Holding Each Other In Grief: Ritualizing Our Grief, All Grief is Welcomed
How To Respond When Experiencing Grief? Introducing GRIEF and LOVE Grieving through ritual and community I think of grief as a constant companion – arising out of nowhere, varying in the degree of its intensity and taking myriad shapes and forms. Sometime it comes from losing a loved one or sometimes it’s cause the rug […]
What’s holding you back?
If you haven’t said this to yourself or someone hasn’t said this to you lately, then let me tell you You are good. You are food. You are powerful. You know what is clear and good for you. You have a unique contribution. You are worthy of respect and love. You are worthy of a […]
Finding Authenticity and Gratitude in the Midst of Chaos
Finding Authenticity and Gratitude in the Midst of Chaos: Closing 2024 and Looking Towards 2025 It’s a rainy Thanksgiving, and I’m spending it alone. While family beckons, the allure of solitude and the responsibility for my aging dog, Astro, hold me here. This year has been a whirlwind, a doozy of burnout and betrayal, leaving […]
Retreat Dominican Republic
“Refuge and Restore” Yoga and Meditation Retreat Boca de Chavon, Dominican Republic with Shawna Emerick & Amy Soucy April 12-19, 2025 SIGN UP NOW Ki-Ra Resort As the winter chill sets in, transport yourself to the warmth and serenity of the Dominican Republic. Join us, Amy Soucy and Shawna Emerick, for an unforgettable yoga retreat […]
“Thanks to Impermanence, Everything is Possible”
By Thich Nhat Hanh “Thanks to impermanence, everything is possible.”-Thich Nhat Hanh When I read that quote for the first time last week, I laughed out loud. How truthful. How difficult it is to feel sometimes. I invite you to go back and to read last week’s blog around the mantra, “A state, not […]
Fear makes the mind flustered
“Fear makes the mind flustered.” I heard myself say this during a session with a private client recently. And it’s true. Fear makes the mind narrow in its view and lessens in its abilities. One cannot see choices when fear takes over. The sense of agency tends to get lost and a person can feel […]
I’m not failing, I’m recalibrating
This is the mantra that popped into my head as I was feeling down, embarrassed, and ‘less than’, about the fact that I did not have a blog made for this week (yet!) and that I was so behind with things; even just cleaning our bathroom. Just as fast as that negative thought of “you […]
The Magic of Retreats: What I Continue to Be Shown About Them
The way that Amy and I run retreats is truly like no other out there. I’m not bragging, but drawing from my experience from this past weekend’s “Savor Simplicity Retreat”. It was incredibly transformational for myself and all present. {Next year July dates are in the books, reach out to me!} You see, both Amy and […]
Embodying Self-Compassion; an In-Person Workshop!
Description+Details: Join me in this afternoon of intentional self-nourishment. Come to move slowly and cool down the body as much as your mind. Open to what your heart has been wanting to share with you, and support what you may be needing. Gentle somatic and yogic based movement for all people and levels of practitioners […]
HOW can I practice self-compassion?
We started with what mindfulness and self-compassion are, then explored what it is not and what blocks us from acting in self-compassionate ways. We then re-Mmebered our Innate Goodness. So, HOW do we do this? How do we act self-compassionately towards ourselves? How do you offer yourself this self-compassion? Here is a curated list of […]