How to turn bitter cold into cozy cold, especially on the winter solstice? Dance, move meditatively, and make meaningful connections. Join us for a winter solstice dance celebration in St Paul on Friday, Dec 19, 2025.

They say it takes a village to write, and it’s true. Here’s why.

In qigong practice, water helps us soften and flow around our stiff places. As we get our bodies flowing, we are not just flowing with ourselves, we are flowing with all the water. That means we are connected with the support of all the water. Is there anything more powerful?

Dancing not only helps shake off stress and refresh the body’s energy, it is a way to connect with qualities of aliveness.  Oracle cards are a way to connect with the inspiration and guidance that arises from dancing. 

How is creativity and writing transformational? By embracing the surprises they offer us.

Why rest is liberating and radical. To rest is to say I’m enough, and I trust something greater than myself. In a spirit of rest, we recognize that our best contributions don’t come from us, but through us.

Three key ingredients for your sleep and sanity. Process and discharge extra energy, especially as we approach the darkest three months of the year.

Qigong practices for releasing stress in the shoulders helps the whole body be at ease.

The Black Madonna is an important and powerful face of the Sacred Mystery of love, healing, and transformation. Connect with the Black Madonna’s embrace and align with renewing dark of winter through the Early Winter session of Grandmothers’ Garden.

Claim your authority in a lineage of past and future ancestors in the Ancestor Celebration. Celebrate the family stories that are a blessing to you and stand firm in your role to honorably transform anything that doesn’t serve present or future generations.

Feel more balance by opening your energy channels and connecting both sides of your brain in this special Qigong Tapping for Balance practice. Your balanced self is the source of your best ideas, most transformative conversations, and most healing moments. 

The transition of gradually becoming the oldest living generation is like a slow initiation. You will be the one who remembers the ancestors most clearly. You will be the one transmitting the family and cultural linages. Taking time to remember and orient yourself among past and future generations connects you with meaning, support, and purpose. Two special upcoming events help you tend your place in a linage of ancestors.

Aligning with the intelligence of life has these three benefits. That’s why it is so powerful to learn from the wisdom of each season. Seasonal teachings are the topic areas for the five units of Grandmothers’ Garden.

Gathering in Circles with kindred spirits is keeping me sane, feeding my spirit, and helping me thrive. Magic happens when together we are able to cry with ease, laugh until it hurts, and hold each other in warm relationship

Learn how to develop a Ready for Anything attitude that reduces the shock and stress from the unexpected. This qigong practice integrated body and mind around three key messages that help you feel ready for anything.

You are missing these three things if you are feeling stuck in life: knowing how to work with life force energy, the grounding of wisdom teachings, and community. Stay tuned for a new class offering to help you grow stronger in all these areas.

Read about how my chapbook, Map to Mercy, came to be!