Posts by Erin
Angel of Limitation
A note from Erin: Hello! Something I’ve been thinking about this week is limitations. When I was 14, I used to go to a bookstore at the mall with my girlfriend, and we’d get all excited about discovering books about such far out topics as shamanism, new age philosophy, astrology and anything remotely resembling an…
Read MoreInner Richness + The Peace of Giving One’s Gold Away
Good day! September is such a glorious month. One of my favorites. Everything seems golden. On a recent camping trip in the Grand Staircase Escalante National Monument, and a morning drive up Mill Creek Canyon today, and even just around the city, I find golden flowers, honey colored aspen leaves just beginning to turn, and…
Read MoreA Good Reminder on a Challenging Day
A note from Erin: This morning, a line from a Mary Oliver poem comes to mind. “I am so distant from the hope of myself, in which I have goodness, and discernment, and never hurry through the world but walk slowly, and bow often.” I’m having one of those days. Reintegration after a week of…
Read MoreAn Important Question: Have You Become Yourself?
A note from Erin: “The role of a fully realized human being,” Meade says, “is to arrive at the door of death having become oneself.” I love this quote from Michael Meade. He continues in an interview that was featured in the Sun Magazine, “To become nobody but yourself, to struggle against the tide of…
Read MoreMaitri is the bomb + Registration open for fall Embodied Life Class
A note from Erin: Good morning! This morning I’m thinking about maitri. Do you know this word? It’s one of my favorite words in any language. It’s from Sanskrit and it is often translated as something like “unconditional friendliness” or “unconditional warm welcoming.” I remember a powerful point from a teaching given by Pema Chodron in…
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