A dreamstory, poetry of visions, moving through on a crisp morning at the Art of Hosting on Whidbey Island. Trees droop on a heavy wet morning.The fog offering a lightness to the sky, an air of awakening becoming evident in the crisp light softened by the mist. A woman sits at the base of a […]
Author Archives: ashley
Seeds of Compassion New Website
“Seeds of Compassion is an initiative to nurture kindness and compassion in the world starting with children and all those who touch their lives. By connecting parents, educators, and caregivers, Seeds of Compassion will inspire and empower adults and youth in the development of kinder and more compassionate local and global communities.” One of the […]
Receiving Compliments and Passing Them On
Tom Davis offered a wonderful practice for interacting with compliments in response to an earlier inquiry into compliments: When Malcom Forbes was awarded the first ever GQ Manstyle award he said something like, “We most appreciate those awards we least deserve.” So I always try to remind myself of that when someone gives me a […]
Balancing Knowing and Not-Knowing
knowing my cells breathea deep knowing clarity my body resonateswith recognition my heart is awakea full knowing awareness not-knowing I open, accept, surrender being withthe mysterious emergenceof this moment falling, floating, flailing, flyinga flower turning inside outa void of total stillness knowing is trustingthe sacred listeningof my human instrument not-knowing is trustingthe sacred wholeness of […]
Curious about knowing and unknowing
What does it feel liketo live lifeguided by a knowing that I don’t knowand I don’t need to know? I’d love to learn from your experiences. Got a story to share?
Do You Like Me? (sigh and smirk!)
I had a great conversation with a friend last night about the energy I spend (people spend) worrying about whether or not people like me (us). I’ve also been swinging the tree-tops of my monkey mind wondering (worrying) if the heart of my intentions is felt by others. Oh the places I go when following […]
Sweet Seattle Rituals
In Seattle, there are many residential roads where cars are parked on both sides of the street and there is only room for one car to drive through at a time. I sincerely treasure the norms that the citizens of this city have developed for this situation. Drivers self-organize. One person chooses to pull over […]