by Gayle | Feb 9, 2018 | Blog
Dance. My beloved and I began a beginner’s ballroom dancing class after many years of postponing the activity. It was simple and spontaneous. My text: Honey, do you want to join a ballroom dancing class tonight? His response: Yes. The basic instructions to the men (or...
by Gayle | Jan 11, 2018 | Blog
Grace comes in the form of staying in bed with a blossoming cold even when scheduled for a workout. Grit comes in the form of shoveling snow off of a roof for the first time even though heights are terrifying. -Both of these happened within the last five days. Grace...
by Gayle | Dec 14, 2017 | Blog
It’s my birthday month. I’m a few years shy of the big six-o. My birthday is not big news and rarely do I call attention to it, but this year feels different. Upon contemplation, I realize that this year my birthday feels to me to be about otherness. Meaning, I’m...
by Gayle | Nov 16, 2017 | Blog
Last month I had the good fortune to attend Emerging Women Live 2017 and to facilitate a coaching circle on Somatic Finance©. The experience, energy + presence + women + motivation, saturated me for four days. My body was electrified with feminine power. I felt juiced...
by Gayle | Oct 12, 2017 | Blog
Definition of insanity: doing the same thing over and over again expecting a different result. The above definition of insanity is most frequently attributed to Einstein. At its core, the message is about the behavior of someone who is not aware, particularly of how...
by Gayle | Sep 14, 2017 | Blog
This summer at my annual meditation intensive, I noticed a deeply ingrained pattern about achievement and expectation, held firmly in place since childhood. Witnessing others achieving and making progress on practice forms, I realized that I am not motivated by...