by adminwomen | Nov 27, 2019 | Grief, Midlife Transitions, Mindfulness, Self-Compassion, Spiritual Growth, Women empowering women, Working with Grief
The 2019 Women’s Mindfulness Retreat Nov 14-17 was very powerful!One of the women who attended the 2019 Women’s Mindfulness Retreat this past weekend up at the Rocky Mountain EcoDharma Retreat Center shared at the end of the weekend that what I was teaching in...
by adminwomen | Apr 2, 2019 | Midlife Transitions, Spiritual Growth, Working with Grief
Diving into the Deep of our inner selves “Most of the growth in the second half of life has the look and feel of loss.” Ani Liggett, Ph.D, in her amazing book on Midlife Transitions, When Midlife Women Leave Home in Search of Authenticity, (2009) says essentially...
by adminwomen | Nov 11, 2018 | Rebirthing, Working with Grief
GRIEF IS A “NO NO” IN OUR CULTURE Grief is one of those bad words in our culture. We don’t talk about our feelings of sadness and grief even in the worst of circumstances like death of a partner, child, or parent. It’s just too much for people to get close to and...
by adminwomen | Oct 21, 2018 | Mindfulness, Rebirthing, Uncategorized, Working with Grief
This past weekend, I had the amazing opportunity to witness 12 women sitting with, walking with and turning towards their “woundedness.” One of the participants said to me, “We are all broken, but we are just here being with our brokenness together!” And that is...
by adminwomen | Dec 30, 2017 | mindful yoga, Working with Grief
GRIEF TRIGGERS EMOTIONAL DYSREGULATION IN THE BODY By the time we get to our 50’s, we have probably experienced one or both of the toughest transitions of midlife: Divorce or Death or a Loved One. Many people have said that death is easier than divorce because it...
by adminwomen | Nov 22, 2017 | Mindfulness, Self-Compassion, Uncategorized, Working with Grief
When my son was in a Waldorf Preschool, the school had a Lantern Walk & Festival in the second week of November. I remember that I learned a lot that night about allowing and exploring the darkness —just by being silent, singing together, and being in the...
