One of the great things about wellness is its expansive and ever-changing nature. You can choose to add more at any time. You can add more love, forgiveness, gratitude, trust, movement, prayer, pleasure, laughter—the list goes well beyond the 31 concepts presented in my Wellness Wisdom book.

I wrote this in 2004 and just discovered it again and felt compelled to share this with you now.

*Awaken with joy

*Live in the present

*Create peace

*Love without fear

We are living in extraordinary times. Clearly, it is important to know about things that can keep us safe. But what is being splashed in front of us at a rapid rate is repeatedly fearful information aimed at keeping us on edge. Do you think it’s time to boldly create a revolution based on love and not fear? I do.

On this Valentine's Day, and every day, we have the choice to shower ourselves and our world with love or fear. I want to choose love, radical love. How about you? Sending you love along with these Seven Steps!

May you. . .

See the infinite possibilities that exist with each sunrise.

Delight in nourishing your mind, heart, body, and spirit.

Allow yourself to love greatly and be greatly loved.

Gratitude makes sense of our past,
Brings peace for today,
And creates a vision for tomorrow

~Melody Beattie

Mindful, meaningful sexual activity can result in exquisite pleasure. Sexuality is an intimate aspect of our spirituality and conscious sexuality can be a wondrous journey.

On my way to one of the Igniting the Power of the Pelvis workshops I presented earlier this year, traffic was stopped with three fire trucks blocking the sweet 2-lane country road that was leading me to the studio. Fortunately, I didn’t see any smoke or fire.

These side effects have been reported to me by many, many of my Nia students throughout the almost two decades I have been teaching Nia. And, I am happy to report, I have experienced everything on this list because of my practice of The Nia Technique*.

This feels like a good time to share an excerpt from my Wellness Wisdom: 31 Ways to Nourish Your Mind, Body, & Spirit book (2nd ed. 2011). If you would appreciate inspiration and encouragement about choosing a joyful way to move, then you’ll enjoy this!

Last June I was walking along the Edmonds Beach in Washington as I frequently did during the 16 years I lived close to the Puget Sound.

As I walked, I was reflecting about the fact that four Nia studios had closed behind me in the past six months and I was clearly feeling like God was trying to tell me something but I wasn’t quite sure what!