Finding Balance & Space
There are four different spaces that make up the canvas of our lives: personal, when we are alone; interpersonal when we are in relationship with another; community when we are part of a group with a shared purpose; spiritual which can exist within each of the other three spaces or all of them combined. On […]
TimeSpace + EnergyFields = Spirit Consciousness
TS+EF=SC There are times in life when we experience a time space warp such that you shift into another dimension that reveals the totality of our existence and immortality. In this time space warp, we wonder: Is it an idea, the impact of a relationship or how I channel my energy that the present moment […]
Rules of Authentic Engagement
All change, innovation, and progress depends on the engagement of ordinary people. Ordinary people like you and me make things real by our commitment and every day practice. This is what academics refer to when they use the word Praxis. Praxis is the act of engaging people in every day practice in order to realize […]
We Need Evolutionary Teachers: A Growing Consciousness
The impact of the presidential campaign and transition of power have resulted in large-scale social movements mobilizing women, teachers and school leaders to consider our work for equity. Over the last two decades, we have narrowed our focus on closing ‘achievement gaps’ and collecting data at the expense of examining the very foundation of how […]
The Language of Agency for Equity
“Industrious and conscientiousness are often at odds with one another because industriousness wants to pluck the fruit from the tree while it is sour, whereas conscientiousness lets it hang too long until it falls and smashes itself to pieces.” ~Frederick Neitzsche, Human, All Too Human, A Book for Free Spirits This week we celebrated Martin […]
Authentic Presence and Freedom
I want us to practice authenticity and freedom together. I want us to experience love and acceptance and I want us to channel our energy in ways that can transform our consciousness and the world around us. All human beings are made up of mind, body and spirit and when these three aspects of our […]
This Being Human
Ode to Rumi I’m beginning to miss my painting. The broad strokes transforming the canvas. Blending color, Waiting patiently, Relentlessness overriding freedom. Curving straight lines and scraping below. I’m beginning to miss my painting. Yearning to be there in that other half. Dirty loose jeans and stained fingernails. Free and absolutely at peace with Where […]
Memories that Matter
(Stream of Consciousness) In response to a recent discrepancy over the actual age of my mother, I find myself thinking deeply about which memories matter. This is not easy— this mental sorting and slicing, judging and reordering, prioritizing and deleting. In the process, I realize memories trigger emotions and depending on the moment some may […]
Mindfulness for Poor People
Rule of Nature: Growth 1. Take a beautiful plant in a small pot. Water it. Put it in the sun. It will survive but it will not grow.2. Take the same plant and put in larger pot. Water it. Put it in the sun. It will survive and grow. Watch the leaves reach for the […]
Common Core Dissonance 101 & the Age of Cyborgs
Tightly squeezed into a round table during a week-long Common Core institute, I float in and out of semi-conscious paralysis reminiscent of the last time I was called to jury duty. After what feels like hours (which could very well have been mere minutes), my body shifts out from under the blanket of limbo-ness and […]