musings

Gratitude

17 December 2024   I’m almost at the midway point in a self-led gratitude practice. Today is day 20 of a proposed 50-day continuous daily practice. It isn’t difficult. Finding something, or many things, people or privileges to dedicate my gratitude towards comes easily. I have a pretty good life and am surrounded by goodness […]

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Hang in there

October 18, 2024   “Times are difficult globally; awakening is no longer a luxury or an ideal. It’s becoming critical. We don’t need to add more depression, more discouragement, or more anger to what’s already here. It’s becoming essential that we learn how to relate sanely with difficult times. The earth seems to be beseeching

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It’s all connected

4 October 2024   A few weeks ago marked the fall equinox. I started this post back then. In my world September was lively, sparkling with engagement, and fully enjoyable. And part way through this favorite month of mine I started looking forward to some grounded stability that October seemed to promise. While thinking about

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Why focus on pelvic health and wellness: Five things you might not learn if you only focus on incontinence, Kegels, or pain

12 July 2024 We don’t need to wait until we have problems to seek out pelvic floor health – if we don’t wait until we are starving to eat, or exhausted to sleep, we don’t need to wait until we are leaking or in pain to strive for pelvic health. Good pelvic health can lead

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Can we shift our perspective – and how’s that gonna fix your back pain?

21 June 2024 I can’t imagine much good arising from another blog about how polarizing our culture has become. However, what has been bubbling up for me lately is the concept of bias, the subject of preferences, and how when someone strongly aligns themselves to a particular idea, or belief that it can become a

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I have a love

30 April 2024   What now feels like many lifetimes ago I spent hours in small windowless rooms, on soggy football fields, and on folding chairs in the back of auditorium stages. Most of my high school and undergraduate college days were consumed by playing in musical ensembles – indoor, outdoor, traveling and resident institutions

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