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“[We say] ‘Get happy.’ And you say, ‘oh too simplistic’…So what kinds of things are you doing that is holding it away other than than noticing that ‘it [...]

When I find a simple tool that helps humans clear clutter, reduce physical and emotional pain, experience ease, open the heart, expand consciousness – I’m all in. The more portable and [...]

  Even Oprah holds on to stuff … and says it’s time to have another garage sale. [Hmmm, wondering what an Oprah yard sale might look like.] In a recent article in O Magazine, she [...]

Last Saturday I did something completely out of character for (my introverted, worker bee) self. My Mexican cousin and his posse of ten friends from Mexico City were in town for the weekend [San [...]

“…Don’t go see someone who is irritating. Take a day off from work if you feel tired. Go to the beach if it calls you. Listen to more of the music that pleases you. Soothe yourself in any way [...]

“I always feel that somehow you have to reframe that bad feeling – so that you see it as a doorway to liberation, as an opening to the vast blue sky.” –Pema Chödrön   [...]

“I haven’t lost physical weight, but I’ve cast off more than 100 pounds of mental and emotional cellulite. Through this 30-day pranayama practice, I’ve faced some entrenched patterns and [...]

Being gentle sounds so simple on paper, yet I can think of many ways that I can be unconsciously unkind to myself. I even have a name for my not-so-gentle side: “Hilda.” As in [...]

“Clearing lightens. Clearing with awareness, enlightens.” –sbv A student of mine sent me this inspiring email this week. (Note: This is what can happen when you stick with it – even [...]

There’s is a message in Cheryl Richardson’s book The Art of Extreme Self Care that I’ve found super valuable as a pathway to spaciousness. She says that if you want to cultivate [...]