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Hong Kong Delivers for the WWPT

Hong Kong is like the Manhattan of Asia. I feel as though I went from this urban, international city (Guangzhou) that is spread out across many, many miles, to a high density, high intensity city of tall buildings and many people. And yet, it feels quite intimate and more walkable in a way. Most of the shops in the area of my hotel at the corner of Jervois and Cleverly streets, are still small businesses, packed together tightly. Every here and there it expands out to a fountain or a temple o...

Present Moment JOY on the WWPT

The SER 1 class formally ended at 4pm yesterday. So much heartfelt, intimate sharing and healing occurred for these women. They dived in with me 150% – offering up their pain for healing and learning how to return to balance within themselves. Hopefully all were leaving with a new, deepened relationship with their inner wisdom. Each was formally presented with her certificate and we took this class photo.

The good bye hugging was long and full of tears of joy. Then, they simply did not leave....

Courageous Heart Energy Abounds Here – WWPT Continues

The class here in Guangzhou is made up of 21 Chinese women from all walks of life. Each day I look out from the front of the class on this group of demure, polite, intelligent women – all of them beautiful, each in their own unique way.

Most of them younger than me.
Most of them making a career change to engage in CranioSacral therapy.
Most of them carrying heavy cultural trauma about being a woman in a deeply patriarchal system. In recent Chinese history a woman’s worth has been consistently...

Deep Feminine Wisdom Grows Our Presence

As I am reaching out to get know China, she is touching me as well.

In the beautiful Guilin, there is a huge rock formation lovingly named Elephant Mountain that sits looking over the river, with her trunk reaching down to drink in the shallows. It is covered in plants and flowers and has paths carefully placed all over it. As I walked all around the base of it, the energy was palpable. It had an ancient, solid air about it that touched my heart. But honestly, in my tiredness of traveling so...

Zen Garden Sunrise Magic – Presence Growing

It is sunrise here in Guilin, China, at the Zen Garden Resort and what a magical time it is. This small resort is nestled amid the distinctive rock formations of this area, so I was greeted by the early morning fog encircling the mountains…my sense of awe is awakened. As I look out my window – and let my gaze travel in all directions – here is what I am drinking in visually. May your day be filled with powerful mystery that supports your growing presence and awe with life.

World Wide Presence Tour – Guilin, China

The World Wide Presence Tour (AKA – WWPT from now on) has continued out into the countryside of China, about two hours out of Guangzhou by high speed train. The beauty is exquisite as you can see – we are here for 2 days, drinking it all in, and having a much needed rest (for all three of us!)

This is a Guilin sunrise over the Li river. It makes me take a huge deep breathe – see if you can breathe it in!

This is the Li river and the city of Guilin looking over it from above – again, breathe...

Greeting All New Experiences With Curiosity

This World Wide Presence Tour (WWPT) has taken me into new realms from the moment I left home.
As you all may know, I am committed to learning more about how to be present in my environment no matter what it brings.

This is not an easy practice to cultivate, as the human brain and all our past experiences form an internal committee in our heads and nervous systems that are hell-bent on protecting us at all costs by limiting our activities. It saved our ancestors from being eaten by tigers. Ho...

World Wide Presence Tour Begins in Guangzhou, China

At almost midnight last night, after 24 hours of travel from Washington, DC, I was warmly welcomed by my hosts Simon and Rosa Rama. What a wonderful way to arrive in this beautiful city. It was formerly called Canton and historically, it was the first city in all of China to be opened to trade with the western world in the early 1800s. Britain retained Hong Kong and China took over Canton. For that reason, it is a very well developed, multicultural city, with a tropical climate and many beaut...

Reclaiming the Wisdom in Your Feet and Legs

When I was writing Reclaiming Your Body I was required to limit which Wisdom Areas of the body I wrote about (or the book would have been a LOT longer!) As an Upledger CranioSacral Instructor I have always taught about the intelligence and wisdom of every cell in the body. Given the right circumstances, they all have the capacity to heal, grow and transmit wisdom when needed.

So deciding which groups of cells, which “neighborhoods” if you will, I was going to feature was definitely a challeng...

A New Day is Dawning

When I awoke this morning in Sedona, AZ, the sun greeted me with such color and beauty that I had to share it with all of you. Then I opened my computer and the information from the Golden Globe Awards last night had been published. It appears that the main message from many was about “a new day is dawning” and bringing light to what has been in darkness for so long.

This week I will be co-facilitating a new year process entitled Release and Renewal with Joel Ying and other staff here in Sed...