Many years ago I sat on a stool in the Art barn at Esalen Institute painting a paper mache mask. I’d originally signed up for some sort of contemplative workshop, but found it too cerebral and ended up here. I painted the mask magenta and then decided to paint a vine of flowers on the [ Read more … ]
Imaginal
Experience Joshua Tree Retreat! June 15th – 17th
I’m excited to be presenting a workshop and leading an intensive at the Experience Joshua Tree Retreat in June. I would LOVE to meet you in person. The entire weekend is going to be rich, deep, mystical, and truly magical. Info below. 3 days of experiential seminars, workshops & outdoor ventures for healing, health [ Read more … ]
Finding Your People…to Guide You Home by Ursula K. Le Guin (1929-2018)
“Home isn’t Mom and Dad and Sis and Bud. Home isn’t where they have to let you in. It’s not a place at all. Home is imaginary.” “Home, imagined, comes to be. It is real, realer than any other place, but you can’t get to it unless your people show you how to imagine it—whoever [ Read more … ]
Working with symbolic & metaphoric images
We live in a metaphoric world…meaning that we live immersed in the energies of the Deep Creative. But because we’re taught to perceive and learn about the world through our thinking minds, most of us aren’t consciously aware of how these powerful energies are “working us” in our day-to-day lives. Symbolic images show up in [ Read more … ]
Launch something new …and take the step that’s big enough
When people are ready to launch something new (…a workshop, a business, a creative work of art), they’ll sometimes take steps that are too small for them. This often stems from a fear of expressing their true vision. It also happens when they’re concerned about spending money on something that has an unknown outcome (…when we [ Read more … ]