The SOULutions Path

Good morning Reader, Over the past five days, I've been sharing the Whole-Self Care Challenge—and I've been practicing right alongside everyone else. Each morning has reminded me of something different. Listening to my body. Restoring my energy. Creating space in my mind. Trusting my inner knowing. Receiving life with gratitude. These aren't just practices. They're a different way of moving through life. If you've been watching from the sidelines, I'd love to invite you to begin your own...

Hello my dear Reader, Apparently, life decided I needed a very literal fall reset this year. After the strange adventure of having my email hacked, I’ve spent much of this week securing, clearing, and rebuilding things I thought were already settled. Not exactly the peaceful, candlelit seasonal ritual I had envisioned. 🤣 But it has reminded me that release isn’t always poetic. Sometimes it looks like passwords, cleanup, stronger boundaries, and deciding what gets access to our lives. The fall...

Dear Reader, This morning, I taught my regular Friday yoga class. I knew we needed to take time to honor the twenty-fifth anniversary of September 11. What I didn’t anticipate was how potent, powerful, and deeply cathartic the practice would become. Nearly every person in the room had tears or a mist in their eyes at some point. We remembered. We breathed. We felt the inhale and exhale as distinctly different—and yet inseparable parts of one continuous breath. We chanted for the happiness and...

Dear Reader, On Friday morning, a mantra kept calling to me. Hari Om Tat Sat. I brought it into my yoga class with my harmonium and shared it simply, the way mantras are often meant to be shared—not overexplained, but experienced. We sang. We listened. We let the repetition carry us underneath the noise. And something in it kept opening. Later that day, the mantra wanted to become a song. So I followed it. And then the song began asking for more space around it. Not just something to listen...

Dear Reader, I was making a quick batch of altar candles this morning to fill an order when I got a call from David at Open to Source Sensors. He makes harmonium microphones — which is very exciting in my world. 😏🎶 As we got talking, I mentioned that I make my candles in small batches and keep them as clean and simple as possible. That led us into a conversation about synthetic fragrance oils, indoor air quality, headaches, and how much fragrance we’ve all become accustomed to living around...

Dear Reader, There are songs we write. And then there are songs that seem to arrive. Over the past few weeks, I’ve been spending a surprising amount of time making music. Some of these songs first came through months—or even years—ago in meditation, ritual, mantra practice, or those mysterious moments when a melody simply starts singing itself through me. I’ve sung them at my harmonium. I’ve scribbled chords onto pieces of paper. I’ve carried melodies around in my head while driving, walking,...

Dear Reader, August asked a lot of us. Lion’s Gate. Two intense eclipses. Big emotions. Big realizations. Big releases. And last night at my Durga Goddess Gathering, it became abundantly clear that I wasn’t the only one who felt it. There was a real sense in the room that something had been stirred up. And now that we’re stepping into September, I don’t think the invitation is to immediately fill all the space again. I think it’s to use it. This is not the month to go back to business as...

Dear Reader, Tomorrow night, the Moon moves into Earth’s shadow. And unlike the solar eclipse earlier this month, this lunar eclipse will be visible from much of the U.S. Here in Mountain Time, the partial eclipse unfolds around 9:12–11:13 PM, reaching its maximum at 10:12 PM. But more than something beautiful to watch in the sky, I’m thinking about what this moment can represent after the intensity of the last few weeks. Lion’s Gate asked:What are you choosing? The solar eclipse invited:Can...

Hi Reader, As summer begins to shift toward fall, I have a few beautiful local opportunities to gather, practice, sing, and reconnect. I’d love to see you at any—or all—of them! Goddess Gathering this Sunday We’ll call on Durga, goddess of courage, protection, and fierce love, as our guide through eclipse season and all that has felt a little intense lately. Come ground, reconnect with your own strength, and remember the power that’s already within you. Old Town Yoga BasaltSunday, August 30,...