Nature is my soul medicine and now that I have been able to get out of bed these last two months I am loving, more than ever, being in my garden, on mountain tops, under trees and wading along cold creeks.  I have had a lot of interesting commentary regarding my diagnosis of cancer.  Some […]

Treatment ended at the turn of the year and that I can officially claim REMISSION.  YES!!! My energy is slowly returning, just enough to get to the mountain and into the garden and gently on my mat.  I am beyond grateful that I am able to participate in my children’s lives by attending soccer games […]

My last full asana practice was in July.  After 4 surgeries on the chest, back, and armpit and 6 months of intense cancer treatment I can barely hold myself up in down dog, plank is a shaky quake, my hips are like wishbones waiting to split, and my toes might as well be in Long […]

My ritual practices for closing out this year began on the Winter Solstice.  I find it no coincidence that on that very morning, nature as she often does, gifted me with a most magnificent and symbolic spectacle.  I was lying in bed and contemplating the nature of birds, my healing, my feelings of oppression.  I […]

It has been a while since I’ve posted, and I have been asked by friends and colleagues to update my progress.  Over the course of my treatment, I have been reluctant to share the private and intimate details of my struggles.  I have never felt so fragile and vulnerable in my life, and it takes […]