The Eagle and Condor

One of my favorite prophecies comes from the Andes Indians. It is called the Eagle and Condor prophecy. What might happen if we come together beyond our differences, putting past wounds behind us, with the express purpose of creating a new world together?
I believe it is the only way we are going to thrive in [...]

Embodied Presencing Practice

I had heard of Arawana Hayashi and the Social Presencing Theater she does in collaboration with Otto Scharmer and Theory U. Everyone raved about the experience. Yesterday I finally got the chance to spend a day with Arawana in her intro class that she presented here in Boston.
I was fascinated by the simplicity of Arawana’s [...]

Kosmos and the Global Commons

I had lunch with Nancy Roof, the Founder of Kosmos Journal, the leading international Journal for planetary citizens committed to the birth and emergence of a new planetary culture and civilization.
I have recommended Kosmos before and I always will. Each page is filled with information that is on the leading edge of what is emerging [...]

Backyard Enlightenment

Three hours! How can I walk that long? That was my reaction to the assignment from my Masters program in Transpersonal Psychology. “Go outside for at least three hours, if not eight. Have no plan. Just go where your feet take you. Learn to trust your intuition and pay attention to all you experience.”
“I don’t [...]

The Lost Symbol

Dan Brown’s new book The Lost Symbol is causing a stir. No surprise. I couldn’t put down The DaVinci code as it spoke deeply to my love of the meaning behind symbols and the depth of the feminine mystery. It sounds like Dan has his hand on the pulse of the important issues of [...]

Creative Expression – Avenue to God

It has been my life long passion to dance, draw, sing, move, play and be in the joy of the moment. But I didn’t know that for soooooo long.
I put my creativity away, behind a curtain, to fit in and be like all the other moms and wives in my corporate circles. When I participated [...]

Lightening up with improv

Last night I went to my improvisational acting class. The depth of stuff that gets revealed as my classmates and I tell our stories is pretty amazing.  Without much preparation, we allow solo pieces to emerge from our memories and sub-conscious. This can be quite surprising, even to ourselves.
That is the beauty of improv. It [...]

Art and Collective Creativity

January 2009 rolled around. It was a whole new year for me. A whole new life. I get to claim ME, not worrying about what anyone else thinks and hopefully not stopping myself anymore.
I feel like journaling, painting, pulling out all those supplies I have collected all these years. But wait… maybe I should get [...]