The Importance of Being Important

Hello from a farm in France – where I’m thinking a lot about relationships and what it means to be the most important person in them, all of them. I’m spending the summer writing and playing music and taking care of a few animals and the gardens. I’m super happy to be here and feel…

The Importance Of Words The Importance of Words -getting Beyond what we think they mean to what they really mean. When you say to yourself, “I am the most important person in the room.” what do you think or feel? That’s the question I examine in this first of three videos that examine some of…

Truth is simple, but it’s not always easy to believe. The fact that we are each the most important person in our life is the simple truth at the core of our human experience, but that doesn’t mean it’s easy to believe.  And given the provocative nature of the statement, bringing it up in conversation…

Glorious – that’s the word I wrote at the end of a two-hour workshop titled, ‘Slow Down, Recharge, Shine Brighter’. The workshop leaders, Sara and Sarah, had provided a beautiful setting and at the beginning of the session handed us each a red rose and a little envelope. For the first half of the workshop…

Let’s take this moment to notice our breathing, to inhale slowly through the nose and exhale fully through the nose. In and out. Continue on this way, noticing your breath, while I tell you a story. This is the story of a person who never in her life knew she mattered. Once upon a time…

Here’s another interesting conversation I recorded about being the most important person in the room. I celebrated my birthday last year at Bhud Sunshine’s Xhale Yoga Retreat Centre in Pai, Chiangmai with a dozen people from around the world. We spent long days doing yoga, practicing meditation, chanting, discussing philosophy and eating vegetarian meals prepared…