I watched Ode to Joy flash mob video as part of a class lead by Martha Beck. It was an exercise guiding us to practice oneness. Initially, repeated the mantra we are one, we are one, we are one until I became so swept away that the mantra faded into ...

I have read about a girl who pinned her healing to the making Of cranes, and how they navigate by starlight, instinct, the ancient Maps scored inside the lace of their bones. They know how to dance.From Emma Trelles' "The Function of a Wing...

Years ago, I took a writing class with Martha Beck, “Writing Into The Light.” In the course, we were asked to write a letter to ourself from the perspective of our guardian angel. I loved the assignment. I loved the idea that we have guardian ang...

Last summer, two discrete young snakes left their skin on my small porch, two mornings in a row. Being post-modern now, I pretended as if I did not see them, nor understand what I knew to be circling inside me.From "Summ...