Marcia's Musings: The Good Stuff
/What should we do when the bad stuff in our lives piles up? Is there are way to get out of the continuous loop of stress and rumination? One way is to recognize abundance in our lives.
Read MoreMarcia's Musings: Global Entry
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Travel changes you. When you travel, you grow. You learn to listen. You become a citizen of the world. Join Marcia as she recounts her travels, both personal and with Green Lotus, and extends an invitation to you to travel with us
Read MoreMarcia's Musings: The Five-Minute Fantasy
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If you’re confronting grief, here is a first-aid love offering for you. When it hits you, remember that grief is normal, fully human, and manageable. When it surprises you, even after many years, remember the Buddha’s advice about all emotions and feelings that come calling: Open your door and invite them in for tea and visit with them with kindness.
Read MoreMarcia's Musings: An Explosion of Color and Knowing
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A palette of bright yellow and coral; riotous reds, oranges, and purples. Vibrant prints and tropical colors form one word in my mind: Spring! And Knowing spring stands just around the corner helps to ease some of our stress…
Read MoreMarcia's Musings: People Who Need People
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When times become troubled, when loneliness descends, when weariness seeps into the bones, when the load feels too heavy, even when we wish to have fun and adventure, the comfort and joy of community beckons…
Read MoreBlessed Be the Dog That Takes You for a Fall Walk
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What is your favorite part of fall? Marcia takes you on a crisp fall walk with her beloved pup...
Read MoreMarcia's Musings: Heart Zings
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The best gift you can give yourself when traveling with a group is time on your own. It is when you take yourself on a stroll – wandering, chatting, daring to get lost – that insight and momentary friendships sometimes appear. Zing goes your heart when you do.
Read MoreMarcia's Musings: The Curious Case of Mrs. DeBoer
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I loved Anna DeBoer with all my heart. She taught me amazing things, and when she died, she left me her cherished cuckoo clock. Now I wonder if Anna DeBoer would have been vilified for some of her ways. When we start to see “the other”, sit in fear, hide in darkness, and forget that we all bleed red, we all lose.
Read MoreThe Bhagavad Gita: Ancient Wisdom for Modern Times
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Who am I? Why am I here? These are questions most of us ask ourselves at some point. There are ancient teachings that we can use to guide our modern lives and help us to answer these questions.
Read MoreMarcia's Musings: Is This How It Ends?
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Joy is often effervescent - like champagne or soap bubbles. Contentment is grounded, solid, steady. It is beyond loneliness and fear, beyond even old age…
Read MoreMarcia's Musings: A Love Affair
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The minute I walked through the glass double doors, I felt a current of connection flow through my body.
Read MoreMarcia’s Musings: Meg Ryan Was Right
/This thought plagues me in a time of impersonality. We sit in offices in our private homes, alone or on endless Zoom meetings that I overhear from my home’s lower level when my children or friends stay over. Oh, yes, they see faces. The sharing, though, is all business…
Read MoreMarcia’s Musings: The Lion Sleeps Tonight
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Finding ourselves surrounded by lions in the heart of Tanzania, we held our collective breath. Here’s what happened next – you can’t make this up – and what I learned from the experience.
Read MoreThe Blue Table Dialogues
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We settled around the blue farm table in Deborah’s kitchen. Its worn wooden surface carried many layers of aqua-colored paint, applied seasonally by Deborah, a five-foot tall sprite with bright eyes, vibrant wit, and a flare for bringing people together….
Read MoreMarcia's Musings: Bone-Tired, Still Moving
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I asked myself this question: What is the truth of this shared generational trauma? What is the role of truth-telling, or satya, as we understand it from the 8-limbed path of yoga? How am I to recognize truth? What am I to do with it?
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