I found myself in the Andean highlands with a small group of pilgrims, getting ready to do huachuma (known in Spanish as San Pedro), a visionary plant medicine that is one of Peru’s master healers. (Haven’t read part 1 yet? Go here) I saw the retreat as...
In June, I went to Peru for a few weeks to do a spiritual retreat in the Andes, for which the current euphemism seems to be “working with plant medicine.” Last year, I led my first solo international yoga retreat a couple of weeks after I had been...
Today is Rosh Hashana, the beginning of the year according to the Jewish calendar, when a ram’s horn is blown to announce the possibility to begin again. Each new month — and the new year — launches with a new moon, the first lunar phase when the...
As we start off a new year — some of us with bigger-than-life dreams and plans — I’m reminded to keep it simple. In my yoga classes and coaching sessions, I often encourage folks to tone down their expectations. Because I think “letting go of...
“The end of a melody is not its goal: but nonetheless, had the melody not reached its end it would not have reached its goal either. A parable.” — Friedrich Nietzsche There are all kinds of endings, and my life has been playing a variation of many of these...
Often, life seems to be at a standstill for a long, long time. and then change comes quickly, unexpected. In the summer heat, it’s hard to imagine the turning of the season, but there it is, on a single sheet with a big eye that sees all. This leaf fell for me...
