From Darkness into Light This week, in the northern hemisphere, we are approaching Winter Solstice and the turn ever so slightly toward longer days and shorter nights. It’s a shifting out from the darkness and
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Savasana and the power of sweet surrender
Restore and Replenish Ultimately, this practice helps “ready and steady” you for success as you return to the world refreshed and more available to handle its opportunities, challenges and stresses. During this time of year,
Read moreTotal Solar Eclipse Edition: Lessons from the Dark Side
The Great American Eclipse, Oh My! It’s a particularly energetically charged time in the United States, as evidenced by recent politically volatile and even at times highly venomous and violence-infused protests, and counterprotests, resulting in
Read moreStaying the course, and the value of course corrections
Staying the course, of course! Or, rather, is it time to make a course correction? “Without paying close attention, it’s easy to get off-course.” Sailing back home from Catalina Island Years back, a friend invited
Read moreWhat does it mean to have a strong constitution?
A Strong Constitution When someone refers to someone else as having a “strong constitution,” they usually mean that the person is of strong mind and body. They see that person as having a grounded, centeredness
Read moreFrom idealist to lost in the practice of law
From idealist to lost in the practice of law I set off to the University of California at Berkeley as a budding journalist. What better place, perhaps, than at the home of the Free Speech
Read moreWhat does it mean to live and lead from the feminine?
Marching to the beat of a resurging drummer This edition of Soul Notes is devoted to the seemingly ever-emerging resurrection of feminine leadership. By this, I mean not only the women (and men) who are
Read moreForgive a little, forgo a lot
Forgiveness: For the past, or for the now? Close on the heels of Thanksgiving in the United States, I’ve been reflecting on the idea of what it may mean to give thanks for forgiveness –
Read moreEvery time a bell rings
At this time of year when the veil between the physical world and the spiritual world is at its thinnest and most transparent, I’m struck by the emergence of seemingly non-coincidental coincidences. In this edition
Read moreA rising tide lifts all boats: Shall we rise?
“A RISING TIDE LIFTS ALL BOATS” Perhaps you’ve heard the expression: “A rising tide lifts all boats”? It comes up in a number of contexts, from religious, to spiritual, to economic. In this edition of
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