We Are Beloved

A free weekly newsletter & meditation gathering

Our weekly mediation meets on Zoom
on Tuesday from 8 - 8:55am Pacific
(We are having a brief September hiatus; next meeting is October 8th)
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Weekly Meditation Gathering

A gentle, guided drop-in session open to all. This gathering explores a wide range of practices — each session is created to suit the moment and those present. The way we practice sees meditation as an innate human capacity, recognizing that our minds are made for curiosity and wonder, and making space to fall naturally into states of contemplation, rest, and reverie for integration and creation. This practice is amenable to busy minds and is trauma-aware: choice, grounding, exploration of somatic experience, and thoughtful self-regulation are steady threads.

This event is given freely; your choice to donate supports my ability to share teaching in widely-accessible formats. Thank you!

Unwinding Anxiety and Befriending Fear

Sep 3, 2024 — Last week I mentioned to you that in the inner journey I undertook in order to take to the sea, I developed a new relationship with fear. This is something folks are often interesting in, so I thought I'd share a little more.

In the Hive Lies the Glory

Aug 29, 2024 — A single bee or a single nodule of honeycomb is a small thing; in the hive lies the glory; it's about the interconnectedness, the whole.

Replacing Nonattachment with Curiosity

Aug 22, 2024 — Curiosity is a way to keep reaching toward that, reaching toward the vastness, reaching toward the mystery, reaching toward the wonder, staying open to the idea that I do not know. It's both unifying and humbling and profound way

Dahlia watering plants on the deck of her house, wearing a nightgown and apron

Precious, Unprecious

Aug 15, 2024 — I'm tickled about the unprecious way I've gone about this precious first season – it's a joy to strike blows against perfectionism.

The Winds of Hope

Aug 8, 2024 — Holy stars, it has only been two weeks since I shared with you last, but what a revolution there has been in the national mood. I encourage you to let the winds of hope nourish you while they are afoot, dear one.

The rear of a truck set up for camping with an awning and a light, a cooler behind it, and huge trees in a very dark forest.

It Is Joy By Which

Jul 9, 2024 — I needed this now, this affirmation that we deserve joy, that delight is resistance, that these things are not only of-light; in fact Ross speaks of how "delight" means both of-light and without-light, how joy and sorrow interleave for him like light and shadow.

a peony blossom and buds and a stalk of foxglove against a wooden table

The Universe is Not Locally Real

Jun 25, 2024 — Little gives me as much hope and comfort as the certainty that we do not know what all this existence is. We do seem to have proved (like Nobel-prize-winning proved) that the universe is not locally real. This gives me hope: so much is possible.

A lush pine-heavy forest and dramatic, cloudy skies.

Now, Being, Love

Jun 18, 2024 — For me, the rational and the spiritual meet at their deepest point, with deeply entangled roots.

a bouquet of flowers on a rough wooden table. ranunculus in the foreground.

Gone to Lavender and Peach

Jun 12, 2024 — The longer I take to write this, the more the golden reflection of sunset illuminates the clouds behind the house, toward the sea.

Dahlia, smiling, while wearing a hard hat and mask and holding a pole saw.

Your Shadow and Your Shine

Jun 4, 2024 — There is space in this work for all that you are. You are welcome in the wholeness of your being, your shadow and your shine. I've designed this next course carefully to nestle kindly amongst the glorious chaos that is summer, and I'd love to share it with you.

closeup shot of a racoon's face with a cedar branch draped over their forehead

Lovingkindness as the Ground of Being

May 29, 2024 — When we practice lovingkindness consistently, unconditional love becomes inherent in all of our being. Love suffuses everything, including our wounds, flaws, and weaknesses, the present moment, our sense of the future; it colors everything with the gentleness and astonishing strength of love.

A grove of trees with stones and plants and a shell path winding through

Sprawling Through Time

May 7, 2024 — Perhaps the thing I love most about this path is that it will take years to complete. It will be imperfect and partial, an intention in progress, for a long, long time.

Dahlia in SF May 11 & 13

May 2, 2024 — I'll be offering private sessions in SF Saturday May 11 & Monday May 13. Connecting in person is such a precious experience; I'd love to get my hands and knees on you, meditate with you, or sit and talk about where things are at with your life.

Tulips in wide blossom just before they drop their petals

To Kiss the Rice

Apr 25, 2024 — As I walked outside and saw the fresh green shoots rising from earth and from branches, I wondered: what if I think of that rising green as love? What if it IS? The green creatures surely adore the springtime; how good must it be to flower and leaf after winter?

blue sky ringed by clouds, clouds ringed by trees

The Fire is Love

Apr 19, 2024 — ...someone else said, "Oh my God, I literally might not need therapy ever again if I just do this everyday!!" We are fire, friends, and all the fire is love.