by Gayle | Mar 15, 2018 | 5-Minute Try It
Click photo for video! PURPOSE: Life begins with presence, the ability to be completely here with whatever is arising. This month we begin a series of practices that align with a vibrant way of orienting to life developed by Kathlyn Hendricks, Ph.D. We experience a...
by Gayle | Mar 7, 2018 | Articles
George and Ira Gershwin’s 1937 jazz song introduced by Fred Astaire in the film Shall We Dance welcomes us into this month’s exploration. While I am not intimately familiar with the movie, in this context, what can’t they take away from me? My dignity. Your dignity....
by Gayle | Feb 9, 2018 | Articles
Dance. My beloved and I began a beginner’s ballroom dancing class after many years of postponing the activity. It was simple and spontaneous. My text: Honey, do you want to join a ballroom dancing class tonight? His response: Yes. The basic instructions to the men (or...
by Gayle | Jan 11, 2018 | Articles
Grace comes in the form of staying in bed with a blossoming cold even when scheduled for a workout. Grit comes in the form of shoveling snow off of a roof for the first time even though heights are terrifying. -Both of these happened within the last five days. Grace...
by Gayle | Dec 14, 2017 | Articles
It’s my birthday month. I’m a few years shy of the big six-o. My birthday is not big news and rarely do I call attention to it, but this year feels different. Upon contemplation, I realize that this year my birthday feels to me to be about otherness. Meaning, I’m...