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Seattle… the mist casts an otherworldly sheen over the city.  The landscape takes on an impressionistic tone and I feel as if the world is being water colored.  I walk Greenlake with my laotong who spots a bald eagle sitting atop a towering, flat needled pine.  A small crow is fearlessly or perhaps recklessly trying [...]

I begin to find my feet.  Nothing feels entirely familiar at the moment.  I was internal for so long that engaging in the world seems utterly foreign.  It is as though I am here for the first time. The solitude and silence that characterized the duration of my fast, has lent a simplicity [...]

My mind is syphoned into the moment. It rests where I Am, undisturbed. The quiet has become a constant. I am aware of the weight of air, its caress penetrating beyond my thin skin… it seems to reach into my interior, a spiraling breath.  It is day 12.  I wonder at this body that becomes [...]

Fear is an invitation to Fearlessness!
Our world is evolving.  The recent global economic challenges have inspired anxiety and fear.  Our standard of living and way of life feels threatened.  What was once appeared dependable and immune to loss has fallen.  We feel overwhelmed and helpless, our very survival feels compromised. The illusory nature of the [...]