weekly inspiration to help you transform your life

“Do not be afraid to suffer, give the heaviness back to the weight of the earth.” RILKE Last weekend I hosted a Yantra Painting workshop in my apartment (although technically Belle actually hosted it since I was gone 80% of the time teaching). It was led by my friend Sarah Tomlinson whoR...

I’m a little embarrassed (but still flattered) to share this profile of myself in MAGICAL GODDESS magazine. I thoroughly enjoyed answering their questions and I hope it’s an interest read HERE.

The mystics always get there first. In the 1300s, Hafiz wrote that gender prejudices were a “mighty joke” since on a spiritual level we are all connected, all One. Only now is the message rising to the surface in popular culture. This week I co-hosted a small viewing party for my friend Ivory A...

I wrote this article for YOGI APPROVED….Enjoy! As much as we would like to believe transformation and inner peace is our top value in life, we live in a world where money is almost always vital to our survival. Very often, however, our feelings about money are conflicted, if not actually quite negat...

More and more friends, creative clients, and yoga students are sharing with me feelings of being OVERWHELMED. I often feel that way, too. Here’s one thing that’s helped. Last June I started using a Productivity Planner that has definitely transformed my life. One genius thing about this particu...

As soon as you trust yourself, you will know how to live. * Goethe *   I always forget this story about the Hindu diety Hanuman. As a young demi-god, he was full of vast power and great mischief. In fact, he was enough of a brat that he continually irritated the usually implacable sages in his vic...

“If Someone Steals Your Cab, Then It Wasn’t Your Cab” • Taxi Cab Driver Wisdom I almost never go out. I vastly prefer having friends over. Last Friday, though, I gathered my courage and headed out with my crew to a downtown party of an old friend. I lasted about 15 crowd-filled minutes b...

Hiding being the still thriving cabbage, some mysterious and beautiful new growth.

I actually think Belle ALWAYS looks dignified but I really like the quote.