I have intentionally added 2025 to the title of this entry even though it’s being published on the last day of February. We are already two months in, with 2025 (clearly) already underway. So let me explain.

I have found myself contemplating this number, our Gregorian calendar year, 2025. Simply, I’m finding it to be a clear marker of where we are these days. A quarter of a century marked. Somehow, it feels like a very strong, resolved marker, reminding us that where we are now needs our full attention.

Here we are walking this path of life, propelled by time. Bound to the past and the future. But also, always within a moment all of its own. Our present moment.

And how do we want to be here? Not just in response to circumstance and the deluge of this information age… Of this, I feel more and more certain.

Where do we want to come from? From within ourselves, how do we orient so that no matter what we meet along the way our path is sacred? Reality is, we make an impact on the world as much as it impacts us. How do we impress ourselves upon the world in a positive, loving way? What is the resonance of our footprints?.. You might say. How is it up to us to paint the world gold, to repair the world?

I know saying this could easily lead to overwhelm, so I hope my gentle intention comes through– to ignite a stirring and power-building contemplation. May we become aware that this making sacred is within our reach in this very moment.

My meditation teacher began this year telling the community that it was time to leave the pandemic behind. As I’ve contemplated her words, I have come to understand that she isn’t asking us to try to forget what we went through, the memories and the lessons learned, the weight of the past five years. Instead, to reconsider the expectations and the structures, what developed and was set in motion while we were under that weight, and all that crumbled under that weight and now desperately needs to transform. To free this moment to be what it needs to be, for us and for the world. And for us to show up ready to meet this moment in true consecration.

In hopes many of you are looking for community and sacred space, I have a lot of retreats, courses and trainings coming up. A few of my upcoming retreats/online classes are below.

I also invite you to check out my full schedule of retreats, courses and trainings.

SPRING URBAN RETREAT
This Urban Spring retreat will take place in my home studio in Harlem, NYC March 28-30. This retreat arrives just one week into Spring. Early Spring concludes the thawing of the surface of the earth so that what is deeply beneath the surface can begin to emerge. 

ANUSARA RETREAT AT KRIPALU
Along with Jacalyn Prete and Rachel Dewan, we will spend a weekend at the beautiful retreat center, Kripalu in the Berkshire mountains, in practice on the theme of “The Hidden Treasures Within: A Retreat of Self-Discovery.”

ANUSARA BAJA IMMERSION RETREAT
This Immersion will be retreat-style, 80 hours over 10 days, learning and practicing together on the Baja Mexican Peninsula, situated right on the Pacific ocean. It’s designed to invite you more fully into your own practice.