On Fire. Pissed Off

Years ago I said to a male teacher that I felt really angry but there was no content to my anger. He replied, “I don’t know any woman who isn’t angry. In fact, if a woman is not angry, I wonder about her sanity.” My geyser is roaring and the last vestiges of niceness,...

Last Job

Once a year, a reunion of the 1995 executive committee of an international women’s community service organization meets for dinner, connection and lively conversation. This group of women is impressive; well-educated, seasoned world travelers, varied cultural...

5-Minute Try It: Last Breath

PURPOSE: To build your embodied sufficiency muscle – recognizing the sufficiency of each breath – and to practice experiencing a last breath. Please note: engaging this Try It may catalyze deep emotion. If you feel really triggered, please breathe into your body and...

5-Minute Try It: Desire Ignorance Rejection

PURPOSE: An awareness practice to become familiar with desire, ignorance and rejection patterns… relating to Stuff. PREPARATION: Find an item that represents “stuff” to you, prior to engaging the practice. Minute one: Place your item in front of you – relate...

Stuff

There is a profundity in a word like stuff. It can take us on a deep dive, because it carries so much meaning. That is how I am experiencing stuff these days. Stuff resides in the external tangible world and stuff resides in the internal subtle space of the body....