“If You Want to Awaken All of Humanity, Then Awaken All of Yourself”

“If You Want to Awaken All of Humanity, Then Awaken All of Yourself”

The world is changing before our eyes. We have become polarized beyond comprehension in the name of race, religion, country, political affiliation, and even personal sexual preference. Our pointed focus on economic growth and accumulation has been at the expense of species and the exhaustion of the earth’s resources at alarming rates.  We are at…

Courage (from Latin: Coeur): To Tell the Story of Who You Are With Your Whole Heart

Courage (from Latin: Coeur): To Tell the Story of Who You Are With Your Whole Heart

Courage (from Latin: Coeur): To Tell the Story of Who You Are With Your Whole Heart I have been searching for the words to match the immensity and power of the times we are living. The changes we are experiencing as a planet are astounding – the strides and atrocities, are as polarized as ever;…

Flying through the Valley of Death and Rebirth

Flying through the Valley of Death and Rebirth

As I begin writing this note, I am flying 30,000 feet over the desert of Death Valley. I am traveling home from leading a beyond words Shamanic Yoga Weekend, part of a Yoga Teacher Training with my beloved Sister, Leeza Villagomez and the Yoga Den Community in Corona, CA. Together we journeyed through death and…

Don’t Go Back to Sleep – Supporting Our Awakening Hearts

Don’t Go Back to Sleep – Supporting Our Awakening Hearts

Recently, staying grounded in and connected to my heart’s knowing has been somewhat of a challenge. Having chosen a path far from what my upbringing would have lent itself to, I have been hearing the little voice inside my head suggesting that perhaps I should have taken a more conventional path. The one that was…