I had the honor of presenting a paper titled “Processing Decolonizaiton” at a recent East-West Psychology Student Symposium at the California Institute of Integral Studies where I teach and am also working on my PhD in East-West Psychology.
Read MoreIn July 1994, one hundred women gathered in Santa Fe, New Mexico, for a conference titled "The Divine Mother Conference." Three women spiritual teachers led the conference, which took place over three days: Beth Hin, Sondray Ray, and Leslie Temple-Thurston. Leslie Temple-Thurston, a South African woman, living in the United States at the time, is an awakened mystic who was now sitting in public gatherings of meditation and teaching her spiritual psychological methods of transcending the separate ego, teachings she called "The Marriage of Spirit."
Read MoreA Man by the River
We arrived in Egypt on a Lunar Eclipse at the beginning of Ramadan. Touted by the astrologers as the biggest astrological event of the year, the Harmonic Concordance, this powerful eclipse offered a rare alignment of planets that formed a Star of David in the sky. People all over the world celebrated and prayed for peace at this potent opportunity for transformation.
Read MoreThe email invitation to go to Egypt for the solar eclipse in August 1999 hit me in the belly like a lightning bolt. It was one of those rare times in my life when I just knew I had to drop everything and, come hell or high water, follow that thread that pulled me forward from the future. I had to trust that I would be supported to go there.
Read MoreIt was her meditation and her soul’s calling card. She never had the opportunity for formal piano lessons but maybe my grandparents realized she never needed them, because by the age of 3, my mother sat at the piano and played any song she heard.
Read MoreA radio podcast interview with Kathy Stanley speaking about her work as a energy medicine practitioner.
Read MoreThe last thing I remember was being grief-stricken that I had to leave. After nine days in the bush, the lowveld in South Africa, vast wildlife reserves, on my first safari seeing lion, cheetah…
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