by nelle | Sep 24, 2021 | Healing, Self-Compassion, The Unkown, Time to Dream
The other night I dreamt I was walking along the shore of Lake Monona, a perfectly sunny, blue sky day with my dear friend Amelia. In the dream, the lake was much larger, more like one of the neighboring Great Lakes, and a sort of conveyor belt was easing a huge boat...
by nelle | Aug 20, 2021 | Buddhist Teaching, Healing, Nature
It’s evening, and I’ve come to a lovely little rock island, clad in spruce and cedar. Someone’s used it as a campsite before, but not for a long time. The moss and lichens are untrampled, the tent site sprouted with bunchberry and sarsparilla. Next...
by nelle | Jul 21, 2021 | Cancer, Healing, Nature
I woke up this morning to a message from a friend and client. It read, “Some people just make you feel better when you’re around them. They are sunshine for your soul and medicine for your mind. That’s you my friend.” It was that sweet moment...
by nelle | Jun 21, 2021 | Buddhist Teaching, Healing, Nature, The Sea
Be the ocean. Be ever changing, but always the same. Be simple and transparent with an entire world deep down inside full of odd and interesting creatures. Be calm, be still, but let yourself get wild and lost in a storm from time to time. Have many homes, on many...
by nelle | May 19, 2021 | Healing, Self-Compassion, Time to Dream
The other day I followed up with a client to see how they were doing after our session, and their words to me were like a message my mind and body desperately needed to hear: “It has been a long year.” I had been rushing from the barn to get ready for my...
by nelle | Apr 14, 2021 | Healing, Nature
As the seasons turn and we find ourselves outdoors in different ways I notice new delights – as though with each transition we are in a new world. New smells, new sights, fresh sounds. I have lived in Madison for almost twenty years and often joke that with each...
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