top of page



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



Brew this Delicious Tea Every Day for Optimum Health
This is a tea I have been making for years with many variations. It's great as an everyday tea for hydration, guests, or my daughter.
Oct 16, 20222 min read


Winter Solstice
In aligning ourselves with the seasonal cycles, we are wise to take our cues from nature: The animals are in hibernation. The plants are goi
Dec 20, 20212 min read


How Reiki Can Help You Harmonize Your Moon Cyle and Treat PMS
Start a monthly ritual of inner listening practices like journaling and meditation to attune to what you need and want. Take a few hours for
Jul 21, 20197 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


Water, Life, and Wellness
Our fluid bodies need water so they do not become rigid and hard. Water is a crucial aspect of our being, essential to life. It is what we are made of. Our relationship to water is part of our thriving relationship with life itself. Water is life. Begin the Day With Hydration Drinking water first thing in the morning on an empty stomach has great benefits. I recommend drinking it warm - hot (to protect the spleen) with a small amount of Himalayan sea salt added to it to gui
May 12, 20172 min read


Cultivating Wildness
One of the biggest sources of dis-ease I see in my practice comes from people not listening to their inner truth and conforming to how external sources tell them they “should” be feeling or behaving. In my process of preparing to give birth I am receiving endless – and often conflicting – recommendations that lead me to question which advice to trust. I find myself returning again and again to the wisdom of listening and responding to the impulses of my body. To develop self
May 23, 20152 min read

bottom of page

