People often ask me to share recipes, so here’s one of my favourites! I started making chai tea when I lived in Australia, to help warm me up on those cold winter mornings. It’s not Canada cold but many homes don’t have central heating or baseboards so you need to bundle up! Sipping on this tea (caffeinated or not) feels […]

The Fire Element is associated to the Heart system and to the hottest time of the year, warming the earth and sometimes burning as the sun reaches its apex. Nature expands to its maximum potential and similarly we feel full and free. Flowers, fruit and vegetables grow abundantly and fill our sight with bright colours that enter our being like […]

What a crazy time! What an unbelievable turn of events! Whether we are out of work, working from home or facing the collective anxiety of having to work outside the home, we are all experiencing a new reality. Whether this is a man-made virus, a political quarrel, an economic strategy, all or none of these, we are disrupted by unprecedented […]

Spring represents the Wood Element, the East and the vibrancy of the rising sun. Each day can feel like the awakening of a gigantic force or rebirth. The energy of Spring signals anticipation, we know to expect it but we’re not sure exactly when it will come. There is tension building all around and when it finally manifests, it is […]

The mind is equally a powerful ally as a brutal adversary. In meditation you learn to quiet the mind and detach from your thoughts. But what happens when anxiety gets the best of you and thoughts become stormy, repetitive, uncontrollable? Over years of being a healer, I recognize that it is often a biochemical consequence. The body may be undernourished, […]

The coldest months of the year bless us with the most favourable moments of introspection. A peak in darkness provides the opportunity to enter deeply into the caverns of the soul and travel a distance inwards. Nature covers itself with ice and snow, slowing it’s movements in a display of peaceful tranquility. The process of Autumn comes to an end; […]

While in Rome, I figured I’d find this place. It’s so big, I was flabbergasted when I realized it’s located downtown Washington. Sounds clueless I know, but I’ve never been interested and I don’t watch the news. Lately though, it has been hard not to see. That day, renovations were taking place; the fence was doubled all around but most […]

Sure ,I’m here to help and listen and give but I won’t lie; I used to be really sensitive to peoples’ pain and suffering. It took years of practice to build a structure that could hold space for other peoples’ trauma. When I was in my teens and twenties, I stood against war and the army. I wanted it all […]

  When you feel stress in your body or mind, find a comfortable spot and lay your body down. Enjoy listening and engaging in this simple meditation, as you lighten and float.   Special thanks : Deep Relaxation Preview by Kevin MacLeodLink: https://filmmusic.io/song/5726-deep-relaxation-previewLicense: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/  

The energy in the season of Autumn is vigorous, purifying, and crisp; we begin the transition from the expansive brightness of summer to the retracting movement of Fall. The air is cooler and drier, inviting us to take it in and breathe slowly & fully. We observe the first frost and nature changing colours announcing its need for alchemy as […]