by Shira | Mar 1, 2021 | Uncategorized
Dearest friends, Right now it is quiet. The wind is blowing ferociously and beautiful fluffy white clouds are flying through a chilly blue sky. Sunshine smiles through them. And, it is quiet. I have learned many profound lessons about life from the natural world. I...
by Shira | Jul 6, 2020 | Uncategorized
Dearest friends, From the end of March until now I have been immersed in a profound and stormy re-engagement with life. I don’t remember the last time I had so much to learn in such a short time. It has felt profoundly humbling in every possible way. I have seen...
by Shira | Mar 25, 2020 | Uncategorized
What surprises me most are human beings. They sacrifice their health in order to make money and then they sacrifice money in order to recuperate their health. And then they are so anxious about the future that they don’t enjoy the present. The result being, they don’t...
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 | 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 | Nov 11, 2016 | Featured Posts, Uncategorized
Dearest friends, I was planning to send my newsletter today on the theme of Beginner’s Mind but in light of current events and the political surprises to the South of us, I thought I might share some reflections on the new world reality, a reality in which the leader...
