It is becoming clear to me that part of our ‘stepping up’ and ‘showing up’ in conscious and authentic ways includes a) recognising our needs...
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Gratitude without Attachment?
I had the opportunity recently to fall in love again with the Buddhist philosophy of non-attachment during an Animas Valley Institute program in Scotland. We...

Reclaiming our Indigenous Wisdom
I think I am unusual. I can find a confidence inside that allows me to take risks. This confidence allows me to initiate things that...
A polite Thank you Vs Embodied Gratitude
The entire ethos around having ‘good manners’ and ‘being polite’, of which I was diligently brought through childhood and then something resembling adulthood with, always...

The same trails as their ancestors
Badgers follow the same trails as their ancestors. They know the routes they need to take in order to find food, water, good lodging… what...
Bringing the Sit-spot home
I get a tingle in my body and a feeling of aliveness in me when I hear Jon Young of the 8 Shields Institute talking...
The Beauty of the Wound
To add to this last piece on the Sacred Wound ~ it is important, too, for me to share the experience of the beauty of...
Grief & Gratitude ~ unearthing the Sacred Wound
There is a fine line between the layers of grief and the layers of gratitude. I recently sat with myself as an adult now in...
Our Part in the Whole
Let Rumi speak first ~ Out beyond all ideas Of right and wrong doing There is a field. I’ll meet you there. When the soul...