Our dog, Koa, has either Greyhound in his lineage or the smaller Greyhound, deemed unfit for racing, Whippet. You can see it in his slender and and deep chested torso and in the muscled bulges of his hind quarters. Because dog people often get to talking about “what your dog is” and “where did he Read more about Run With Freedom[…]
Fiona Moore is the host of Roadmaps for Awakening, an online radio program interviewing healers and teachers from all walks. As you’ll hear, she has a rare and clear presence, which makes for a really in depth look at how healing works. Thank you for listening.
I recently read a transcript of a teaching Bonnie Bainbridge Cohen gave in Ghent, Belgium. If you don’t know Bonnie’s work and you’re at all into movement, dance, yoga, healing, Craniosacral Therapy, Occupational Therapy, Physical Therapy, or the like, you’ll want to find out about her. She was speaking about how when an embryo develops, Read more about The Mind Of The Body[…]
Two years ago I had an unusual dream: Two Naguals, a woman and a man, (naguals are shamans in Toltec culture and accompanying spirits in Meso-American healing journeys) entered a small indoor pavillion filled with friends from my hometown community. All there sought healing from these two. The naguals tended to each person in the stands, Read more about Nagual[…]
The other day I was having a discussion with Siva Varma, Ayurvedic physician, about states of consciousness. I’m blessed that every once in a while I get to sit down with him and enter into the world of wisdom as taught to him by his master forty years ago in a Brahmin community in Kerala, Read more about Saint is in the Soul[…]
Stephen Jenkinson says, “There are three legs that make up the stand that suspends the cooking pot over the fire: One is the relationships within the village, one is the relationship with all the living things around, and one is the relationship with The Unseen and ancestors. If any one of the legs is missing, the village Read more about Who Is Ritual For?[…]
Lots of babies are born through assisted techniques like forceps, cesareans, vacuum (if you don’t know what this is, it’s just as it sounds) and with various chemicals in their blood from pain control for their mothers. In some cases these interventions can be life-saving. A lot of times they are unwanted by families. And Read more about The Temple of The Cranium[…]
Last week I was in a small American airport. Because I’m not a fan of the large MRI-looking scanner that’s found it’s way into the hearts of homeland security, I opted for the pat-down, where someone comes and assesses whether you’re dangerous manually. Sure, you have to wait for a female staff to come find you, Read more about Why Sisterhood Gets Reduced To Porn[…]
Flat. You’re just flat. You can’t even think why. Nothing happened that should make you apathetic like this, or sad, or even depressed. Outwardly you might be described as calm. Depending on how well someone knows you, depressed can appear calm. My mentor, Andrew Feldmar, would say that that there is no such thing as Read more about Depressed? Or Just Shocked?[…]
Last night I dreamed about a narrow, rocky shoreline. About a mile long, its end curved out into a point facing out towards the sea. The water was not like ours, up here, in the Pacific Northwest, dark green and grey. It was azure, bright, and clear. As I walked the shore, I walked towards the elemental– Read more about Land’s End[…]