Category: Explorations and practices
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Nervous System Tuning with Reiki and Tantra
I didn’t fully understood the background and origin of techniques the first time I practiced Tantric meditation and Yoga Nidra, but it immediately resonated. I was surprised and delighted to find that many of the practices strongly resembled patterns of breath and visualization that had emerged naturally from reiki practice. Probably most seekers will say…
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Those whose healing is bound with ours
Moving into October, I can’t help but feel the pull towards connection with ancestors and others across the veil. It does seem that this year that quality of proximity began a bit earlier than usual. Maybe that’s because I’ve been writing more about mediumship and ancestry. I’ve been drawn to therapeutic work around death…
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Terrain of the Body
In the last newsletter I shared the idea of internal wind, and some of the ways that interrogating the supremacy of the mind can lead to greater peace with life’s ebbs and flows. We are living in urgent times, and discernment is necessary to conserve our energy and put it to effective use. As my salsa teacher used to say, “When the…
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Field Notes from a 90 Day Sadhana (Part 2: After the 90 days)
Have you ever considered creating a container of dedicated meditation or spiritual practice? If you’re like me and benefit from some structure, it can be a wonderful way to deepen your practice and engage the learning that is possible from repetition. I’ll be slowly unpacking that learning with you over the upcoming months, but if…
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Held in a state of suspension (and tension)
On Tuesday March 19 at 11:06pm EDT we reach the exact midpoint between the solstices, with equal hours of day and night. As we cross this invisible threshold we begin an acceleration towards the height of summer. As with the solstices, often our bodies hold the echo of this marker in time, feeling its effects…
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Field Notes from a 90 Day Sadhana (Part 1: day 45)
My arrival at a Yoga Nidra practice happened slowly at first. Tracee Stanley was the teacher whose introduction welcomed me, she was a guest I encountered in another online network. I bought some of her meditations (although many are free, if you want to browse around) and listened— I enjoyed them, but didn’t dive in…
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Getting Lost
You might think you really know yourself, and what you’re capable of, until you endeavor to move through a period of time without a well-formed “plan.” It turns out many attributes that I thought were character might’ve been well-honed methods pretending that I can control the outcome of my life.Boredom becomes a sticky, viscous material…
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Rest is a Portal {part 2}
You can find part 1 here (from 2021) Rest is a mindsetRest is a practiceRest is an act of devotionRest is distinct from leisureRest is necessary for the repair of the mind, body, and spirit.Without rest, we cannot heal.There are many ways to rest. We can only give from what we have.Our spirits may be…
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The Art of Journaling
I suspect every one of you reading has heard the suggestion, or are aware of the practice, of journaling for self-care. It is one of the best, practically free ways to process emotional material and deepen insight. For me it’s right up there with conscious breathing and body awareness as an essential part of any…
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Finding Satisfaction in not knowing
I recently learned that I calculated my personal tarot archetype of 2023 incorrectly. Which seems like a cosmic error because evidently I also did this the prior year, in spite of it being simple math! I double, triple checked and sure enough I had been believing this whole time that I was working through one…
Inward Vision 