For years I have been meaning to get to James Baraz's meditation group here in Berkeley. I am reading his book Awakening Joy now and loving it. (And can't believe that this amazing course has been going on only blocks away from my house...
emotions, truth and chinese finger traps*
The nature of emotions is flow... I heard this the other day on a book on tape. And like a song that gets stuck in your head, it keeps coming back to me again and again. The nature of emotions is flow... And so I have been noticing how...
like an orange on the seder plate
The story goes that a rabbi said to a female professor, "A woman belongs on the bimah, (in a place of leadership in the congregation) as much as an orange belongs on the seder plate." And so, each year at Passover, there is an orange on...
things that are rocking my world these days*
Finding Your Voice: My pal Jen Lee sent me a copy of her incredible workbook, Finding Your Voice. I read it cover to cover in one day, not able to put it down. This topic of finding our voice, where we lost it along the way and how we can...
passion and purpose*
Just a quick note to let you know that SARK is leading a *free* teleclass tonight! (6pm PST) I'm hoping to listen in myself! You can register for it here.
Nico Boon is 5 months*
The way I found out I was pregnant is a funny little story. Literally, within a week of conception, while watching Avatar with Matt, I polished off a GINORMOUS burrito by myself. Horrified, I waited for the inevitable stomach ache and...
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