Posts by Erin
Humming Through The Clarinet & Learning How To Learn
A Note from Carl: When I was in fourth grade in 1982, Mr. Ostrander, the middle school music teacher, came in to do a demonstration of all the different instruments we could study in 5th grade. Before the presentation, I had decided on drums, I wanted to be a drummer. I was always moving, tapping…
Read MoreImaginal Cell Goo & Courageous Love
A Note from Erin: For the past many months, I’ve been in what’s not exactly a midlife crisis, but a midlife deep cocooning. It’s invited a dissolution of much of who I’ve known myself to be. I’m practicing trusting this transformation into imaginal cell goo and the Soul’s knowing of what is next, while understanding it…
Read MoreEmbodying Maitri: The Essential Ingredient With Erin Geesaman Rabke
Embodying Maitri: The Essential Ingredient with Erin Geesaman Rabke We’re delighted to share with you this podcast where Erin speaks about the practice of Maitri. Maitri is a Sanskrit word often translated as “lovingkindness” but several teachers in our lineage have gone further, naming it “courageous unconditional friendliness,” or “brave warmheartedness.” In this episode, Erin…
Read MoreThe Essential Ingredient
A note from Erin: I’m honored and enlivened to invite you to this beautiful and powerful immersion in one of the most important practices in a human life. I’m infinitely grateful to my teachers who showed me what is possible. – What is it? – Maitri: A Courtship with The Essential Ingredient. The Essential Ingredient…
Read MoreHow You Move Matters
A note from Carl: As you read this, could you let your attention drop down to feel the sensations of your contact with the ground? Under your feet, under your pelvis, you are supported by this living Earth. Could you let yourself take in that felt sense of being supported? Is it possible, as you…
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