being receptivity

The practice followed an intimate sharing of the broad spectrum of emotional experience. In it, we explore giving each emotion the space it needs. With an attitude of curiosity, we get to know their colours and textures, felt directly in the body. A soft shift might arise when nothing is pushed away or held tightly. […]

The Quiet Revolution of Co-Regulation

The Quiet Revolution of Co-Regulation Holding a Baby, Holding the World There is nothing quite like spending time with a newborn baby to break your heart wide open. It had been twenty-nine years since I had birthed my daughter, Cameron, and babies had long since drifted out of my orbit. Then suddenly I became a […]

Coming Home: 4-day Silent Retreat

In an island sanctuary devoted to contemplative silence, with magnificent views of mountains, forests and seas, we come together for restoration and reintegration into who we truly are beyond the divisions that separate us from our True Nature.

yoga nidra: the landscape of me

We begin with a gentle survey of the inner landscape, asking ourselves, How am I in this moment? We then consciously release the weight of the body, sensing how much tension it holds. As we do, we may notice the breath naturally deepening and flowing more freely, feeling its gentle caress without any need to […]

supine bodysensing practice

A 20-minute BodySensing practice in the tradition of Jean Klein. Recordings such as this one are not intended for daily use. Listen, follow along — once, maybe twice. Then don’t listen anymore. Extract the feeling of the practice and then do it your own way. Experiment. Explore what it feels like to move with minimal […]

Stillness

An early morning breath practice recorded on the third day of the July 2025 silent retreat. It includes chanting of the Gayatri Mantra and exploration of the dvādaśāntas (energetic localizations of the subtle breath).

yoga nidra: witnessing the witness

Yoga nidra begins where doing ends. This practice invites a shift from habitual doing to simply being, in which sensing becomes the bridge to stillness. As effort softens, we begin to rest in the mystery of awareness itself — encountering the paradox of witnessing the witness. The taste of “just before” individuality emerges— simple, natural, […]

yoga nidra: self-consciousness

In the biblical story of Adam and Eve, there is a pivotal moment when self-consciousness arises. Before eating the fruit, the first couple is naked and unashamed—whole, at ease in being. But upon tasting the forbidden fruit, their eyes are opened. They recognize their nakedness, feel exposed, and move swiftly to cover themselves. This marks […]

yoga nidra: here

“We are going to die, and that makes us the lucky ones…” so begins Richard Dawkin’s Unweaving the Rainbow. Our practice opens with a reading of the first lines of the book and then flows into exploring the feeling of being here. And Here.