The Present Moment

Kauai Bliss PK Testiminial

Sat, 20 Nov 2010 20:28:44 -1000

Meet the lovely Maura...
She just finished a week retreat with her friend Leslie.
They stayed on Moloaa Bay where they had early morning meditations, walks and yoga in the water!

Upon arriving “home” we had set up for their treatments and brought beautiful, healing food for them. Each day they were lovingly ministered to for about 3 hours. First anointed with warmed, herbalized oils, then the steam tent was placed right over the massage table and we chose a beautiful aroma to further anchor this feeling into their memory. There is always a 3rd treatment each day too... it could be shirodhara, a stream of warm oil slowly poured over the forehead inducing a deeply meditative state where the nervous system lets go... or an herbalized scrub which is used to break of cellulite and fat cells typically, but it also exfoliates and enlivens the skin leaving you feeling so soft, or perhaps a nettra basti, a deeply nourishing “bath” for your eyes which releases deeply held stress and impressions that have not been fully processed...

While in this deeply relaxed state we entered into the most beautiful conversations. We had created a safe and sacred space to explore the inner landscape which allowed unconscious patterns to surface and be released. We laughed and cried together as we witnessed the patterns and real-iized... and re-membered...who we are... and how to live in such a way that sustains this truth and expansive freedom...

I am so grateful!

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Kauai Bound

Wed, 19 May 2010 07:18:23 -1000

Life is changing so rapidly it can be overwhelming at times!
I am just completing a glorious segment on the west coast, I have traversed the territory from Southern Oregon, where my family is, all the way down to Southern Baja where my daughter and I went for some dental work and some short but oh so sweet visits with dear friends.

I had the pleasure of hosting a private pancha karma retreat in the lovely Napa Valley on this trip. I was so blessed to be joined by Theresa Mathur, a fabulous partner who assisted me and added so much to the whole experience.

I am back to Kauai on Friday morning and excited to begin the next chapter. I am full of enthusiasm for some new directions that are opening.

I made some good progress on my cookbook while down in Baja, and have a request to write a booklet on how one can address the environmental toxins that accumulate simply from living in the world of today.

My focus and practice is on keeping my vibrational state as high as possible in order to be less vulnerable to influences “outside” of myself. This involves regular seasonal cleansing practices, ongoing emotional clearing and a commitment to meet each moment with full presence so that I have ample time, space, awareness and intention to fully process all that is arising.

These are amazing times we are living in. I welcome you to come share some time of deep nurturing and meaningful conversation.

Aloha...

Greeting The Morning Sunrise on Kauai

Sun, 21 Feb 2010 08:33:02 -1000

I AM home again! Oh how I love Kauai! She is so nourishing and beautiful. The whales are leaping for joy each morning and there is a new batch of baby albatross in my neighborhood. The weather is dry this winter, and it is spectacular! I have extended my trip another month, so I am available for pancha karma, consultations, emotional clearing sessions and beautiful and elaborate treatments
of all sorts on Kauai and Maui until April.
Come! Relax! Rejuvenate! Renew! Enjoy!

Autumn has arrived

Tue, 13 Oct 2009 16:10:24 -1000

We have been feeling it coming for a few weeks now, yet still enjoying the hot sun in the afternoons on our deck and daily dips into our lovely creek...Shiiiift! Today autumn has made itself known and seen in all of it’s glory. It’s raining and windy and the trees that have been slowly turning golden have suddenly burst forth in their colors. It is stunning! This morning we were graced with a beautiful rainbow over the ridge beyond the creek.

Yesterday we knew it was time to put the garden to sleep for the winter. We gathered the last of summer’s fruits; the remaining eggplants, summer and winter squash, basil, green beans, tomatoes and potatoes. Delighted to experience the absolute abundance of life expressed through those potatoes! In the late spring we had 4 or 5 potatoes sitting in a bowl on our counter that were shriveled and starting to grow, so I stuck them in the deep straw of our “sheet mulched” garden beds and voila, yesterday, in the spirit of a treasure hunt, we gathered a lovely basket of red potatoes!

Gaze for a moment on the swirling vortex pattern of this sunflower head...
Feeling the awe in the pattern of all life as we move into this beautiful time of going more inward.

This chapter in Happy Camp has provided a beautiful space for us to rest from our travels and journey ever deeper inside ourselves to uncover and release patterns that have been quietly running until we slowed down and they have arisen. Hallelujah! New levels of freedom!
Life is so good.

Life is so Amazing

Sat, 15 Aug 2009 13:22:27 -1000

We have humble accommodations for Pancha Karma guests here in Happy Camp, California , or we are also working out of Ashland Ayurveda Center in Ashland, Oregon or Mount Shasta for Pancha Karma Retreats this summer and Fall.

We feel so blessed to be invited to live in the Siskiyou Wilderness right now. We are living right on a beautiful creek that is so clean, we actually drink the water!