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I got goosebumps the first time I heard “On Children” by Sweet Honey in the Rock. I was in college at a concert for the all women’s a cappella group on campus. That was 26 years ago, long before I had words or understanding for all the systems of the unseen energy that caused me to be emotionally moved. I was in a first “Holistic Health” session with a young person yesterday. I always begin by telling them that part of my work is helping grownups and young people care for and

Hello! Happy fall equinox. Many of you know I’m not active on socials because I don’t like how out of balance they make my brain and body 🤪. And yet. I was pointed toward Patreon by an old friend. I’m giving it a try. I’ll use the space for reflecting on music and learning to play the drums from an energy-aware perspective, explore the idea of how making and listening to music is a spiritual practice, and offer some energy activations for creativity support. If you’d like t

Autumn equinox greets us next week on September 22nd. The day is equal parts light and dark, which invites us to reflect on where our lives are balanced…or not. If we’re feeling unbalanced, what is pulling us in directions that don’t align with our core self? What are we ready to release so we can allow ourselves to ease into winter with the intention to restore our body, mind, and spirit? This seasonal milestone also reminds me of how grace for oneself and others is a gift.

Phew! If last week’s full moon energy made it difficult to find your center, or you’re feeling overwhelmed in general, this is your reminder that focusing on the small, simple, and local is completely okay. Simple is misunderstood and underrated. Simple is not easy. Untangling a situation to its most simple form can be quite challenging! To keep our lives simple in the midst of all the noise telling us we need to buy or do in order to feel good takes energy. Consider this yo

I want you to come to one of the sound baths I’m offering at Green Light Reiki this month. Your nervous system needs it. The singing bowls and gongs create resonant frequencies that your body responds to. They help activate the parasympathetic nervous system (hello physiological homeostasis! sorry it’s been so long, fight or flight mode has been in overdrive because…so many things). The instruments I use in a sound bath create oscillations that our brainwaves match. This is

In preparation for a talk that I’m doing next week, I’ve been reflecting on what is community? Sure, it’s a group of beings who share something (space, interest, values, mission, etc). And yes, we know the science of how we’re hard-wired to be part of a group for survival. But what happens if I drop into heart coherence and reflect on community? The question becomes, what does it feel like to be part of a community? Connection, on various levels, is what community gifts us. F

PLANT WISDOM. Thanks to Kathryn who shared a ritual she practices. However many years she’s turning on her birthday, she uses that amount of days leading up to the day to do something intentional. I learned about this during Tender Heart’s creativity workshop in March and have been simmering ideas of how to incorporate this into my own life. Modifying the idea a little, I’m starting today and will be exploring plant wisdom for the next 46 days. I am LOVING The Green Witch’s

Like meditation and yoga, sound baths are a way for us to experience the unity of everything. Viewed as a tool or resource, sound baths can include the use of singing bowls, gongs, chimes, and drums. The vibrations from the sound waves help our brains shift from beta to alpha frequencies (goodbye thinking, hello relaxation). Immersion in a variety of sound frequencies can also recalibrate energy centers in the body and get them working with each other in harmony. The most po

We are biological, psychological, social, and spiritual creatures. When these aspects of ourselves are not in balance, sickness occurs. Mostly, we ignore and/or have forgotten our spiritual selves. A holistic understanding of health understands the interconnectedness between our body, mind, and spirit. Emotional trauma can cause inflammation of the lung’s airways and other organs. Emotional disturbances can dysregulate the autonomic nervous system. Stress affects the body’s

Reiki is a Japanese term. “Rei,” universal. “Ki,” life energy. This vital energy that is in everything is called elementary bosons and fermions (subatomic particles) in the physics framework of understanding. This universal life force energy is also known as prana, qi, gi, nagual, and tao…among many other terms. When I say I’m a Reiki practitioner, it means I work with this universal life force energy to help clients heal. If you call me an energy healer or light worker, you'

Divination is one of those words that evokes immediate fear and condemnation for many people. I think this has a lot to do with the messaging from the Catholic Church. According to the Catechism of the Catholic Church, divination calls on help from Satan and/or demons. I don’t have the time or energy right now to go into all the ways organized religion is designed to maintain a hierarchy of power, but I will mention one. Before I do, I want to state, as I have before, that I

I’ve been going to 60 minutes in space at the Denver Museum of Nature and Science each month. It’s a free monthly lecture program where I learn about the latest space news 🤓. Something I became aware of during last night’s talk deeply saddened me. A company in California wants to send giant mirrors into space so that they can reflect sunlight onto the night side of Earth, to power solar panels, among other things. Their application to the Federal Communications Commission i

Encouragement can come from unexpected places. I was at the gas station the other day filling up my car tank and there was no receipt paper at the stall. I’d paid for a carwash and needed the code, so I went inside to get it. The worker called something I couldn’t decipher from the back where I couldn’t see him. I waited at the counter. As he approached he asked how I was. I told him well and asked him how he was. “Another day,” he replied, out of habit or fatigue I don’t kno

People share near death experiences, past life musings, and ghost stories with me. Why? Probably because they can tell I’m not judging them. In a society that benefits from us feeling disempowered and bad about how we look, eat, and live, it’s hard to escape the inner critic. The inner critic convinces us that if we buy product blah blah blah, travel to blipity blop, and/or try out the latest shcoopy woop workout, we’ll finally feel good. Maybe we do the thing and feel good f

“The revolution will not be televised.” -Gil Scott-Heron It happens in person. And in my experience, it’s quiet work that starts in each of us. “Be the change you wish to see in the world” is more than a quote to hang on walls or post online. How can we live this? It begins with embodying peace and love. Like many life-changing choices, this is much easier said than done. When we choose love over fear in each moment, we consciously break free from old thought and physiologica

It’s very windy in Denver today! Hello Fire Horse energy. I set my intention for the year so there is clarity, purpose, and direction in my work. I know there is a lot of talk about the intensity of the energy coming in, which is true, and I’d like us to think about it as wind at our back to support the direction we want to go. We can harness this energy for good, rather than for chaos. In every moment, we can choose to attune to the frequency of love/christ consciousness/sou

Today was the tenth day in a row that I practiced drums. Some might call that a streak. I’m learning. Slowly. It reminds me a lot of when I first started meditating every day. That began with six minutes a day on the Insight Timer app. At the time, I didn’t realize the brain and body circuitry that was forming, that would first allow me to build and strengthen a relationship with spirit, then hold a frequency of healing to assist others. When I was meditating for six minutes

My friend and I have joined up to create Tender Hearts . Eventually, we’ll have a space in Denver to do our energy healing work. For now, we’re hosting pop-up events. Our first one is at Hope Tank next month. One of the things I’m excited about is normalizing conversations about what might seem “freaky,” “strange,” and “out there.” Since starting this work, I can’t tell you how many people have shared their ghost/dead loved ones/spiritual stories with me. These things are no

Being a DJ at a bar who gets the dance floor going, or a drummer who rocks, were two ongoing dreams during my twenties. Life happened, as it does, and the fantasies faded. Then as I was driving in the car a few weeks ago, The B-52’s “Rock Lobster” played. The thought, I wish I could drum crossed my mind. Then, as if my thoughts were heard, Survivor’s “Eye of the Tiger” played next. I mean, COME ON. Not only are the drums uplifting, the song’s association with Rocky III in a

I’ve spent 2025 studying physics so I can better understand how Reiki (and energy healing in general) works. So many aspects of my work with energy and consciousness are unbelievable. I literally had to experience events myself in order to believe them possible. One nice marker in my mind is the 2022 Nobel Prize in Physics was awarded to guys who worked on experimental proof of quantum entanglement. Although Albert Einstein and Erwin Schrödinger first discovered the phenomen