When I was born, the air said to water, Let’s go meet the earth. So they slid down a rainbow into the field of poppies where my mother slept in my fathers arms. “Fire, what are you doing here?” Water asked (always wary of that one). “Catalyzing, what else?” Fire shrugged and kept blazing hot and bright. Showing itself as the light in…

How to alchemize the energy of desire into bliss and creativity — Desire is a powerful impulse…it drives us and it can drive us mad. My summer has been dedicated to understanding this deeply embodied influence. A couple of weeks ago, I wrote about the purification of desire here. …

I once had a thousand desires. But, in my one desire to know you All else melted away. –Rumi This summer, I embarked on a process to purify my desire. The impulse was catalyzed by an awareness of my increasing ability to get what I want. I began to see…

Even when she walks through the marketplace at noon her hips have the same sway they have on a full moon night in the temple that is her home. She rarely leaves there. But from time to time she likes to venture down into the city that was the place…

It’s the time of hawks and foxes again. This one sweeping over the green meadow, That one skirting the edge of the forest. It’s an epic adventure we’re on. Biblical times, prophets and all. Only this time spared the tyranny of the Church. Thank Goddess. Thank water. Thank rock, stone…

What we can learn by coming into into deeper relationship with the sacred in our bodies and in this world. — “Be still and realize the truth of who you are within this body.” — The Dākinis Embodied Understanding There are some ideas you just can’t get conceptually. Embodiment is one of them. By definition, it cannot be accessed through the head. It is necessary to approach the subject with a great deal…

These practices are connected to this essay I offer on Responsibility. Journaling Prompts: What is your relationship to responsibility? When you have an argument or disagreement, is it clear to you who is responsible for what? Do you find yourself apologizing for things that aren’t your responsibility? When you’re having…

Cultivating responsibility without resentment is key to navigating this moment of extreme change. — I’m coming to learn relatively late in life that I was never taught how to take responsibility. What I understood about it was gleaned from my environment — primarily the expectations of parents, teachers, bosses, and a system that wanted me to conform in convenient ways then, and still does. …