Tag Archive for: retreats

We Have to Feel It to Heal It
Life Balance, MindfulnessHow comfortable are you "feeling uncomfortable feelings?" During my 20's and 30's I experienced my parent's divorce, my brother's suicide, and the death of my mother and father. All of the pain, sadness, betrayal, anger and abandonment these…

Why Do I Lead Retreats?
Self-Care Driving back from a yoga class this morning, Stephen Cope’s quote flitted across my mind: “Retreats don’t change our lives as much as they change where we stand in relationship to our lives—and our capacity to see the hidden possibilities…

Do You Need to Reset?
Self-Care In the mid-seventies--as part of a radical move to simplify their lives--my parents hauled my four brothers and I from bustling San Antonio, TX to a remote area of Northern California. We lived in the majestic Sierra Nevada Mountains near…