The New American Passionate
The New America Patient is expected to navigate a broken system: broken government, broken education, broken food sources, broken healthcare. Industry and Capitalism are the driving currents into which the New American Patient is pulled away, and drowning. If the world is our house, then our house is on fire; if our bodies reflect the world, our bodies are burning.
Marshmallow’s Daughter: The Notebook of an Herbal Apprentice
NEW Blog coming soon.
In April I will begin a 10-month journey as an apprentice through Blazing Star Herbal School in Conway, MA. In this weekly blog I will be sharing my thoughts on the green world, the process in which this tired mom reconnects with nature, how what I learn affects me, and my growth through the program. Also included will be spiritual musings and little inspirations. I hope you will join me along the way!
The Body Instrument: A Meditation on Becoming Friends with your Precious Body
Your body is beautiful. My greatest wish is for you to take into your heart the knowledge that you are an exquisite and remarkable creation. Every imperfect perfection, every blemish, every hair represents the perpetual unfolding of your life. We spend so much time in our heads that it’s easy to forget that we are our bodies, that the mind and body are intricately and ingeniously entwined. As much as we want to forget, we are our bodies.
The Ancient Wisdom of the Voice: Chant as an Instrument of Healing
Most of us can agree on the human voice's vital role in communication, expression, and connection throughout history; however, the voice's innate ability to heal and bring peace to both those who sing and to those who listen is too often forgotten or overlooked.
Lessons on Tuning the Mind, Body, and Spirit
We must remember that our minds are an extension of our bodies, and our bodies are an extension of our minds. While one wouldn’t throw a cello against a wall or take a knife to a drum head, one may easily do the same, metaphorically, to their minds and bodies.