restoration
last week, for the first time in a long time, i took two restorative yoga classes. comprised of minimal movement, and holding poses in rest for suspended time, i am always amazed that what seems like relaxation actually wrings the body more than constant flow. this got me thinking about the tension of opposites, how […]
there is something to be said for love everlasting
Not that I need a holiday to push me…but as Thanksgiving approaches I am moved to express gratitude to the family and friends who’ve held my hands and had my back along the journey. Nothing compares to having people who will shine your radiance right back at you when you need it the most, and […]
home
Sitting here in my hotel room in London, nearly three weeks into a five week tour, I’m contemplating different conversations I’ve had with several close friends over the past few days regarding the concept of home, since most of my life is spent on the road. Some of these friends have a similar life, and others […]
re-entry
Kim, my dear friend and steadfast running companion, texted me before bed last Friday night to see if I wanted to run Hall Ranch the next morning. I replied “OK!” without even knowing what I was agreeing to! When I woke, I looked online to discover it was a 9.6 mile mountain run! “Well,” I thought […]
wellspring
This morning, my father shared this quote with me from the Jewish and Welsh physician and poet, Dannie Abse: “…I felt that poetry shouldn’t be an escape from reality, but rather an immersion into reality…” I have been writing to immerse myself in my life since I was 11 years old. Poetry is my way of […]
if i close my eyes the truth is familiar
Over the weekend, I visited the SF MOMA with my niece Isabel and nephew Simon to see The Steins Collect: Matisse, Picasso, and the Parisian Avant-Garde. As a long time lover of Matisse’s work, it was thrilling for me to experience this exhibition with Isabel especially, she was quite taken by the simplicity and […]
volcanoes
High on the trail I run into a deer, in the exact same spot where last summer’s deer spoke to me, so I assume he’s returned to follow up. Letting me get within twenty feet, his eyes reveal that I have now reached a rung of closure. I keep ruminating about something my friend Christiane Northrup said: “We heal through repetition. Each time on […]
lean into the loving
With this week’s poem post, I invite you to explore the terrain of releasing any limiting beliefs currently holding you back so that you may fully inflate and trust your own force now. While this poem is specifically about my experience of leaving a long marriage, its message of liberation is universal. A few weeks ago […]
terra firma
terra firma sifting back through rack and ruin from decades of debris desire climbs with each new stretch of time mileage across ranges seasons states and seas now i am the woman i have been waiting for
the wanting that is waking
i wake gasping for air i’ve been submerged now finally released repercussions repeating cycles of measure setting in motion what will be from what was that part of me close to death