The V-Word

Finding solutions to global crises might actually be a question of how we think about the earth and our place in it. Acclaimed author Frances Moore Lappe, who changed the way we think about food with her 3 million copy Diet for a Small Planet has engineered a new shift in our ecology beginning with correcting our faulty thinking. Don’t miss this intimate and profound conversation that has the...

Frances Moore Lappe, author of “EcoMind: Changing the Way We Think to Create the World We Want” explores the question “where is our power?”
Visit TheOpeningDoor.org Saturday at 9am PST to listen to the full interview.

There are few people on the planet who have been graced with the direct experience of the most well loved spiritual teachers in modern times. Don’t miss the deep insights of Tami Simon, the entrepreneurial founder of Sounds True, which has been discovering and sharing spiritual insights for close to thirty years. Authentic, articulate and full of equal measure of inquiry and wisdom, Tami shares...

I have been preaching the gospel of learning to stay in our relationships for close to a decade, but only recently have learned for myself how the lessons of staying with the hard places in relationship are most deeply integrated through the work of the body. Learning how to hold our selves in the Warrior/ Virabhadrasana 1 pose provides a powerful metaphor for the complex commitment necessary for...

“The hunger to belong is not merely a desire to be attached to something. It is rather sensing that great transformation and discovery become possible when belonging is sheltered and true.” 

-John O’Donahue

I have been working on my capacity for receiving for some time. Teaching myself the ways of opening to love and affection, learning how to sense the feel of love in my body and noticing how...

Tami Simon, Founder of Sounds True, shares her thoughts on relationship between connection and control.
Visit TheOpeningDoor.org Saturday at 9am PST to listen to the full interview.

Don’t miss the start of our new Second Saturday Sexual Health Series with Stanley Siegel, author of Your Brain on Sex- How Smarter Sex Can Change your life. Looking into our fantasy life with the intent to gain a deeper understanding of what we find erotic provides a window to our most authentic self. Don’t miss Stanley describe the ways that our sexuality can heal us and transform our past...

“It takes courage to grow up and become who you really are.” – E.E. Cummings

I have been making love with the same man for some thirty years, and although I can honestly say it has gotten amazingly and increasingly better over the decades, it is important to add that this improvement was in direct proportion to the work and willingness we brought to growing up sexually. To be fair and honest, my...