Ideas & Insights

Of What Moment To Be Seen?

Sleeping in the tent tonight. I am awakened by the barred owl who speaks the language of the night and bridges the worlds of the...

The Practice of Metta or Loving Kindness Meditation

Loving kindness meditation or "Metta" is a traditional Buddhist prayer practice that wishes benevolence and good wishes toward oneself and another. It is not a...

The Practice of Tonglen

Tonglen is a Tibetan practice of breathing in the suffering of others and breathing out love and compassion to them. (more…)

Haiku poetry, 1st graders, and Yoga

I love poetry. So you can imagine my excitement when my son's 1st grade teacher told me they were introducing poetry to the class. His...

How to Manage Your Inner Environment… Energy Fields and Sensations, (Part 1)

Whether you are an empath, a healer, someone engaged in spiritual practice and prayer, or are all of these, there comes a point where our...

Honoring your God Body

To find peace, to live and love fully, we must honor the body and all its sensations. Rita Naomi has been a leader in Integrative...

Quinoa and Kale with Garlic Mustard Pesto

The other day I took visiting family members to a Washington DC institution: Politics and Prose.   This bookshop is one of the few remaining...

Wild Garlic Mustard Pesto
(vegan, GAPs, gf)

Aaaah spring! How delightful the plants are as they burst forth with the warmer longer days. It is easy to see why Greek mythology describes...