Musings moving the mind
Some of these blogs were written before I accidentally deleted most of the data from my old website in early 2023. And some have been revamped or recently created from my musings and thoughts now. It is my hope that my writings inspire you to feel and be in your body with renewed curiosity.
Are you kind to yourself?
Today I participated in a pruning course for hundred-year-old olive trees and young olive and fruit trees. We have a lot of old olive trees that were treated in such a way that they are screaming for help. I wanted to know for myself if pruning can be an act of...
A Musing about being connected to the rhythms of life
One of the awe sensations of living in your body is being connected to the rhythms and movement of life. There is no movement without rhythm. All in life is rhythm.. universal rhythm, cosmic rhythm, earth rhythms, the rhythm of you, the rhythms in you, the rhythm of...
Moving out of habits of perfection
Last week during the retreat as we were exploring our senses through our animal body and dancing with its emotions of grief, anger, and pleasure, we came to speak about the habit of perfection, the hurt and wounding underneath, and how it has influenced how many of us...
Pausing your thoughts
Did you know that every thought, every feeling, every sensation comes from the body? So often we immediately attach thoughts and feelings to old stories with our minds instead of listening to what our bodies are telling us now. And in doing so, we have become deaf to...
Soul messages that nourish your inner sparkle
I love to create mixed media collages, write short poem-like musings in addition to loving to dance. It's like journalling for me. Together they create my soul messages: Body-wise ways to heal, thrive and grow In this time of selfies and fast cameras on the phone, I...
Why a ‘step by step’ approach gives more results than a quick fix
I have never believed in quick fixes. Rapid changes often mess with our finely tuned system They undermine our natural rise and fall, resulting in overly intense highs followed by deep lows. We have probably all tried a Jo-Jo diet, where you ended up worse off than...
Rooting in yourself
In my retreats at Jardin de Luz, I often include one or more Chakradance sessions. While dancing through the base chakra myself, I came upon the themes of belonging and birthright. I know that there are many people who struggle with a deep feeling and belief of not...
The way you move tells your personal myth
What is your story?And is it still the story you want to tell yourself? The way you move tells your personal myth and shows you the hidden parts of yourself. It reveals to you the deepest beliefs and feelings that underlie the story you have come to tell yourself...
Our stories start and change in the body
I love this quote and I believe there is so much truth in it! Our bodies know they belong; it is our minds that make our lives so homeless." —JOHN O’DONOHUE Our stories start in the body with the way our autonomous nervous system feels the world from moment to moment....
Awareness through movement versus awareness of movement
We often move on automatic pilot in many situations of our lives, We vaguely know what we do, but do we really know how we do it? What is happening behind the scenes so to speak? How is our action benefiting our intention? For most people, the most basic intention to...