Like many a modern day woman, I am a committed multi-tasker. Among the smorgasbord of things that I am and do, gardening and yoga hold prominent positions. Although my niece once suggested to me that I might need some kind of 12 step recovery program for addictive garden book buying, she has not yet made [...]
Cape Cod Community Daré Provides Community Healing Daré (pronounced dar-ray): African Shona word indicating a sacred gathering for healing purposes The inspiration for Daré came from Zimbabwe, where indigenous healer Mandaza Kandemwa followed his dreams and visions, joining with other healers across boundaries of tribe, gender, skin color and country. In September 2001, Wilderness Sarchild [...]
For hundreds of years Cape Cod’s pastoral setting has beckoned to the ordinary and famous alike to come shed their cares, unwind and breathe deeply of a simpler life. One of those more famous visitors was 1800s writer and naturalist Henry David Thoreau. Although finding personal inspiration on this beautiful spit of land, Thoreau couldn’t [...]
Journey Through Cancer ~ Susan Westfall’s Story In 2001, Susan Westfall and her husband decided to raise their kids in a healthier place. One of a handful of women partners in her D.C. law firm, Susan took a decrease in partnership shares in order to open a satellite office and move to the Cape. Under [...]
The only time our normal stress overload feels good is by comparison with the turbo-charged holiday variety. Here’s to the holidays! This is the time of the year when we have good parties, friends and food, and when we want to give great gifts. But we all know there can be too much of a [...]
I’m fifty-one years old now. I had Cystic Fibrosis as a child. You probably don’t know anyone else who can say those two sentences together; I’m not supposed to be able to either. But I can, and I do. Apparently, according to the Cystic Fibrosis Society, and most of the source materials on Cystic Fibrosis [...]
It was a phenomenal exhibit of the intricacies of the human body! Those plastinated bodies of once-living people left Boston when Body World 2 closed its doors at the Museum of Science. How wondrous, strong and fragile these bodies we animate! Billions of neurons work together to both initiate and inhibit actions that occur ongoing, [...]
The breeze at dawn has secrets to tell you. Don’t go back to sleep. You must ask for what you really want. Don’t go back to sleep. People are going back and forth across the doorsill Where two worlds touch. The door is round and open. Don’t go back to sleep. — Rumi 13th [...]
As my fiftieth birthday approached, I was more than ready for a tune-up of mind and body. I wished for greater ease and flow in my approach to life, as well as for a more harmonious relationship with my physical body. The month before my birthday, when I flew cross-country to Oakland, California, for a [...]
Since 1992, Catherine Ingram has led Dharma Dialogues, public events of inquiry into the nature of awareness and the possibility of living in awakened intelligence. She is the president of Living Dharma, an educational non-profit organization dedicated to inquiry and service with offices in Portland, OR, and Los Angeles, CA. Catherine also leads numerous silent [...]
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