Emotions are evolutionarily baked into us. There’s an intelligence to them that can be our ally. I share why I value this evolutionary perspective and how it might help us understand the high degree of emotional energy in our collective nervous system right now.

How do you know when you’re feeling a particular emotion? Core emotions live in the body so body-based clues and practices offer us tools to better answer this question. We can cultivate our ability to perceive sensations due to emotions inside our body. We can grow our interoception.

My story of being humbled and taught by yoga. How yogic practices help to cultivate the art of compassionate, nonjudgmental observation. This coupled with emotional literacy is a powerhouse of skills for us feelers. The convergence of wisdom traditions and science is alive and here to support us with the many normal feelings that come with being attuned and of service to the changes going on in our world.

How AEDP and the work of emotions educator Hilary Jacobs Hendel think about trauma: how defenses are born and its relationship with trauma, as well as how undoing aloneness is a crucial entry point for healing, and is something that emotions education offers.

The act of turning inward and exploring emotions is no small feat. Society has taught us to block and misunderstand our emotions. I know it firsthand. Luckily research on emotions abounds! I share my story and why I got trained in the emotions 101 curriculum I did. Sense of responsibility and ethics.

Is the answer so much a “yes or no?” Or more of a “how and when?” Join my new Emotions 101 with Yoga course to unpack and explore this even more.

December’s theme

This month honors the many invitations that darkness offers with a focus on rest for those of us who are experiencing deep fatigue within their creative cycles of being of service to the world. In the Northern Hemisphere, this season of darkness invites deep rest as the cold gently billows in and tucks the land in for its wintery slumber. What is this season offering you?

November’s Theme

So often when I’m in the midst of transition I want to be on the other side already. Can I slow myself down enough to notice the micro moments within it all? And if so, what teachings lie there that are key to where I’m meant to land next? Exploration at the personal & collective.

October’s theme

In these dynamic times that we’re living in where things are changing at a rapid pace, how can we be in relationship with uncertainty in a way that’s grounding, generative and liberating? As things continue to change, what can we be certain about within ourselves, the Universe, our relationships and the world?

The bad ass field of Polyvagal Theory is giving us more and more tools to better define healing and make a case for why cultivating a relationship with our internal worlds is necessary. Especially the more subtle dimensions. Neuroception - where wisdom traditions meet neuroscience.

September’s theme

As change makers, we go ‘em. Now the question is - what do we do with them? Whether you call it climate anxiety, eco-grief, environmental despair, solastalgia, or vicarious trauma. Join us for this month’s theme on climate feelings to get to know yours more.

In this audio recording I share how I’m making sense of these times that we’re living in. I share the opportunity I see to use collective healing as a tool to facilitate the paradigm shifts we need to address global issues. My exploration is rooted in the question: “What can we take from what we know about individual healing and apply it to the collective?” Share what you think in our free online community.

August’s Theme

Whether the changes you’re tuned into are related to our climate, or to the massive culture shifts that come with technology, or to the pervasive feelings of political homelessness that abound, or to a growing sense of something new that’s right around the corner for us as a civilization…

Being alive these days requires us to have a relationship with newness.

July’s theme

To usher in a new world that’s regenerative, fair and equitable, and beautiful we need to heal the remnants of the old and free ourselves from the cycles that collective wounds keep us caught in. The field of trauma studies teaches us that being resourced is key to healing wounds, and to feel wounds may mean we’re resourced enough to do so. Therefore there’s the invitation to honor what we’ve inherited, as well.