I'm seeing for myself that the sacred lives in every moment.
I'm in New Zealand, finishing up a beautiful stay with two big, darling black labs and a totally independent black cat. Soon, I’ll leave the southern hemisphere for Scotland with a stop in Bangkok for a spa and beauty week.
I've been wandering the globe since December 2023. I gave up my secluded cabin in the mountains, my car, most of what I owned, and left with a 36-liter backpack and no fixed plan; just to see what's out there. I accidentally followed winter across 16 countries for the first two years. Lesson learned, I'm going to follow summer for a while.
Scotland. England. Romania. Six weeks with family in September. Then South America, where I'm looking for real, ancient, indigenous celebrations that are not overrun by tourists. Like Hanal Pixán in the Yucatán, which is older than the well-known Day of the Dead.
I'm 60 and about to be ordained as a OneSpirit Interfaith Minister, assuming I pass the two-year training. I wake up most days before the sun, and I love every magical new beginning.
recently in Takaka, on the South Island of New Zealand. I was alone on one of those early mornings, in a grove of ancient trees. As I stopped to touch one of these ancient beings, I felt the true meaning of Wu ji, active stillness, my favorite qigong state. The one that is like that tree, perfectly still and yet vibrantly alive.
That moment is the essence of Daily Body Magic. It's my sacred morning practice, and my Magic Makers are invited to join me. Together we learn what it feels like to be fully present, bathing every action and decision in wisdom and peace.
A hitchhiker who turns out to be an Indigenous guide. Water so clear you can see a whole other world within it. The way grief and wonder can live in the same heart with neither pushing out the other.
My publication is called Everyday Magic: The Sacred Ordinary. It lives on Substack and is for women who want real depth and meaning in their lives, but not doctrine or rules.
If that's you, you're in the right place.