The image of a spiral comes to mind as I open to the mystery of life's creation, right here as the feeling and movement of what is wanting to be shared slowly takes shape. This wanting is more like a beckoning that is prior to thought - the mysterious dimension that I can more easily dance than speak. There is an aligning 'with' and 'as' the movement itself, whereby remnants of myself as anything other than this un-named naked presence, dissolve in service to that which is em

Somewhere in my ancient homeland~ Buried deep in dark, dank, moist earth ~ covered over by boulders and rocks ~ still breathing, but only...

In Kerala, India a couple years ago now, I experienced Pancha Karma at an Ayurvedic retreat centre. Pancha Karma is a cleansing and rejuvenating process that involves five (pancha) stages. It's intense but so worth it! It treats body, mind and spirit ~ bringing into balance the humors (doshas) of the body. After an initial consult I was taken to the treatment room where my robe was removed and two women went about the business of massaging my body with warm oil - a common tre