In the Sufi movement meditation class, we play a lot of middle eastern music. Sometimes it is deeply meditative and other times it inspires you to dance. However, if you are not acquainted with Middle Eastern music, it could take some getting us...
A few mornings ago, I woke from a frustrating dream. You know the kind--a dream where you are trying to do something and it’s just not working. I pushed the speed dial for a friend and I kept getting Home Depot!I felt cranky!My thoughts immediately w...
Have you ever found yourself complaining about something completely inconsequential? I did that yesterday, about an incident that happened at Costco. Two women were moving down an aisle slower than I wanted to go and blocking my ability to move...
As with the natural world, contraction and expansion are an integral part of the Sufi meditation work. In nature there are times of scarcity and abundance, wet and dry, light and dark, calm and storm, life and death. These changes make life...
I forgot to change the title of this email, so I am resending because I know how emails can hide in earlier emails. If you have seen this already, I apologize. You can stop now.Creativity and Spirit are two sides of the same coin. Probably they are b...
Creativity and Spirit are two sides of the same coin. Probably they are both sides of the coin--they are so intertwined.When you allow your creativity to flow, you nourish your spirit. When you do spiritual work, like meditation or the Sufi Moving Me...
I could not lower my legs from vertical to horizontal while lying on my back, not without cramping my thigh muscles. I couldn't do it!My yoga teacher could! So could most of his students! “Weak core,” he told me. He suggested I practice a little eve...
You have probably heard the Buddhist term “mindfulness” and some of you may remember the book “Be Here Now” by consciousness leader Ram Das. My Sufi teacher called this state -- “being in the moment.” But what does that really mean and why does it m...
There is a natural flow to life. When you are in alignment with that flow, things happen synchronistically, almost magically. You ask for something and the universe answers. For example, just before my husband’s birthday, I asked him what he wanted m...
Sunday, April 23 at 8:00 am PDT, I will be filling in for another teacher for a 2-hour Sufi Meditation class. It will be on my zoom account, the same one I use for Fridays. Join me for slow movement, dance, music and sound. Zoom Link:https://us02web....
