self-care is world-care

sounds that mean something

Ever wonder how babies learn to make sense of sounds and then sound them out themselves? It's fascinating, isn't it? Those first drooling 'gahs' and 'bahs' come to mean something to family members…


where do you...

Where do you . . . * meditate? * pum-pum? * grow your own food? * discover your prejudices and find ways to grow beyond them? Maybe the answers to some of these questions are more obvious than others…


...change...

We're all being asked to change a lot, aren't we? COVID has disrupted our routines and expectations about the ways we assumed life should be. Social uprisings have sparked us to question -- some for…


who will you be in 2021, 2022?

I love ancient languages. Studied Ancient Greek and Ancient Hebrew in college, and have enjoyed cultivating them since then. When I found yoga, I became interested in Sanskrit, the ancient language…


go deeply?

Would you prepare a meal you love and everyone who eats it loves too and then say, "Well that was easy to make and delicious. I'll never make that again..."? Would you brush away the hand of your…


stable?

As the winds kick up around the world, as everything is changing so rapidly, and as many of us find ourselves moving less with the COVID-compassionate quarantining, how stable do you feel? Does your…


gift

there’s gift in watching  the rain fall time to sift within the soul all that’s gold and all that wants to be   -- Brian Shircliff . . . posted on Facebook 6/23/2020


feel like you are constantly changing and being invited to change?

We do too. From COVID-19 changing our routines & expectations to Black Lives Matter and the assemblies of people around the world inviting profound & important awakenings... there is a great…


there was a day...

before the Kali Yuga, an age that ancient yogis said began 4000 years ago and will end ~426,000 years from now (!) Kali Yuga means the age of strife (!) the age of quarreling (!!) the age of struggle…


love

if love is your politic there is no right no left no middle ...only THE ALL   -- Brain Shircliff (originally written June 9, 2019)