Today, on International Women's Day, we honor the many ways women show up in the world: strong and soft, loud and quiet, certain and still becoming. We honor the cycles we move through, the wisdom carried in our bodies, and the resilience shaped by every season of life.

May we continue to create sp...

Sometimes when the world feels really heavy (the end of Winter perhaps, or the world in chaos of greed and division) a poem or two will stand out as a beacon of hope, a glimmer of what may still be possible. Here is one such poem:

IT’S STILL POSSIBLE by David Whyte

It’s still possible to fully u...

Happy February! Depending on where you live, this month is sometimes the last month of deep Winter. Let's not forget the wisdom that Winter has to share with us, even if we are chomping at the bit for it to be over.

In the quiet of winter, there’s so much life unfolding beneath the surface. Brother...

We are half-way through December. Wow!

Here in Floyd, VA we have had our first good snowfall, the Solstice is coming up in a week, and holiday happenings abound.

My friend Rachel recently wrote this in an email and I just LOVED it. She speaks so beautifully to the challenges we all face in early W...

Happy Thanksgiving week! I hope you are giving thanks for all the blessings in your life. There are a million things that go right each day in your life... do you choose to focus on them?

Here is a little poem that speaks of gratitude, with humor and poignancy. Thanks for Vitality Circle alumni Cla...

Spring has officially sprung with the Spring Equinox happening this past Thursday! Thanks to everyone who attended the Spring Equinox Yoga Practice Celebration (where we celebrated 5 years of my teaching online and 710 classes!) on Thursday and the Spring Equinox Online Retreat yesterday too. What a...

It's February! Yesterday was Imbolc, the midway point between Winter Solstice and Spring Equinox. Crossing the Imbolc threshold feels hopeful because it means Spring is right around the corner.

As someone who used to struggle with seasonal affective disorder (SAD), and still mostly dreads February...

It has been a long and strange week in the continued wake of Hurricane Helene. The new moon was this past Wednesday and it felt like a very ripe time for shifting the energy of shock and pain toward healing. Perhaps we can imagine an evolution of sorts in this time of dire needs and opportunities fo...

Today, I invite you to pause, close your eyes and listen as I read to you a poem.

Here is it if you want to read it too:

May you remember that you are whole by Emma Tait

May you walk softly between the rows
of the goals and hopes
dreams and experiences
that you have planted for yourself

May you rev...

Tomorrow is Earth Day! I really love Earth Day because it has been a time of powerful connection for me in the past and I feel like everyday could/should be Earth Day!

Here is a poem to honor the Earth on this day by the fabulous Mary Oliver:

Sleeping in the Forest

I thought the earth
remembered m...

In this time of longest nights, the natural world encourages us to get quiet, to do the inner work to illuminate what is in the shadows and prepare for the coming solar year.

The Winter Solstice offers us many lessons amidst the challenges of our changing world. When we create light in the darkness...