Today was my mother-in-law's birthday, so Rick chose this day to spread some of her ashes around the Mother Stone. As he spread her ashes, I thought how her strength, grace, and deep intelligence would forever saturate our lives. I thought about how our soil and garden would be forever [...]
Many meditation products are designed to help people who are new to meditation. Sometimes these products are simply an aid for even those who have a lot of experience meditating. These products range from CD's for guided meditation in the Zen tradition, Mindfulness meditations, Loving Kindness (Metta) meditation, and others. [...]
I love to read. In fact, I wish I had more time to read (and more time to blog)!! I always have a pile of books on my desk from the library. The only books I purchase are my yoga books because they are books I refer back [...]
In the middle of the night, I heard, "Miiii, Nuna a va fare sessant'anni!" I had been fast asleep, but this voice woke me up! It was my mother's voice, as if she were right there next to me, her voice clear as could be, saying in the Sicilian dialect, [...]
I held two one-day retreats this past weekend at Cathy Pierce's home and studio in Issaquah at Crystal Creek Studio! This is the third time I have offered these day retreats. They are held in the spring and again in autumn and they are purely magical! Cathy's house [...]