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 [...]

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 [...]

Maori Egg Hunt

Years ago I attended a workshop at the Omega Institute in New York titled “Other Ways of Knowing”, led by Jon Broomfield, New Zealander and former head of the California Institute of Integral Studies. Jon showed us a  short film that changed the way I viewed reality.
It was film of a Maori elder, (New Zealand [...]