Waves

Waves

Embodied pleasure takes me out in waves. It washes through my body like ripples in the beginning. Bubbles of joy that shimmer on my skin and in my thighs.  And then the waves deepen. The current rises from some place beneath the lake. A deep throbbing and...
Wilder

Wilder

I just finished a weekend long kundalini & sacred sexuality workshop in the north. I am forever in awe of women. How they always rise. No matter what the culture says, family conditioning, political climate…women rise. I was seeing each woman (and myself) as...
Winter

Winter

My toes will always crave mud between them. My hair needs the scent of lake and sun. I long to press my face into the green things and breathe it into me like a lover. But winter does come. Every year. To bury me in her white darkness. The cover pulls over and I...
Jade Egg

Jade Egg

Years ago, I went away with my jade egg for a long weekend in a cabin in the woods. I had already been practicing quite a bit with this ancient Taoist practice, but this was the first time I really dove in without distractions. I did deep cleansing practices,...
This is Why I’m Moving In a New Direction

This is Why I’m Moving In a New Direction

For as long as I can remember, I’ve lived by a promise to always move in the direction of my soul. It’s almost as though I have no choice. The are two choices: live in the deepest, most soul-abiding way possible, or leave the earth. It’s been that extreme. I have no...
Black Lakes

Black Lakes

I’ve just recently just returned from my annual solo in the woods (in the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness). I am still steeped in the stillness of my week alone in the wilds. It was a different kind of experience than in years past. I was deeply turned...