stand” for that basic right. African...
One of the prime reasons Conservatives want to appoint their own Supreme Court Justice is the issue of abortion. Their concern for the life of the unborn is their moral crusade, and they call themselves “Right to Lifers,” people who uphold the sanctity of life. Another...
The balance of light and dark is one of the oldest mysteries of time. Ancients celebrated the solstices and equinoxes as a way of connecting with the cycles of nature. Fall Equinox is usually a time of abundance, when the harvest of the summer’s crops...
There is a Jungian word I like to throw around that it seems no one has ever heard of: Enantiodromia. What it basically means is that when something becomes extremely one-sided, it creates a counter movement. (Technical definition: the tendency of things to change into...
Those who read my blogs may know that I harp on the transition from power to love as an organizing principle for society. Well, folks, we are deep in the throes of that transition at the moment, and it’s not pretty. Demonstrations are happening all over...