Today – Right Now!

Today – right now! Before this day comes to an end, have you consciously chosen some thing or event to laugh, smile and be joyful about – just for now, and from now on?

In Between

There is no better time than in the in-between to reflect…. upon what has served us well in the past, and what has not. This is that time again to take a moment or two to give it space. And yes, we might have to carve out a niche in our daily to-do for it. […]

Organic Tea Blends To The Rescue

For as long as I can remember, I have trusted the herbal Artemisia family, with the innate antibacterial, antiviral, and antiparasitic effects these herbs offer. This has been confirmed lately more than ever before by scientists, due to the research regarding a certain virus of current interest. I have been using 4 different Artemisia herbs in the organic tea blends this year, […]

Autumn

Deep breathing in of autumn air, what a gift! Listening to the leaves falling, seeing the rain drops glistening, moisture everywhere, as puffy fog gently drifts by, small rivulets and little pools are forming, saturating everything around me, and me. Saturating all, flowing with renewed graceful agility, there is motion out there and in here. […]

Taking A Moment To Fine-Tune

Do you play an instrument? What do we do when the instrument sounds “off”? We re-tune it, maybe adjust the strings, or if it is a flute or similar, we might reposition our breath to activate the resonance differently within the instrument. Consider yourself as an instrument, just for a moment, since energy and breath […]

The Little Things

One way to move forward is to actively, determined, yet with an open mind, engage in change, if we are not quite content where we are, if we don’t see ourselves in that place of balance that supports us to thrive. If nothing else calls us, we can certainly count the blessings around us. The little things, oh […]

Breath

Breath is the way with which we can express our emotions, not the only one, but always available to us. It is also the conductor with which Life Energy enters our body.As we know, breath is life! When we cannot breathe deeply, the quality of our life is affected deeply.Lately many of our concerns have […]

What Does Your Spin Look Like?

VITAL BALANCE    I talk much about this, so what do I mean? Why is this a worthy goal to address? Why do we want to get back into Vital Balance?   Look at it in terms of symmetry…imagine …  energy is spinning round and round,  creating a field, call it Chakra field,  call it […]

The Power Of A Flower – St. John’s Wort

​About preparation and topical use of St. John’s Wort  Oil (Hypericum Perforatum) St John’s Wort has yellow flowers with small black dots along the petals. You can identify the plant in its most promising stage for harvesting when you gently rub a flower between your fingers it will stain them red.  St. John’s Wort makes a brilliant […]

New Beginnings

 Spring shows us in nature countless New Beginnings, and there are new beginnings in my practice as well.  My office partner and dear friend Michelle Champion, who kindly shared the studio with me for many years, is going to be working full-time in Lakeport, California at the Tribal Health Clinic. If you are in that neighborhood, or […]