Twice a Month, Every Month, for Twenty Years, Anne has practiced A Day of Silence. From Sunday night at bedtime until Tuesday morning when she wakes up, she doesn’t speak. Not a word. Listening Below the Noise is her beautiful new book about this practice and she is a wise and inspiring teacher on the topic. So inspiring that my husband and I decided to practice A Day of Silence together. (more…)
Not the address, not a physical place where you eat and sleep,
but the place within you that knows your heart’s longings,
the place inside that you call home.
I have a recurring dream that has always baffled me. It baffles me because, by content alone, the dream should upset, unsettle, and scare me. But it doesn’t. It actually enlivens me and causes me to want to dream more. You might say, my dream wakes me up to my life. (more…)
This title is a line from an unbelievably empowering song by Jana Stanfield. Check it out on iTunes. I use it in all of my retreats and workshops when I ask people to envision the life of their dreams.
I am listening to it now as I am working through some early morning anxiety. You know, that free-floating anxiety that is right in front of your face and on top of your chest when you first wake up – those feelings of fear, dread, uncertainty. It always takes me by surprise. (more…)
Last week, Michael and I attended a workshop with Anne LeClaire