Copenhagen Day Two – Finding my rhythm

It is day two here in Copenhagen. I arrived on Tuesday night and went right to a conversation and presentation at Survival Academy, which is a series of workshops and experiences put on by friends of ours during the next ten days. It was great to arrive and see so many people I know.
Then, the [...]

Relationship Economy

Five years ago I began hearing about the need for new forms of exchange. It was clear to the experts I was hearing that we were heading down an unsustainable road with things as they were. Now, there are a few different exchange economies popping up.
I am part of a Time Bank where I give [...]

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 [...]

16 Ways – The Exploration of Opposities with Dylan in NYC

Ken Wilber is perhaps the most prolific thinker of our time around consciousness. I could get through his earlier works but as the theories became more complicated, reading about them became more difficult for me. I find I learn better through experiencing something in my body. That is why the work of Dylan Newcomb blows [...]

The Art of Hosting Transformational Leadership

I am very happy to be part of the Art of Hosting community. We have all been trained in “the art of hosting meaningful conversations”. Most of the people use these skills in their work – from youth, health care, government and so many more areas where talking to each other and building a collective [...]

Women Moving the Edge

In 2006 I got an email from a friend that invited me to a gathering she was co-hosting in Belgium called Women Moving the Edge. “I have no idea what that is” I thought “but that is so cool and I know I am moving something, so I am going!”
In February 2007 I attended the [...]

Childlike Wonder

In high school, throughout college and during my first years as a music therapist, I worked with mentally disabled children and adults, encouraging them to build life skills through the beats and vibrations of music. I always loved being with these ’special needs’ people. They are special indeed. I delighted in how they found joy [...]

The Woman Under the Shroud

In 2000, a disturbing petition was going around the internet. It explained graphically how women were being beaten, stoned, silenced and mistreated in Afghanistan under Taliban rule. The e-mail was a call to sign a petition stating that it was unacceptable for women, anywhere in the world, to be treated as subhuman and calling for [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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