A few nights ago while I was at the coast in LaPush, sinking into a powerful place during a time of deep change, learning from the raging winds, enormous waves, wisdom of the land, and lessons of community, I had a powerful dream. While I was writing the dream the next morning, I felt my […]
Author Archives: ashley
A Couple of Questions
A couple of questions: Do others out there feel my thoughts towards them when they are so very present with me and yet have failed to make it into concrete forms? I am absolutely LOVING reading the 5 things I might not know about many of you and yet I’ve failed to sprinkle your comment […]
Learnings From a Gathering of Hosts
I offer to you a woven tapestry of some of my notes and immediate learnings from a gathering of hosts on Bowen Island in November and learnings as they continue to emerge while I integrate back into daily life! Recognizing what one wants to play with in service to the whole. Maintaining connection with that […]
The World Needs Women’s Attention & Vision
“The world is desperately in need of women’s attention and vision, but we are so preoccupied, so dangerously distracted…I wrote this play so that women would stop fixing their bodies and start fixing the planet.” Eve Ensler
Giving and Receiving Gratitude: Whale Rescued
Heart touching article in the San Francisco Chronicle about a humpback whale that was freed by divers from a tangle of crab trap lines near the Farallon Islands. The whale nudged its rescuers and flapped around in what marine experts said was a rare and remarkable encounter. The 45- to 50-foot female humpback, estimated to […]
Paul Ely Smith, Handmade
A wonderful reveiw of Paul Ely Smith’s new album, Handmade. He makes of each performance an exercise in adaptive re-use, bending the sonic and melodic character of the taqsim to his own purposes and gifts, but allowing it to remain in the meditative space it’s always occupied. So while remaining true to the spirit of […]
Responding Consciously and Compassionately
Sharing with you a handout from a parenting group: Love is a total commitment to helping ourselves and others realize our full potential. Love is having faith in and celebrating our own abilities and our children’s abilities. “Most often it’s self-preoccupation that keeps usfrom noticing what others need in the first place.” ~Daniel Goleman We […]