Synchronistic Sightings Can you see it? Do you see the magic? Graced with each third Wednesday of the month to lead a guided meditation with sound under a meditation tree by the sea. It was a glorious day. I snapped a photo of the tree we sit under before we started. A jack-hammering crew for the city actually paused their work when asked so we could complete our sound meditation with ease and grace. The crew primarily spoke Spanish and I was able to confirm that one of our participants had spoken to the crew chief who agreed to have his workers pause so we could navigate and meditate with sou ..read more

What’s In A Name? “What do you want to be called? What best fits you?” I was asked as a participant of a global wellness project. Hmmm… Ask for guidance.  For me, the ‘healer’ in Sound Healer supposes broken pieces to be fixed. We are all perfect, nothing to fix, an opportunity to evolve. I ask the ethers, “What’s my title to best describe the present because life vibrationally aligns perfectly in all its imperfections?” A deep powerful voice bellows. It resonates from within, “Keeper of the Open Heart.” I AM the Keeper of the Open Heart. It rings true, it resonates, it sings in me. A gua ..read more

Mothers Messages It’s “go time” now in every present moment. Ripe and juicy, fully awakened. I’ve noticed this within myself lately. It then arose in community by friends and family of every persuasion–my indigenous tribe to meet powerful challenges and changes as eagles fly into my open heart. Powerfully, they come to light to be seen and released in the deepest gratitude for a newfound intimacy with inner peace. Can I stand in my integrity whilst faced with powerful woundings? Can I trust myself to be enough and with an open heart deliver? I circle back to two messages from my recently depar ..read more

Keeper of the Open Heart After the separation when my departed husband passed, there were so many grief-filled ‘Firsts’ sifting through the sands of the hourglass. First birthday without you in over forty years, first holidays without you, first birthdays of our daughters without you. Our family evoked a grief so huge that sometimes joy became a calamity and messed with my sanity. Many dear ones said to me, “The Firsts are very challenging.” “It gets better,” they’d say yet it seemed like the ‘firsts’ would never end even though I did much traveling around the world and within. Almost six year ..read more

My New Year’s Gift to You As my mother leaned forward to blow out the candles on her 95th birthday cake, I was overcome, struck, inspired, on fire and reminded of the beauty of possibilities that swirl around us… every year, everywhere, everyday, in every breath. Are you willing to be surprised when abject grace appears before your eyes? Unlikely place. Ease and grace. An arduous climb as miracles unwind. Each morning I am grateful for the colors of the rising sun reflected and refracted on the clouds. Myriad possibilities as I vocalize out loud or in silence tender. I AM a rainbow bender. Lis ..read more

“A rose by any other name would smell as sweet.” - William Shakespeare One of the most powerful things our parents give us is our name at birth. What about the name(s) we choose for ourselves? Recently, I had the occasion to choose a new name for myself for my role as a Founding Mother of Divina Rising, a “Next Level Wellness Community for Conscious, Heart-Centered Women.” In the past, I’ve had little attachment to titles and names, yet somehow, this seemed really important. I’d been asked what role I’d envision myself playing in addition to my participation as a Sound Healer. What immediatel ..read more

Nature’s Hug In the spirit of feeling safe and being nestled in security, one thing we all agreed on in a circle of wise lady friends, is that in Mother Nature’s dear embrace we find nurturing and a fertile warmth no chaos may erase. The humming of a furry striped buzzing bee who flits from flower bud to flower sipping nectar while conceiving pollination. A geometrically patterned butterfly or winged moth perched upon the apex of a blade of grass or guardian tree branches. There’s a heartbeat one can feel in the earth as we walk consciously with bare feet. The subtle rustle of the wind blowing ..read more

The Blessings in My Near Death Experiences At the age of 2 1/2, when one is not really supposed to remember, I distinctly remember my first near death experience. At that young age I needed a tonsillectomy yet surgery was delayed due to a concern with my blood clotting factor. I was finally cleared for surgery however during recovery blood came flowing out of every orafice and I was placed in isolation. I saw my soul like a glowing light hovering up above near the ceiling in a corner of the room. There was a central light illuminating my tiny body swaddled in white all alone on a gurney in the ..read more

The sweet and smelly nourishment of flower essences Dandelion angel puffs on which to make wishes. A gramma Rose, I’ve never known, except in Spirit. Since my memory recalls, flowers have always caught my eye and captured my heart for their beauty and their fragrance—most splendid Nature’s art. Do you remember making daisy chains? Or carefully extracting the stem-like pistil center of Ixora blooms to yield a drop of honey dew, a sweet sip of flower essence magic? Nature nurtures and nourishes with her flowers who have miraculous healing powers especially when emotions are out of balance. Flowe ..read more

The Hidden Vibrations and Messages in Our Names I revel in the wonders that are hidden in plain sight. They sometimes go unnoticed in this cacophony of light and pure Source energy entering our world. Radiant lightning flashes with rainbows on my eyelashes. A deeply soaking downpour of healing rain to revitalize Ahelia tree as we’re all reborn again and again and again.  Popcorn green forests emerge upon her tree skin. Ahelia is a Hebrew name that means “She Who Knows,” present in the oasis garden that in my backyard grows. Each morning, I arise and walk barefoot upon the Earth to absorb ..read more