A note from Erin: Hi, dear beautiful human, I’m sending so many blessings on this sacred day of Equinox! My Tibetan teachers say that on days like today (equinoxes, solstices, eclipses, etc.) our karma is multiplied ten thousand times. It’s a good day to set intentions, remember who you are and long to be, and…

A note from Erin: Hi, dear beautiful human, I am sending a little bird of kindness and warm greetings on a swift migration from my heart to yours. Thank goodness we don’t have to hold the heartbreak of these times alone. I’m so grateful we’re connected. It’s September, one of my favorite months, and it…

A note from Erin: Hi, dear beautiful human, Thanks so much for reading this newsletter. We’re sending a warm welcome to new subscribers and sprinkles of rose confetti to all, with our love and gratitude for our being connected. Not everyone is familiar with rose confetti. To explain: I save rose petals throughout the year,…

A note from Erin: Hi beautiful human, Thanks so much for taking the time to open this newsletter. Carl and I are heading into a potent 4-day grief ritual with our dear friends and cohosts Alexandre Jodun and Alyona Kobevka, who arrived a few days ago from Peru, and we’re looking forward to being with…

“Say these words when you lie down and when you rise up, when you go out and when you return. In times of mourning and in times of joy. Inscribe them on your doorposts, embroider them on your garments, tattoo them on your shoulders, teach them to your children, your neighbors, your enemies, recite them…

    Hi friend, Thanks so much for taking the time to open this newsletter. We always aim to share inspiring, soulful, and useful content with you. For the next several weeks, I’ll be sharing writings and reflections as I lead up to the start of my once-a-year Women Embodied group. If you’d like to…

A note from Erin: Hello, beautiful human, This newsletter includes a personal update, a few gorgeous poems, quotes, and songs to bolster your heart, and invitations to two of our upcoming offerings. Thanks for reading! A few nights ago, we had the privilege of attending a 2+hour memorial for Joanna Macy with a global community of people…

  A note from Erin: Hello, beautiful human, Belonging is tender territory, and for many of us, it’s tenuous. I hear this from so many people, and hear that it’s also what they’re deeply longing for. There’s a wounded approach to belonging that we’re all likely familiar with. It’s where we play chameleon, changing shape…

a note from Erin I have a practice of leaning on wise words – poems, old books, new articles, quality essays – all the time. One of the great pleasures of stepping away from social media is returning to long reading. But this feels especially important now. After morning meditation, when I’m sipping my coffee…

Hi over there. Even with all the troubles of the times, here we are, in the midst of this one wild and precious life. And it’s passing. What a fierce gift. This week has included the passing of beloved poet and heart-in-human-form, Andrea Gibson. Beloved elder Joanna Macy, who has had a huge impact on…

In under a month, I’ll be beginning a 9-month journey with some wonderful beings in Women Embodied. I still have room for a handful more folks to join me. I believe this work is deeply important and needed in the world as well as in our personal lives and I’d like to share a bit more about…

I’m grateful to be able to reach out to you today. I often think of this: Several years ago I heard from an acquaintance who lived with the Quechua people in Peru. She shared that in their language, the way they say “thank you” is to say “a little bird flies from my heart to yours.” …

A Note from Erin: I’m sending warm-heart greetings from the one cool room on my home’s main floor where I’m lying in my bed typing under the fan. It’s been a hot one.  Though I haven’t traveled much since the pandemic, we’re setting out soon to visit dear friends and family on the east coast…

A Note from Erin: I’m sending warm greetings to you from my breezy front porch, surrounded by the songs of finches, sparrows, doves, and many flowers in bloom, – just now monarda and scabiosa and sunflowers and mullein and more – somehow staying vibrant even in July’s heat. I confess, July is not my favorite…

Soul Soup A recipe by Erin Geesaman Rabke You’ll need: Space in your heart-mind Several excellent questions and insights The heat of your affection Curiosity And unhurried time. First, find the big stock pot or cauldron that lives in your imagination. Make sure it’s not over-full with exhausting information you do not need to know.…

A note from Erin, November 13 2023 The Vast Heart  This morning during meditation there were many tears, including my own. I woke after troubled dreams of finding bodies, of searching for bread. I woke with heartache and confusion and a felt sense of helplessness and so much care it hurts. It’s our great good…

A note from Erin November 1 2023 Hello, kindred being, Would you like to join me for 30 minutes of spacious, unburdened intimacy with yourself and this precious, temporary body? I’m offering a free class today, 11 am MT, on the theme of Embodying Sustainability. If you can’t join me live, feel free to sign…

A note from Erin October 27 2023 Hello, beloved Earthling, Would you like to join me for 30 minutes of spacious, unburdened intimacy with yourself and this precious, temporary body? I’m offering a free class today, 11 am MT, on the theme of Finding the Gifts Inside Pain. If you can’t join me live, feel…

A note from Erin, October 20 2023 Embodied Presence, grown in stillness and movement, can be the river under the river of our lives, generously hydrating our deepest, wisest, and most vital selves through both challenging and beautiful times. Hello, beautiful human. Before I share about my new course, I want to send a little…

A note from Erin, October 6 2023 The longer I live, the more deeply I learn that love — whether we call it friendship or family or romance — is the work of mirroring and magnifying each other’s light. Gentle work. Steadfast work. Life-saving work in those moments when life and shame and sorrow occlude…

Before you read on, I invite you to soften your eyes and the muscles around your jaw, to feel the ground underneath you, and to notice if there could be a little more space in your torso to receive that next inhale. I want to share a poem from Rosemerry Wahtola Trommer that Erin reminded…