TRUSTING your connection to your innate wisdom, inner knowing and intuition is the first step in acknowledging that the power of resiliency -the ability to ride the waves of chaos, discomfort, uncertainties and the curve balls life throws your way-resides in you!

Join us for a soul-nourishing retreat at the enchanting Earth Sanctuary on Whidbey Island—a sacred pause to reconnect with yourself, nature, and a circle of like-hearted women. Surrounded by 72 acres of serene trails, sacred sculptures, and vibrant summer energy, you’ll be guided through embodied movement, intentional rituals, and land-based ceremonies designed to awaken your inner radiance and joy.

How do you know when you need to ground yourself?

Feel like you don’t have enough time in a day and you can’t quite catch up

What if you started perceiving time as spiral …….?

It’s that time of year when we cozy up with scarves and warming recipes for Fall.

Here’s a super savory muffin you can add to your soup, chili or stew meal this season.

They’re made with chickpea flour so they are gluten-free and also vegan!

These are a big hit, super easy,  gluten-free & vegan!

The practice of letting go is exactly that. A practice. And practice makes progress.

I’m all about the dips! I love to spruce up simple veg dishes (or any dish), elevate a sandwich or scrambled eggs, or a just have something on hand more exciting that hummus or guac.

So, let’s go beyond the hummus and guac and take it up a notch!

Much like we tend to our physical fitness, our spiritual fitness is just as important. 

The roots of yoga teach us that having a daily spiritual practice, a Sadhana, is the key to spiritual alignment.  Building a consistent contemplative spiritual practice is a powerful tool for nurturing your highest good and the highest good of all.

What does spiritual alignment mean to you?

The end of year invites a release and hope for more forgiveness and abundance than the year before.

Every year I do a self assessment and deep reflection to track my progress and patterns both personally and professionally.

So often, people I meet say they’re not ‘good’ at yoga, or they aren’t flexible enough to do yoga or they’re too late to begin at all. To that I ask, what do you mean by ‘yoga‘?

Most of us think of yoga as the physical poses and maybe some breathing, right?

September 22 marks the Fall Equinox and the beginnings of the winds of change...

Quick, easy meal for up to 6 people

A perfect Summery salad you’ll love!

Give yourself some sweetness in all the ways. Self care is a creative work in progress…

Care for your whole self begins with being kind in your mind & practicing holding yourself with compassion and empathy just as you would your child or dear friend.

Stay curious about how your thoughts drive emotion, this can help you stay out of judgment against yourself and align with more sweetness instead.

Your 2nd chakra (Svadhisthana), is all about the energy of nurturing healthy relationships, creativity and pleasure.

We can be so hard on ourselves and be our own harshest critics, but why? Do we ever stop to ask why. Who are we trying to please?

How ’bout we dive into releasing the guilt around what we deserve or don’t deserve and maybe even remove the words, ‘guils’ & ‘deserve’ from our vocabulary entirely, when referring to ourselves.

Here’s a quick & easy appetizer, sandwich spread, dip, inspired by a Seattle restaurant, Vios, (sadly, no longer in business)
I tried their kopanitzti for the first time years ago & it blew me away!  Ever since, it’s  been a dip/spread/meal I’ve been trying to get just right…maybe this is it.

Life in cycles…

As the days of our lives cycle into months, years and decades of past and future, how we choose to spend our time on this earth matters.

Where we spend our energy & attention matters.

I’m a big fan of limiting food waste. I got it from my dad, who was a conservationist/re-use/recycler before we were all doing it! Plastic ziploc bags had a very long life in my house and leftovers are made more fun when you can cobble together a meal from what’s in the fridge. My dad used to call ’em, “lucky leftovers”.  For years, we all thought it was because he felt so grateful for the food he foraged in the fridge, saving it from the trash. It was only decades later that he admitted they were “lucky leftovers” because you were lucky if you didn’t get sick from them! Ha!