a new friend?
i enjoy one of winter’s last night-time skies a new season dawning arriving unfurling herself — life! and yet so much of me all human life (?) wants a bug to die (I fear it too) disrupting slowing…
Francis and the leper, an invitation to reflect these days of COVID-19
how much easier to understand… how profound it was for Francis to stop in the land outside the safe-walls of his village get off his high-horse draw near to a man — to this man who was made to……
the steady growth of life
to think that this year we’ll be better able to watch hear feel the steady growth of life everywhere ‘round, and within -- Brian Shircliff
push, push, push with all your lonely might
push, push, push with all your lonely might — or realize remember there’s a greater (earth)force behind you -- Brian Shircliff
retreat, restore, re-vision...
As our Ohio governor was announcing wisely the closing of schools, we had decided to close VITALITY through at least March 23 with an aim toward health and safety for us all. And as I went outside to…
'a healer in every home'
Emergency room nurse Janet Mentgen knew that more was possible with her patients who were in terrible pain. So Janet studied with a medical doctor who was using hands-on healing techniques with his…
Tolo Naa...may his memory be a blessing for our whole world!
I felt very powerfully one of my tai chi / qigong teachers today as I played with these moving/breathing styles. Nganga Mfundishi Tolo Naa was among the greats on the planet. The Medicine Man. The…
a very different yoga...
our yoga classes are more sensation-oriented than physically-rigorous... perhaps hearkening back to the roots of yoga 3000+ years ago... more of an invitation to knowing oneself and choosing to live…
SELF-CARE is WORLD-CARE!
How? When I... ...sit with a cup of tea and stare into space and realize it’s all going to be okay, the bigger picture of all things...the meditation that comes, that first begins with a storm of…
Wisdom from Friends Who Join Our VITALITY Circle
From our current Yoga/Healing Touch Interns -- VITALITY's 9th class! -- who are amazing yoga/wellness teachers in their own right reflect on what they have learned from visitors to our VITALITY…