This is SUCH AN EXCITING TIME OF YEAR for me! The countdown weeks until I arrive at the beautiful farmland near Floyd, Virginia and set up my little camper and greet, mix & mingle with a couple thousand friends for a weekend of ... simply EVERYTHING! I always am amazed at how transformational this short [...]
Things have gotten busy around the homestead. We got a new puppy, completely unexpectedly. We went to a local, small town festival to enjoy the vibe, with some of our friends playing tunes along the creek, and there was a family pulling a wagon. Parents with about 4 kids, and the oldest girl, likely about [...]
I cannot tell you how many people I know that struggle with sleep. They tell me that they cannot fall asleep, cannot stay asleep, and even if they do sleep, they wake up feeling sluggish and unrested. The whole situation just creates a cycle of anxiety that can build upon itself and wreak havoc with [...]
I often struggle with what is the “right action” I am supposed to take in any particular situation. When too much of my thinking mind wants to lean more towards less risk, stronger boundaries, protections, more worries: my actions are taken more from a fearful standpoint. I think, “I can’t possibly do that, it would [...]
(sunrise photo by Andre Daugherty) There is something about the mountains just before sunrise. There is a weighty quality to this time, before the mountains let go of the sunrise and release it into the sky. The forest is absolutely still… but there is this charged feeling of the coming day. Darkness soon to lighten. [...]
Today, I feel so so… content. Samtosa is the sanskrit term used. Profoundly OK is how I have come to describe this state of being. When I am experiencing it, it all seems so obvious, so simple. How true it is, how everything really is perfectly okay. Even the bad stuff! And when I am [...]
Well, if you struggle with a negative body image, taking photos of yourself is a zero fun activity. But, I am not undertaking this whole yoga thing lightly. Everything in this life is there to help you awaken, if you let it. Ram Dass always called it “grist for the mill of awakening". Even a [...]
Hello! Welcome!!! Just a little bit about me: I was born October 16, 1967 in a beautiful river valley in upstate NY. I now live in western North Carolina, nestled deep in the Appalachian mountains with my husband, and a very entertaining pack of dogs, cats, and chickens. We try to live a simple, mindful [...]
This body is, in so many ways, outside of our control, it is a miracle of bones, muscles, nerves, fluids and energy that we often take for granted, or outright resent for not being the way we want it to be. I know I did. But I have learned that this body is a most [...]
Getting to know the mind has been my primary entry point for a more awakened life that grows and opens more with each moment. Much like the eyes process light into sight, and the ears process vibrations into sound, the mind processes all of the other senses into what we call our reality. Basically, the [...]
