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Here’s a paragraph from a Buddhist book I love which I’m relating to so tenderly this week: “When we look in the mirror, the one thing we don’t want to see is an ordinary human being. We would like to see someone special. Whether we are conscious of this or not, we are simply not…

What should I do with my belly?  I am asked this question frequently, especially since I love to dole out generous permission for clients and students to refrain from holding it in and constantly “tightening their core.” Allow me to share some ideas and invitations. I’m not a believer in “the right way.” I much…

For more than a year, an inner voice has been nudging me, “Write more. Write. Write.” I’ve been doing some of that, but mostly keeping it to myself, wondering where on earth I should share my writings…. and finally, the obvious solution dawned on me. How about my own blog? So, diving in today, prompted…

A note from Erin: You know what’s funny? When I sat down to write this morning, a few things bubbled to the surface of consciousness. A quote from my teacher Tenzin Wangyal which I have hanging above our bathroom mirror as a reminder. It reads, “Attention to openness is the best medicine.  Mind is always…

A note from Erin What a time it is! Ever since I read Francis Weller’s statement, “The task of a mature human being is to hold grief in one hand and gratitude in the other and be stretched large by them,” it’s been resonating in me. I’m like a bell, struck. It feels so very…