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Happy Monday. I got back from my most recent retreat (my eighth) almost a week ago and I am still feeling the beautiful effects. It was truly all I could have asked for!  On this retreat I shared the story of how my first retreat came to be. I was teaching at a yoga studio in NY…

As you are receiving this in your inbox I am currently on retreat (in the beautiful place from my picture above) with some incredible people. I will share more on that next week.  This past week I shared a reading by Mark Nepo called “All That We are Not.”  I have included an excerpt here: Discernment is the…

I hope you all are having a great long weekend. Last weekend I was driving with my daughter back to college to help her move in after her semester abroad.  On the 11 hour journey we listened to a podcast that had been recommended to me by a close friend. She had sent a text a…

I hope you all are having a great long weekend. Last weekend I was driving with my daughter back to college to help her move in after her semester abroad.  On the 11 hour journey we listened to a podcast that had been recommended to me by a close friend. She had sent a text a…

Happy Monday. I hope you are all safe and well. I taught early in the week last week and my message in my classes was that often what we see as “in the way” actually “IS” the way. When we are experiencing difficulty there is usually a lesson we need to learn in order to guide us where we…

Happy 2025! I missed you all last week. I was traveling with my family and made the conscious choice to step away from responsibilities (including this newsletter).  When I step away, I often gain perspective and last week was no different. I had the chance to read a bit while on my trip and in a book by Anne…

Happy Monday and Happy Holidays! I did something I have never done before last week; I was a guest on a health and wellness podcast. It was very fun (but I was definitely a bit nervous beforehand).  We talked a lot about suffering and ways we can NOT create extra suffering for ourselves. The podcast…

Happy Monday. I hope you are all doing well. The holiday season can be frenetic and hectic yet within the joy of the season there is the chance to carve out space for simple kindnesses.  Last week I was playing tennis of all things and a friend who I hadn’t seen in a while walked onto…

I hope you all had a great weekend. While I was on my recent trip to Vienna we visited the Albertina Art Museum. Just to be fully transparent; I am not an art person but we wanted to check it out and the museum happened to have a large Marc Chagall (1887-1985) exhibit commemorating 40 years since…

I hope you all had a wonderful holiday week. We arrived home yesterday from our amazing trip to Prague and Vienna visiting our daughter. It is powerful to visit places with so much history where we can see and walk through the streets of the past. Those places tell stories of the people who lived there;…