by Shira | Nov 14, 2018 | Featured Posts, Message from the Heart, Uncategorized
Since as early as I can remember, I’ve known what it feels like to not belong. Being from a culturally and religiously mixed family (Caribbean/Christian/Maritimes/Jewish) my nuclear family was never like my Christian or Jewish relatives on either side. And so at an...
by Shira | Jan 12, 2018 | Featured Posts, Message from the Heart
Dearest friends, I hope that you all had a beautiful holiday season and New Year. I know it is very cold in Canada this winter and I wish you much coziness! I could never have guessed one month ago, that I would be performing on the flute, singing, and co-conducting...
by Shira | Oct 25, 2017 | Featured Posts, Message from the Heart, Upcoming Events
Dearest friends, The last few months have been a time of quiet, inner reflection, and transition. I have appreciated being away from the computer and from writing but it now feels like it is time to reengage again. In this newsletter I’m happy to be sharing some...
by Shira | Aug 17, 2017 | Featured Posts, Message from the Heart, Uncategorized
Dearest friends, I sit writing in the Cairo airport as I return to Toronto from rural Nigeria. I spent ten days conducting training programs in mindful teaching, and on women’s health and menstruation at The Embodiments of Love Academy (and yes men, you should...
by Shira | Apr 3, 2017 | Featured Posts, Message from the Heart
Photo by David Taylor Dearest friends, It has been a long time since I’ve written though I haven’t forgotten about writing. You see, I’ve run into this problem of “Not having enough time”, and when I am too busy or feel too busy, I can’t seem to write. It just doesn’t...
by Shira | Feb 18, 2016 | Message from the Heart
Dearest friends, Pedaling a bicycle coast-to-coast across Southern India is an experience like no other: exhilarating, harrowing, exhausting, powerful, blissful… the adjectives are too numerous to list. I just finished this 750km bicycle trip with a group of ten...
