Author Archives: ashley

today, june 6, is red magnetic moon on the mayan calendar. one reason that i like following the mayan calendar is because it provides a tool for measuring the unfolding of reality (time) in a way that differs from the flat, linear, mechanized system of the gregorian calendar. the ancient Maya understood that if one […]

the topic is presence. i’m going to merge together a private conversation with some excerpts from joseph zinker’s book in search of good form: gestalt therapy with couples and families. zinker says presence is… “that special state of being fully here with all of oneself, one’s body and soul. it is a way of being […]

some sharings from my friends: even the rain is drumming giant drops, almost thundering, may it be like giant arms a whole vibration-embrace around the giant hearts of the kids in the cabins their dreams are drinking in the rhythm of a million leaves right now chris weaver and Under One Sky camp (p.s. it’s […]

BEWARE… heady stuff below! here is more from dr. bruce lipton i’m still digesting! As one ascends the tree of evolution, moving from more primitive to more advanced multicellular organisms, there is a profound shift from the predominant use of genetically programmed perceptions (instinct) to the use of learned behavior. Primitive organisms primarily rely upon […]

i seem to be on a science kick. has anyone heard of dr. bruce lipton? in his article about Nature, Nurture and Human Development, he says: Emerging at the cutting edge of cell science is the recognition that the environment, and more specifically, our perception of the environment, directly controls our behavior and gene activity […]

a meditation graciously shared with me, that i am pleased to share with you. enjoy. sitting comfortably, leaning against the big ball, listening to movements of breath, sensing subtle threads of charge spinning out from my core, the quiet depths filled with time’s turning tendrils. attention melts into a line of force drawing left scapula […]

i found this interesting quote today in Autobiography of a Yogi: “The poet is intimate with truth, while the scientist approaches awkwardly.” the scientist who said this also said, “How admirable is the Western method of submitting all theory to scrupulous experimental verification! That empirical procedure has gone hand in hand with the gift for […]