Gratitude ~ a message for the turning of the season
Photo by Robin Clark Warning: Gratitude Slam People often ask me, how did you get to where you are today? Translation: what circumstances caused you to become such an unconventional creature? As I have made it to another birthday and look at my wild ride of a life, I...
Leap Into Mystery: a summer message
“Forget safety. Live where you fear to live. Destroy your reputation. Be notorious.” ~Rumi Dear travelers on the path….For the last few years I have been slowly and silently letting my old self die. Yes, I have still been teaching and singing and...
Ways that Liberate ALL Beings ~ a solstice message
Greetings Revolutionaries, Life Lovers, Change Makers, I hope that you are loving yourself well as you move in this world in these times. I hope that you are being truth in ways that liberate aIl beings. I hope that when the darkness threatens to swallow you, you...
The power of sound ~ remember to use it
On Instagram a few months ago I posted a video of myself sitting in my car and screaming. I wanted to illustrate the way in which screaming is an appropriate response to the changes and challenges happening in the world right now. I also wanted to show that as an...
Times UP: a message for these challenging times
“We realize the importance of our voices only when we are silenced.” ~Malala Yousafzai Calling all visionaries, change makers, disruptors, and love warriors The time is now and Times up. Times up on the deep seated mysogeny, racism and queer phobia that...
Truth Telling & Presence
The journey of life is toward freedom. A bird cannot hold its perch and fly….neither can we grasp anything and be free. ~Deborah Adele Ultimately there is nothing I can tell you about surrender except Having nothing and wanting nothing; not keeping score, not trying...
Gentle reminder: use your tools.
“To see the universal and all-pervading Spirit of Truth face to face one must be able to love the meanest of creation as oneself. And a man who aspires after that cannot afford to keep out of any field of life. That is why my devotion to Truth has drawn me into the...
Even Bolder News
If you don’t like the news…go out and make some of your own. - Wes Nisker on KSAN radio “Our movements are trying to create a politics that challenges all the certainties of traditional leftist politics, not by replacing them with new ones, but by dissolving any...
True Peace News
Greetings and warm wind blessings, I have just returned from a deep and very activating pilgrimage to Crete where I spent time in ancient temples offering prayers and rituals for the healing of the world. This was no nostalgic historical fantasy trip but a real time...
Wild and Wise One News
Greetings wild and wise ones, As many of you know, I have been on a much needed sabbatical which is just about over. I had hit levels of fatigue from teaching and traveling and working non-stop for years and realized that I needed to break my own addiction to...