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Why Midlife Reinvention Never Really Ends
Today I leave for Bali to complete the final year of a three-year Advanced Shamanism and Shamanic Healing program. Whenever I step away from my daily routine like this, I find myself reflecting on midlife reinvention and a question a question I'm often asked: "Didn't...
Think Before You Speak
For those subscribed since 2016, you’ve followed my journey from Level 1 to Level 3 of Kundalini Yoga teacher training. Through all of it, the work keeps returning to the same point: awareness of the mind, and learning to act and serve from clarity. Six months into...
What Alignment Looks Like in My Work with Kundalini Yoga and Healing
Every so often, life sends quiet confirmations that you are aligned with your work. This week, that clarity came through two testimonials, one from a Kundalini Yoga teacher training student after teaching her first community class, and another from a long-term...
10 Days to Summer Solstice is a Powerful Window for Transformation
June brings a major planetary shift with the arrival of the summer solstice. During this peak of solar energy, the electromagnetic field of the Earth changes, directly impacting our personal energy systems. In the Kundalini Yoga tradition, Yogi Bhajan taught that the...
Blue Moon in Sagittarius: A Powerful Time to Dream Bigger and Expand Your Life
A rare Blue Moon is happening end of May. A Blue Moon in the second Full Moon within a single calendar month and only occurs around every 2.5 years. The first Full Moon happened on May 2 in Scorpio, and the next one is this Sunday, May 31 at 4:45 PM in the sign of...
Why Stress Disrupts Hormones and What Actually Helps
Our nervous systems register uncertainty every day. Even when we try to “push through,” the body keeps score. We carry low-level tension constantly, and the body does not always separate personal stress from what’s happening in the world around us. Over time, that...
Taurus Supermoon: Finding Stability in Uncertain Times
The cosmos is providing a sense of grounding. This Sunday, May 17, at 4:10 AM (Manila time), we have a New Moon in Taurus. It is not just any lunation—it is a Supermoon. This means the moon will be closer to Earth, making its stabilizing energy feel much more potent....
How I Found My Way Back to Myself
I thought moving forward meant doing more. In 1995, I was in New York on sabbatical, seriously considering a master’s degree in infrastructure at NYU. Back then, I solved problems by adding more: more study, more structure, more credentials. It’s a pattern a lot of...
Feeling Tired, Moody and Burnt Out? Your Hormones May Need a Reset
We spend so much time focused on what we do — but rarely pause to consider what the body carries in order to keep up with it. Most of what we experience day to day - energy, sleep, mood, metabolism, and how we respond to stress — is quietly regulated by our hormones....
Full Moon in Scorpio Reset
You may already feel the shift of the Full Moon in Scorpio, a pull toward reflection, heightened sensitivity, or a steady urge to clear out what no longer fits, both in your space and within yourself. The Full Moon in Scorpio is known for depth, truth, and...
Super El Niño Heat Safety in the Philippines
The intense dry season in the Philippines is not just uncomfortable. It is part of a larger Super El Niño pattern that is reshaping temperature extremes and directly affecting energy, focus, and physical safety. A Super El Niño is not simply “hot weather.” It is a...
