One begins to wonder - will we ever feel safe again, after the lockdowns, social distancing and travel bans? Has our sense of safety been lost for good, at least for a generation or two? Or has safety always been an illusion, papered over by the daily complexity of our formerly jam-packed lives? (…)

Are you currently soaking up the news, seeking and finding validation for the panic you’re feeling? Or are you avoiding information, in an attempt to live your life in as familiar and unfazed a way as possible? (…)

For many of us the last few weeks have been a discombobulating period of fear, doubt, concern, care, inspiration, grief, anger, disagreement, and hope. The palette is vast and looks different in color and shape for each of us. (…)

We’ve been in lockdown for the past 2 weeks. NYC seems in shock over the “Corona wave” that has hit it. It’s nothing that I can really see, as I live on Roosevelt Island. It’s nothing that I’m faced with in terms of numbers and quick facts, as I’ve stopped watching news a few years ago. It’s something in the air, an uncertainty, a wait-and-see attitude that I feel and carry in my nervous system as much as others. (…)

I’ve been a mother for the past 5 months. What a ride! No need to extensively speak about the changes, the ups and downs that comes with welcoming a little one into the world. All I can say that the real alterations are rather subtle. They are like a fine yet powerful and immutable shift from one wave length to another. (…)

Tonight I’d like to focus on intuition and its connection to practicing mindfulness and meditation. I do so on account of the New Moon, which always asks for leaping into the unknown, getting back in touch with our intuition and taking life step by step through presence. (…)