Amid times of crisis, inaugural American youth poet laureate delivers words of comfort and hope. With the powerful conviction of her voice, she recites one of her poems from the Los Angeles Central Public Library. “The question is not if we will we will weather this unknown, but how we will weather this unknown together…. …Read More
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One Today ~ Richard Blanco
One sun rose on us today, kindled over our shores, peeking over the Smokies, greeting the faces of the Great Lakes, spreading a simple truth across the Great Plains, then charging across the Rockies. One light, waking up rooftops, under each one, a story told by our silent gestures moving behind windows. …. We head …Read More
Pandora’s Box ~ Finding Hope
So we’ve opened Pandora’s Box, now what? The Greek myth of Pandora does not end with the fateful opening of the box that contains “disease, war, pestilence, and all the afflictions of man.” The story goes on with a message of hope. As with all ancient stories that travel the world told from person to …Read More
Meditation: Square Breathing
Learn the technique of Square Breathing to balance the nervous system. When we are stuck in an anxiety state of chronic sympathetic overdrive, breathing meditation can activate the parasympathetic relaxation and down-regulate the nervous system. The breath is always in the present moment. As we slow down to meet the breath, the nervous system will …Read More
Masaka Kids Africana #StayHome & Dance With Us
Here are some kids making the best of #StayHome and doing what they can to fight COVID-19 coronavirus. During these difficult times with fear and isolation, it is important to find some inspiration and joy. Lift your spirits and watch them dance. #StayHome & Dance with Masaka Kids Africana Watch more videos of Masaka Kids …Read More
Andrà tutto bene! ~ Everything is going to be alright!
As Italy struggles with the lockdown due to coronavirus for more than a month, the country is beginning “to see the curve flatten.” This is the scientific way to say that the reported deaths due to the virus on Sunday, April 5, 2020, was the lowest that it had been in the two previous weeks. …Read More
FREE TeleHealth Check-In
As my community service this month to my fellow Florida residents during these difficult times: FREE 15-minute TeleHealth Check-In For online booking only, I am offering FREE 15-minute TeleHealth Check-In appointments. New patient, first appointment only. Check-in with a medical question. Traditional to holistic, all questions welcome as my approach encompasses body, mind, and spirit. …Read More
Sacred Storytelling Event, Sun Apr 5, 2020
Sacred Storytelling EventSunday, April 5, 20201 – 4 pm (EDT; New York) Sacred Stories are stories that inspire us, remind us we are not alone, and connect us in our universality of emotion and experience. We will have live and pre-recorded stories. Our pre-recorded stories will be from those storytellers who are no longer with us in body, …Read More
Conserve Toilet Paper
“One of the most jolting days of adulthood comes the first time you run out of toilet paper. Toilet paper, up until this point, always just existed. And now it’s a finite resource, constantly in danger of extinction, that must be carefully tracked and monitored, like pandas?”~ Kelly Williams Brown, Adulting: How to Become a …Read More
Meditation: Favorite Place
“Meditation is like a gym in which you develop the powerful mental muscles of calm and insight.”– Ajahn Brahm In this time when everyone is struggling with mental balance, I have decided to use this podcast/blog to create a series exploring the types of meditation and offering audio online. We live in uncertain times. While …Read More