Variscite – Authenticity and Truth Variscite is beautiful stone. When I look at it rough, I want to pick it up and hold it. It is formed through a sedimentary process on the Earth’s surface with the help of aluminum-rich rock and rainwater containing phosphoric acid. It fills in the cracks as it is deposited….
This post is from January 2015: I just finished up a weekend course on Daoism, Chinese Medicine and Health. I love taking CEU’s. It gives me the opportunity to take a break, take a breath and refocus on my vocation. Why am I doing what I do? How can I do my best at what…
From a Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) viewpoint, infertility is described as the inability to conceive after two years of having regular intercourse without contraception. This may allow some of you to breathe a sigh of relief! In the US, we are normally only given one year or less to get pregnant. TCM and acupuncture encourage…
Click here to view Part One and Part Two of this series. Three days for a retreat isn’t a long time, but it feels like the perfect amount of time to reset. Long enough that your mind can quiet and your body can relax. Long enough to appreciate the new patterns and new community you…
Two teachers guide us through this three day silent meditation retreat. Their names are Tuere Sala and Shelly Graf. The retreat itself is taking place over MLK weekend and the retreats guiding focus is the intersection of the tenets of buddhism, like non-harm and mindfulness, and the work of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. The retreat…
About 15 minutes before arriving, as I am driving down the winding country roads of central Massachusetts, I start to get nervous. Fifteen minutes of nerves is more desirable than days, for sure, but I start asking myself why I thought it was a good idea to try my first silent retreat? Why would I…