Six months ago I met Pat McCabe, Woman Stands Shining, at a gathering on the Maternal Roots of the Gift Economy (and Giftival) in Rome, Italy. She showed up as a powerful and wise teacher and mentor for me… inviting me deeper into my own journey of being a woman honoring the sacred cycle of […]
Category Archives: Healing
The Old Trans-forming into the New
I write this post as a prayer… an invocation… one deep breath after another… allowing the prayer to fill my cells, creating spaciousness and love within me. I stand at the edge of my own personal universe. The rhythms and contours of being a human – the unique constellation of being me, Ashley Cooper, coursing through […]
Weaving into the Tapestry
What do we hear when we listen to the center? What do we speak when we start from a place of stillness, listen to the stirrings of source, and speak to the center? Last week I was blessed to be a part of a unique gathering hosted by the Heart of the Healer Foundation, Speaking […]
Sequoia Prayer
MY SEQUOIA PRAYER When I feel tiny, weak and trembling Or pulled this way and that by swirls of change, Too insignificant to be of service, Too “uprooted” to hold my ground, . I pray my Sequoia prayer. Sitting quietly, breathing normally, becoming centered in the present moment– in this holy instant — […]
A Bright Welcome to This New Year
“Release painful patterns through embrace and not through struggle. We open our hearts to ourselves, each other and to the Universal Presence in which we are sustained. On the brink of this new year, we awaken to renewed choice. We seek the thoughts, images, feelings and actions that will more clearly reflect the Loving and […]
Our Oceans Are Filled With Plastic: They Are Experiencing How Bad It Really Is
Five media artists, led by photographer Chris Jordan, are traveling to Midway to witness the catastrophic effect of our disposable culture on some of the world’s most beautiful and symbolic creatures. But even more, they are embarking on an introspective journey to confront a vitally relevant question: In this time of unprecedented global crisis, how […]
Letting Be
“I thought about… how nobody is perfect. How we just have to close our eyes and breathe out and let the puzzle of the human heart be what it is.” ~ Sue Monk Kidd in The Secret Life of Bees photo by baloulumix