CartRecently I wrote about the Fire Element, which governs the summer season, and how as a culture we tend to glorify fire qualities (such as passion, activity, consumption, and drive)… Read More
Wisdom Teaching & Spirituality
Our Curious Urge to Dominate Each Other
At a party some years ago I noticed a guy across the room with a big personality. Like a strong double-ended magnet, he appeared to either attract or repel everyone… Read More
Accessing Vision, Flexibility, Tenacity, Kindness, and Perspective
It’s spring. Here in Colorado we’re grateful for every drop of rain, and we’ve gotten many wet days recently. Once the trees are all in leaf it will be the… Read More
There Isn’t a Hole Inside You: The Earth Element and Your Inner Mother
* * This is a re-share of one of our favorite Mothers Day articles from 2019. Enjoy! ** The earth is a mother to all lifeforms who live upon her…. Read More
Year of the Ox: When Hard Work Pays Off
Among the 12 animals of the Chinese zodiac, the ox is probably the hardest working. Oxen are bred to put in day after day after day of manual labor –… Read More
Harnessing the Power of Love-Sponsored Desire
Desire is a confusing idea. We’re taught that desire is what leads us astray, that it makes us materialistic and unsatisfied with our lot. To be free from desire implies… Read More
Meeting with the Spirit of Winter
It seemed to take longer for winter to start but we’re finally in it, and I’d like to share some Eastern philosophy about this season. Much of my career as… Read More
We’re Helping You Without Stepping Into Your 6-Foot Bubble
Dear Community, We’ve closed our spas in Portland and Boulder in order to help flatten the curve (slow the emergence of new cases of coronavirus to lessen the impact.) We hope to… Read More
Go Deep for the Holidays
I was jogging on the mesa behind our house and my thoughts went to the upcoming holidays and my cycles of introversion and extroversion. For me, social gatherings inevitably spur… Read More
13 Ways to Connect
Before we get swept up in all the material aspects of the holidays, I thought I’d write a bit about the opportunities for inner growth and awakening presented by the… Read More
Living Your Purpose
There’s been a huge surge of interest in the Dreambook this year, so I decided to share a bit more about what makes it special. It’s easy when life feels… Read More
A Rose by any other Name would Smell as Sweet
About 20 years ago, I started thinking about whether my name was right for me. Like most people, I neither loved nor hated it, and I felt it was kind… Read More
Conversations with Briana: Holding Space
Briana recorded this video a few years ago, knowing how important holding space is, and knew that one day she’d create a whole course around it. The Dragontree Life Coaching… Read More
Waking Up to your Expanded Self
Over the past several weeks, I’ve been discussing the 14 primary themes in our book, Rituals for Transformation. It’s a 108-day process with a short lesson each day, designed to… Read More
Whistling While You Work is So 10 Years Ago
Technology has given me the gift of being able to dig a hole in my garden for my onion plant and hear these words from Eckart Tolle in my earbuds… Read More
