November, 2020 “There is a vitality, a life force, a quickening that is translated through you into action, and because there is only one of you in all time, this expression is unique. If you block it, it will never exist through any other medium. It will be lost. The world will not have it. It is not your business to determine how good it is, nor how valuable it is, nor how it compares with other expressions. It is your business to keep it yours clearly and directly, to keep the channel open.”  — Martha Graham How are you? Hope you have been well in the last three months.  In this challenging year, I have been digging deeper into my roots – did you know that if you go back ten generations, each of us has 4,096 ancestors?  This simple fact fascinates me.  Our existence is evidence of the resilience of 4,096 people, whether we know who they are, or what their stories were.  When I meditate recently, I have begun to call in ancestors in …

July, 2020 “Form is emptiness, emptiness is form.” – The Heart Sutra Dear Friends, The last time I wrote you all was March 8th – B.P. – Before the Pandemic.  In the last three months, I lost my beloved father to Covid-19 in April, while my mom and I survived our own Covid battles.  During this challenging time, all my spiritual practices came vibrantly alive – different meditation practices, yoga, reiki, dreamwork, prayers, ancestors, chanting…My nature meditation experiences from the past few years particularly grounded me and gave me strength and faith, when they were put to test. As I was walking the line between life and death with my dad for weeks while cheering for healthcare workers every night at 7pm in New York City, I kept remembering the nature retreat experiences at the Rocky Mountain Ecodharma Retreat Center.  There every morning the sky was clear and sunny, then inevitably dark clouds gathered throughout the morning, followed by an early afternoon thunderstorm, then a clear sky re-emerged by mid-afternoon.  Impermanence was evident and reminded daily.  …