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A Space for Insight and Reflection
Writing that explores healing, practice, and the deeper movements of transformation.



HOLY ENERGY
Reiki is based on ancient healing wisdom that transcends time and culture. It is instinctual to put our hands on what hurts. It is common to observe children doing this when they hurt themselves. Likewise, when someone has a headache we put our hands there in an effort to make it go away. For as long as we have been sentient beings it is likely we have used our hands to heal. Reiki systematizes this innate healing art into a format which enables a deepening of this tenden
Mar 15, 20232 min read


The Love in the Air is Thicker than the Smoke
How can we let the transformative quality of fire move through us in a good way? It is tempting to focus on the dramatic evidence of loss al
Sep 14, 20206 min read


#MeToo -My Journey into Exquisite Resilience
I have silently witnessed, with gratitude, and relief, the echoes of my experiences of sexual trauma in the words of my sisters. This is...
Jul 6, 20188 min read


We changed our last name to Ayla, here's why ...
Naming our own matrilineal lineage is an initiation of our sovereignty and an invocation of our milk line. My daughter, Nymue, and I did...
Jun 4, 20183 min read


Ida and Water Blessings
Last week, I was blessed with a visit from Ida Resi Alit, the High Priestess of Bali for a water ceremony. Ida is a Balinese priestess who, as a teenager, emerged from a near-death experience channeling mudras and speaking several ancient languages - none of which she'd had any prior experience with. This extraordinary woman then went on to be named High Priestess of Bali on her twenty-first birthday. To date, she is the youngest woman to hold the post, with her predecessors
Mar 13, 20182 min read


Burning Man 2017
I'm slowly integrating an unforgettable adventure - an incredible opportunity to surrender to what is, emanate love, and embrace the unexpected as a path of transformation. Within the first 2 hours on the playa, I found myself in an ambulance on the way to the medic tent resulting in 7 stitches in my forehead. Soon after, the battery on my camper van died, my generator broke, and the propane tank leaked. Then to top it off, Nymue's babysitter didn't show up until the day be
Sep 5, 20171 min read


Remember, You Are New.
Recently, when working through some old trauma, again, I had that pervasive thought of "I've already done this work. Why is this still coming up? When am I going to be done with this? I'm so over dealing with this." Sentiments such as this one I have heard many times with the people I work with as well. It's common for us to wish that finally this time we have done the integration piece we need; we can heal once and for all and get on with our lives. However, we are not
Apr 12, 20172 min read


Marion Rosen
Marion Rosen passed away on Wednesday at the age of 97. She was still seeing clients a few months beforehand. Marion’s work is...
Jan 20, 20123 min read

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