As I type this, the light of the full moon is shining in my window. I've really been enjoying paying closer attention to Her cycles lately! Taking the time to notice and connect with the moon helps me feel more connected to nature. It also helps to put this grand adventure called life in perspective to remember how very small we are in the scheme of things

Lisa Dale Miller starts her monthly astrological Full Moon Message by writing the following about tonight's moon, "This is the Full Moon of the child: a celebration of innocence, adventurousness and starting anew."

Sure sounds like what skipping is all about for me! Yay! Skip on! Happy Full Moon! Be sure to make a wish!

This past Saturday night I participated in a really inspiring event. More than 35 countries, hundreds of yoga studios and thousands of yoga practitioners worldwide gathered as a part of the Global Mala Project...and I was lucky enough to be at San Francisco's event.

The intention behind the event was to take the positive energy and peace that we gain on the mat in yoga off the mat and out into the world. The Global Mala Website says the project is, "a seed of a world-wide experiment into the power of meditation in action." Yum!

The event included yoga...We did 54 sun salutations (and boy did I feel it the next day), meditation, chanting, and kirtan which is a really inspiring call and response singing practice. Throughout the night, we were reminded of our intention of creating peace in our own hearts so we can share it with the world. It felt great.

I love that there are increasing numbers of things like this to connect with these days! The spirit of Global Mala is very much like the spirit of skipping movement. As individuals, we skip to express our joy and to contribute positive energy to the world...and collectively I truly believe we make a difference.

Even though there is a lot of really scary stuff happening in the world right now, it also is a truly exciting time to be alive with the ever expanding consciousness and awareness of increasing numbers of individuals around the globe. That's what I choose to focus on, instead of all of the fear that the media tries to feed me every day!

Onward and upward! Together we can and are changing the world...

Just read an awesome thing and wanted to share!

Today is the 25th birthday of the digital smiley face.... The symbol that looks like this :-)

It was first posted by Professor Scott Fahlman while taking part in an online debate. He typed it and told everyone to to look at it sideways.

Professor Fahlman says, "I have never run into anyone who claims to have invented it before I did."

You can read the whole story by clicking here.

It's amazing how much time can skip by between my blog entries if I'm not careful. It's hard to believe it has been well over a month since I've written anything here. Better late than never I suppose.

I most certainly haven't been sitting around twiddling my thumbs! The first weekend in August, I went on a cruise to the Bahama's with my family to celebrate my parents 40th wedding anniversary....and the last weekend of the month, I attended my 10th Burning Man. Talk about an action packed month!

Both trips helped me connect with important parts of myself...My family roots on the Cruise...and my creative, expressive independent spirit at Burning Man...So as summer winds to a close, I find myself energized and ready to get my skip on this Fall!

I've been writing my manuscript in progress on a much more regular basis...and organized a fabulous women's circle on the new moon on September 11th to help my friends and I get clear about the things we hope to create in our lives in the coming months.

For centuries, women have gathered on New Moons to set intentions and clarify their heart's desires. So it is a particularly powerful time to articulate the positive changes we hope to create in our lives....and also to let go of old thought patterns, habits, etc. that might be the standing in the way of our reaching them.

We had a fabulous circle with 10 women present...and we are planning to meet again on the next new moon to check-in with each other and to put our intentions out there once again! It felt so good to gather together with positive, like-minded people in order to support each others dreams! I highly recommend organizing a circle like this of your own. There's great power in it.

My main intention for this Fall is to complete the first draft of my manuscript with a sense of enjoyment and ease...I also am going to be watching the moon cycles more closely...and plan on using the powerful collective energy that happens on those days to check in with myself and to restate my personal hopes and goals. That will also give me a great excuse to write on my blog more often...So I'll see you back here on the Full moon which falls on September 26th this month if not before. Until then, skip on!