Friends, I’m dancing-in-my-chair thrilled to invite you to join me and my dear friend and guest teacher, Nan Seymour, for a one-of-a-kind retreat at Ghost Ranch in Abiquiu, New Mexico this September. with Erin Geesaman Rabke, Feldenkrais, Embodied Life, & Meditation Instructor and special guest teacher Nan Seymour, River Writing Facilitator How Did the rose…

Wooohoooooo! We’re so excited!!!! Thanks so much for registering for the retreat! We can’t wait to share the magic of The Land of Enchantment with you. We’ll be in touch with more details as the date comes closer.   Our Crystal Clear Cancellation & Refund Policy When you sign up for one of our courses,…

A note from Carl: There is a teaching in the Buddhist tradition that goes: “Good in the beginning, good in the middle, good in the end.” In terms of meditation practice, this points to beginning a practice with a clear intention and motivation, then really showing up for the session, and ending and closing with a…

A note from Erin: One of the things I love about reading poetry on the regular is the way it bubbles up from my subconscious at such perfect times. Often, I’d rather hear from Mary Oliver or Rumi or Charles Bukowski or Joy Harjo or Mark Nepo or Pablo Neruda than my own neurotic worries.…

A note from Carl: Each time I step out the door to go somewhere, I do a quick routine of a self pat-down. Wallet, keys, phone- and, if needed, sunglasses. The gesture is so automatic- my hands know the size and the shape of these objects, and if one is missing, I head back inside…

How suprising (or not) that this same topic is here for me again this week: Resting in the Mess. Maybe it was the way we had to rearrange the whole front room to accommodate our Christmas tree which led to the dining table being so covered in stuff we had to eat dinner on the…

A note from Erin: In the Buddhist lineage I’ve been a part of for the past 20+years, it’s traditional to begin every session of every teaching with this invitation: “Please generate bodhichitta and in that spirit, listen to the teachings.” (Bodhichitta is the awakened heart-mind that is dedicated to the welfare of all beings.) I’d like…

I adore this perspective articulated by two guys I trust, Rumi and Carl Jung. The genius hides behind the wound.  I’ve most often considered this insight as it applies in my personal life. Today, I’m thinking of it on a national level. The genius hides behind the wound.  For many of us, this election and…

Words from Erin: I keep thinking of this line from that amazing song performed by Leslie Odom, Jr., imagining what Obama might be thinking during the pre-election days: “Let’s talk about fear and why I don’t bring it in here. It’s a dangerous word, it spooks the herd and we all bleed in the stampede.…

A note from Carl: Several people that I had contact with yesterday compared their experience to how it felt on 9/11. A shock, a stripping away, deep fear, a crumbling…and under all of it, a profound love, a return to what is most important. While social media has been maddening for me during the election,…

A note from Erin: Have you been waking in the night too? Or trying to avoid the news because it’s all just too much? The violence against native peoples in North Dakota; the mess that is Syria; warfare in Mosul; a black church burned; policemen shot while sitting in their cars; the election(!!) and all the…

Last year I was listening to a talk by Tara Brach and I loved a point she made. She said she’d been around spiritual people of many persuasions over more than four decades, and she said what she’s seen is that more important than the specific path they’re following, it’s these three qualities which seem…

“There’ll be one corporation selling one little box It will do what you want and tell you what you want and cost whatever you got…. – from this song by Greg Brown Though Greg Brown wrote this song 20+ years ago, it’s spot on – though we seem to have 2 corporations and one little…

A note from Carl: Yesterday I celebrated my 44th birthday. I love having a birthday in October. The natural introspection and self-reflection that comes this time of year, the beauty in letting go that is modeled by the crimson and golden trees in the canyons, and of course, the fact that almost every year Mary…

A note from Erin: Today I want to share some questions I’ve been loving rolling around in my heart and mind, often as I walk. But first, I want to remind us of a favorite Jewish saying: “Why ruin a good question with an answer?”  No answers are necessary, but perhaps, we could step through these…

On the last day of a retreat I recently hosted with my lovely friend, Nan Seymour, in Santa Fe, I shared an invitation from writer and teacher Mark Nepo, from his gorgeous book, Seven Thousand Ways to Listen. On our last morning, after a 25-minute sitting meditation, we each went for a 30-minute silent walk,…