I've always wanted to be a mother. I remember, as a small child, dressing my cat in doll clothes and parading her around my Grandmother's...

(A three part series adapted from my final paper for the "Subtle Anatomy" course I completed for Ramakrishna Seminary at Kali Mandir.)...

(A three part series adapted from my final paper for the "Subtle Anatomy" course I completed for Ramakrishna Seminary at Kali Mandir.) In...

(A three part series adapted from my final paper for the "Subtle Anatomy" course I completed for Ramakrishna Seminary at Kali Mandir.)...

My Grandfather was a well known and highly respected person. His birthday is Aug 6... in just two days. He would have been 94 years old...

We live in a time freckled by the scars of human evolution. Politics are becoming more polarized, in-fighting rips communities apart, and...

It seems that the bridge between Kali as Master and She as Mother is the idea of stepmother. Sri Ramakrishna says, “Pray to the Divine...

As Grace would have it, I ended up in a mindfulness based, outpatient program for people with PTSD. Though I had practiced asana off and...

SwamiJi Ambikananda Saraswati’s words resonate deeply: “This Goddess from halfway around the world: should I—and did I even have the...

Growing up in a fundamentalist Christian home (Assemblies of God, to be precise), I’ve always been well versed in being a humble servant...

It is a sacred life that I live… sacredness that I choose to embark upon with this breath… and now this one. One by one, choosing to be...

Rūpaṃ dehi jayaṃ dehi yaśo dehi dviṣo jahi 🌹🔱🌹 Grant us Your form (Liberation), Grant us victory, Grant us welfare, remove all...

Let’s discuss a four lettered word, beginning with the letter F. No, not that one… the OTHER “F-Word”… Fear. Fear is a thief, stealing...

What becomes of a writer if she doesn’t transcribe her thoughts to page? Or an artist whose brush never carries the vibrancy of her...

I came across this journal entry as I was painfully seeking words to soothe my own heart. These words were given to me as I sat before...

The story of Ganesha's birth is quite fascinating... even more so are the deep spiritual truths embedded in the heart of the story. We...

Belong… We all long so desperately to belong… To be seen, Heard, Held, Valued. Coming up time and time again empty and broken from this...

Coming Home to Pure Love through Consciousness I'll never forget the first time I encountered Shiva. A new student in Yoga Teacher...

If I had a vocabulary three times sufficient to my current collection of language, I'd still fail to convey how much Kali Ma has come...