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....

Yesterday, was my 20th wedding anniversary with the love of my life. I found myself remembering that amazing day 20 years ago of real communal celebration. Everyone played a part — every family member, every friends. It was a wedding on a budget, uni...

Have you ever gotten a nudge or two from Spirit, or the Universe or whatever you call it? -- That force which is bigger than all of us. Monday, I got one of those nudge from Spirit. A nudge that could not be ignored. I am familiar with divine nudges....

Last week I talked about how the mind can get caught up in disturbing thought loops following a significant loss or "traumatic" (individually calibrate) event. Its the nature of the mind to notice and adjust to life threats by keeping them top of min...