Practices & Tips

“Your old life was a frantic running from silence. The speechless full moon comes out now.” –Rumi Stillness. What if it could be as simple as turning on a switch inside you? An [...]

“Moving beyond my amateur doggy paddle. Learned the breast stroke today.”–Oprah Yes even the most famous and masterful among us push through resistance and fear to overcome a personal [...]

When Anne Dimon, editor of Travel to Wellness, offered me the opportunity to become a regular contributor for the magazine, my first reaction was an enthusiastic yes! I love travel, and what [...]

“The peculiar grace of a shaker chair is due to the fact that it was made by someone capable of believing that an angel might come and sit in it.” –Edward Deming Andrews. Why do [...]

“We must be willing to get rid of the life we’ve planned, so as to have the life that’s waiting for us.”–Joseph Campbell. So you’re on your deathbed. You’ve lived a long and vibrant [...]

It’s a quirky title, but the words of this bumper sticker are as good a message as any for us humans right now. In this time of global uncertainty it seems that our collective anxiety has gotten [...]

What if lifting the energy in your space (and in you, by extension) could be really simple? I have a colleague who writes a column for the Spirit of Change magazine. Lynn Taylor is a senior Feng [...]

This little troll pig became our clearing mascot at a recent Your Spacious Self retreat that I offered at Kripalu. Isn’t she adorable? One of the ways we honor the clearing process, is to [...]

“Stretch yourself.” –Maya Angelou on OWN I just finished teaching another one of my spacious retreats at the Kripalu Center where we spend two and a half days embracing the myriad [...]

Even the smallest actions every day can make a huge difference in bringing new energy into your home and life. Below is my abbreviated list of all-time favorite practices from Your Spacious Self [...]