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Moonlight Over the Pacific

Another stunning sunset – there have been so many!

Every day I stopped to smell these roses – the fragrance is exquisite.
The sunlit redwoods greet me every morning on the way to breakfast.

This past weekend I got to spend time with two dear friends Kate Mackinnon and Lisa Carlton.

We soaked in the mineral baths, ate excellent food (the food here at Esalen this summer is the best!) and drank good wine (thank you Kate and the Livermore wineries). We jumped in the pool and played water basketball, treated each other, and talked. Talked about our lives, our families, our health, our futures, what inspires us… and laughed a lot.

Presence grows as we drop into deep conversation and r...

I have discovered something interesting on this WWPT – whenever I get on an airplane and cross multiple time zones my energy presence gets thin…like it is stretched from wherever I just left, all the way to wherever I am going. Then I feel a little tired and just a bit disoriented for about 48 hours…until my energy presence “catches up” with where I am.

At first I thought this phenomenon had to do with sleep. That certainly contributes to it. However, there seems to be an actual energy presen...

Just want to finish up the blog series about the World Wide Presence Tour by sharing with you a fabulous street musician that we happened across during the last night of Sydney Vivid. The song before this one was SO exquisite that I knew I had to video him when he started this song. Click play below so you can see and hear him.

Next stop on this tour is Esalen Institute in Big Sur California where I will be for the nex...

It is an honor to teach this work to my fellow CranioSacral therapists and it was a special honor to do so here in Sydney in the last week. The group drank in all the information I had to share about presence, both professionally and personally.

The sharing was deep and potent and touched my heart, again and again across these four days. The “Aha” moments were many as their inner confidence grew and their second guessing and uncertainty receded.

The light in their eyes said it all in our clos...

My time in Sydney has been blessed with many amazing experiences – from the riveting and powerful play Saint Joan last Monday evening (thank you, Louise!), to the Sydney Opera House last night for the Song Keepers concert.

The Central Australian Aboriginal Women’s Choir sang from their hearts – and it was a hauntingly beautiful sound. I was particularly taken with their version of Waltzing Matilda (in their own native language).

However, the song that absolutely made my night was Kumbaya, ag...

Last night was the final evening of Sydney Vivid. I shared a meal and walked with my hosts here in Sydney – Shane Hill, his lovely wife Jenn and his wonderful daughter Jess – and what a night it was. Not only was I able to get a new lens on the Opera House from across the harbor in what is called “The Rocks”, but we also happened upon a musician who was phenomenal. I am going to do my best to insert a video of him playing one of my favorite pieces of music. Hope it works!

First, the Opera Hou...

Two days ago I arrived in Sydney to continue my World Wide Presence Tour (and of course to share my gifts with students here next week.) I arrived earlier than originally planned, so that I could experience Sydney Vivid. Late that first afternoon I threw on my coat and walked across Sydney – from Surry Hills to the harbor – to catch this amazing light show. If you google Sydney Vivid you will likely see the Sydney Opera house from a distance in a still photograph of brilliant colors in the (n...

Today I was able (with the help of Sean and Denis – thanks guys!) to go visit the Tian Tan Buddha which is located at the end of a cable car ride into the mountains of Hong Kong in an area called Ngong Ping on Lantau Island. We climbed all the way up to the statue (My legs got a great workout from those 268 steps). Once we were at the top, the exhibit was such a wonderful reminder about the depth and breadth of the Buddha’s spiritual path and presence on the planet over 2000 years ago.

Then,...

What a lovely four days it has been with this marvelous group of students here in Hong Kong. A huge thank you to Alice Tsang and her staff for making this all possible. I feel as though the power of presence was well received here and I am grateful for my part in being able to facilitate this growth for others.