What does Yoga have to do with Social Justice?
In Yin Yoga, easeful poses are held for about 2-5 minutes. The long slow holds – and more importantly, the…
Thriving Relationships
There’s the noun of relationship, then there’s the verb of relationship and that’s the essence of relationship, relating with each…
Portrait Of A Marriage. (Yes, It’s Mine.)
This article was originally published on my website carmenspagnola.com. As is often the case for therapists and healing practitioners, we specialize in…
Learning to Find Love
This except was originally posted on my blog at learningtofindlove.com In our culture there’s a huge assumption that relationship takes hard…
Breast Cancer Prevention: Lymphatic Drainage
Did you know that the body contains 6 to 10 litres of lymph fluid? In comparison, the circulatory system has only 3…
Garlic Scape Pesto & Double Garlic Soup
We recently received close to 60 lbs of garlic scapes from our local garlic farm, Reef Point Farm. True local…
Listening Meditation: Name That Sound
When’s the last time you took a moment to really listen? So often we focus on the visual details and ignore…
Is “retreat” a dirty word?
When I started working in the Communications department at Hollyhock, I was told to never use the word “retreat.” Try…
Beyond Hope: Leaning into Pandora’s Legacy
This article is a transcript of a speech I delivered in May 2018, at the Tending The Threshold event in Ashland, Oregon,…
Stoned Ape & Fungal Intelligence
In this quirky animation by After Skool renowned mycologist, author, and advocate of bioreditation and medicinal fungi, Paul Stamets describes the…
Harvesting Elderflowers
Inspired by the healing alchemy of old world herbal tonics and brews, Heather Wolf, Founding Brewess of Iggy’s Alive &…
Wildcraft Art
Paint from stone? Paintbrush from a branch? Charcoal from wood? Everything changed when I started making my art materials directly…
Vancouver Soundwalk
At the Hollyhock Launch party last February, we took attendees outside the Sylvia Hotel and out onto the streets of…
Resilience
I’ve been working with this idea of Resilience after a traumatic event in my family recently. If you were to…
Tap Your Way to Health, Happiness, and Abundance
What are you up against? To get right to the point, the Emotional Freedom Technique (EFT) is the easiest way…
How Much Power
How much power do you have, how much power do you need? In the body we may feel weak or…
Rhubarb Love – Fillet of Sole With Rhubarb & Rhubarb Quick Bread Recipes
Lately we have been enjoying a lot of rhubarb, an old timey fruit-like vegetable that is easily both savory and…
Swimsuits Required – Power, Culture, and Safety
This season Hollyhock implemented a new swimsuit policy in the hot tubs. Hollyhock CEO, Peter Wrinch, reflects on the change.…
The Healing Highway
When we are young we learn from our parents, when we are older we learn from our teachers and when…
5 Minute Movement Practice
In the middle of a busy day, Tamara Teeter Knapp of Expressive Arts Florida Institute goes to her expressive arts practice…
Office Somatics Made Simple
Are you still sitting at your desk?! Sitting has become so entrenched in our society that many of us don’t…
Medical Qi Gong and Intuition
When we heal ourselves, we can help heal others. Medical Qi Gong is a simple and powerful method for optimal…
Recover Your Sanity
…I walk through this wicked world searchin’ for light in the darkness of insanity Elvis Costello As a teenager of…
On Nativism
Recently, I had a conversation around the usage of the term Native. I found myself in an uncomfortable place discussing…
Listen to Learn: Conversations in the Village
We have been given two ears and one mouth so that we listen twice as much as we talk. We…
Turbo Charge Your Freedom: AstroDharma
Psst… Want to hear about a powerful tool you can use on your quest for freedom? Its called “AstroDharma” and…
Inner Alignment, Desire, and Purpose
Underneath your goals and dreams are core desired feelings. Leadership coach and Desire Map™ facilitator Jenny Xenos explains the power…
The Power in Vocal Communities
There is an awesome power in the human voice and when uncommon voices are blended for the common good, they…
Singing The Field
We are facing a defining moment, one in which the Earth calls out to us to embark upon a re-sacralisation…
Singing is Back!
Good news. Singing is back! The ancient practice of people coming together in song is having the revival it deserves. …