GRATITUDE
While feeling gratitude has amazing benefits, expressing gratitude led me directly to awakening. And it seeded a daily life practice that sparks joy whenever I get the opportunity to do it. So it is with great joy that I offer this one!
“I wouldn’t be me without you” is a recognition that I have often with the people in my life. Because it’s absolutely true. We are not separate. I did not arrive on my own. Each of us is a magical constellation of energies, made up of essence, life experiences, and the communities that flow through us.
And for that, I would especially like to thank:
Teachers
for the truly priceless gift of your presence, wisdom and guidance. I’ve received more than I could possibly repay and can only attempt to balance those books by living your teachings in a way that honors the gift and pays it forward.
The Reverend
Daijaku
for the gift of the dharma in daily life. Your support and faith in me to walk the path of a bodhisattva means more to me than you know. And for my dharma name. Simple. Profound. Perfectly capturing my essence and deep intention, inspiring a lifetime of joyful practice.
Riyaz Motan
for wearing ALL the hats with such spaciousness and love. I truly don’t have the words, and I know you won’t need them. I’ll do my best to keep pointing to it with poetry.
John Prendergast
for being a strong root in my nondual lineage and one of the most heart-centered lovers of truth that I know. Learning the art of inquiry from you, one-to-one and in groups, continues to inspire, challenge, and take me to new places.
Francesca McCartney
for the immeasurable gift of Intuition Medicine®. It was the missing piece in my transformation.
Adyashanti
for the clarity of your writings and teachings. And the retreat at Asilomar, illuminating the path I needed to travel to go the distance.
Eugene Cash, Mark Coleman, Jack Kornfield, Tara Brach, & Anne Cushman
for facilitating and fostering my early love for and understanding of the Buddha’s teachings and for guiding me in the practice and teaching of meditation.
Clients, Students, & Sangha
for the gift of your authentic presence and trust in our work together. I’ve long been aware that healing, growth, and transformation is a two-way street. You teach me more than you could imagine. And reveal your capacity for love, inner knowing, and courage in ways that leave me forever honored, humbled, and blessed to have the opportunity to support you in your lives and work.
Healers
for showing my heart, mind, and body that there was so much more available to me, all while guiding me skillfully and lovingly in the ways to open, receive, let go, and embrace wholeness.
Michael Klein
for your compassionate and wise presence as I took the first steps on this path. You opened the doors for everything else that has followed.
Jessica Wallace
for serving as both a teacher and a healer. Your capacity to embody light and love is truly remarkable and still takes my breath away.
Celedra Gildea, Lisa Cooney, Lakshmi Collins, Corey Armstrong, & the Group
for a transformative year of LEAP and the first to teach me the power of practicing in community.
Carolyn Carnell, Ian Magnus, Kirby Seid, & Marissa Pouw-Wasselman
for showing me the incredible potential of energy work as a vehicle for healing, growth, and transformation and for serving as both mentors and healers throughout my time at AIM. Your intuitive depth and breadth never cease to amaze me.
Creatives
for bringing my essence, story, and deepest intention to life so beautifully.
Jennie Lindsay
for website design and marketing know-how. Your intention and creativity are such powerful allies to your knowledge and experience. And your quick mind and exuberant spirit make everything I do with you so much fun.
Avery Elisabeth
for art direction, logo design, portrait photography, and so much more. Your eye for the whole, for the details within it, and for what is needed to achieve balance and flow is unmatched. You elevate the work every time you touch it with your grace, elegance, and light.
Courteney Coolidge
for documentary photography. Your gift for capturing the very essence of my bodhisattva vow ceremony and your ability to make everyone feel at ease are what have me returning to the photos again and again to relive my memories and felt sense of that special day.
Friends & Family
for being with me day-in and day-out on this journey, offering your love and support no matter what. A special shout-out to Mi K Kim and Dennis Kiley for seeing me deeply, keeping me grounded, and being the best all-kinds-of-weather friends that I could imagine on this spiritual path. And to Avery for being the greatest gift of all. To the moon and back.