When we begin a Planet Dance Class, we take a good moment to check in with our own selves.  Hotels have check in times, doctors have check in times, but we humans love to forget to take stock of ourselves, how we are doing, or what we are feeling.  Since we live in our bodies … Read more

Are you one of those mothers who is quite good at meeting other people’s needs, and abysmal at meeting your own?  Or, you meet your own just enough to meet all the other demands in your life, but not enough to actually feel resilient and strong and deeply content?  Last week we spoke about self … Read more

Why do you lie to me? I know I am Aridane, goddess of pathways.  These pathways take us from dread to delight, uncomfortably painful grief to bursting joy, curious child to impactful adult…and yet when I look at you in the mirror, all I can see is a dumping ground…trodden, heavy and rounded over like … Read more

To our horror, modern day times have given birth to a horrible self harm mechanism: cutting.  But many of us practice self harm in smaller, seemingly less unthinkable ways to great effect- by eating food or drinking alcohol we know is poisoning us.  Even ceding our will to gravity and acquiescing to physical decline can … Read more

With the season of gift giving supposedly behind us, we at The Motherline propose a new idea: what if the gift we give, all year long, is ourselves?  What if the way we navigate the world, interact with others, and tend our common good is a present: to our community, our families, and the planet … Read more

Will another year go by where you think about making time to dance?  What does it take to prioritize nourishing your mind, body,and soul connection, to put movement where your heart, mind and mouth are? Or, will you remain…immobilized? These days, knowing is like chasing a white rabbit. The increasing complexity of civilization makes holding … Read more

This Solstice season, get in bed in the middle of the day.  But only if you usually don’t.  If day bedding is a usual thing for you, go outside and look up.  The mother is telling us now…this is the time to curl.  Curling inward is a necessary transaction with kindness.  If we want to … Read more

Tis’ the season where the question abounds…”what do you want for Christmas?”  It’s a terrible question, insinuating that a certain day of the year entitles me to a gift I don’t need, but desire, in this world where alluring stuff abounds,  But, I am shifting my loathing of the season by embracing the opportunity to … Read more

It is critical in realizing the potential of your third income…that is all the money you can save by not spending it. Funnily, we improve our physical health when we do this! For example, having a dance party to ‘dance it out’ is a completely viable and ‘free’ way for us to nurture our mental … Read more

Your third income is what Homesteaders refer to as all the money you save by not spending it.  Unlike our primary earned income, or job, or the second income the world refers to as ‘debt,’ the third income improves your quality of life, on all fronts.   Examples of the third income include: The food … Read more