Hi Dear Friends,

My autumn retreat is coming up mid October so I'm checking in to see who'd like to join me!

This May I was able to resume my personal practice of silence joining a 6 day Silent Meditation and Yoga Retreat at Spirit Rock. Arriving the 1st day I dropped right into the quiet space with a kind of familiar relief. I say dropped because it was like shedding all my commitments, endeavors and relationships for the 6 days except my relationship with myself. For me this has always been a commitment to experience what ever shows up in the Here & Now with a sense of curiosity. One of my takeaways was gaining deeper clarity around how compassion shows up in me. I know I'm compassionate yet realized I still wasn't quite able to articulate my experience. For me it's the ability to neither push away or want to fix the suffering of others. Rather to be present to their suffering and let them know I can walk with them.

Quiet space offers so many unexpected gifts. Come join me in this day of social silence and let's practice being in the Here & Now while opening to receiving the gifts from whatever shows up.