I often ask retreat women what colors they are most drawn to wearing on their skin right now.⁣ ⁣⁣⁣ Maybe it’s a color that has always...

I spent my 42nd birthday in the forest beauty-bathing with these dear ones, enjoying homemade sublime and heartwarming pizza and apple...

aimeehansenpoetic Women are ocean. You can't plant a flag in an ocean. Nor would I dare to, not in you and not in myself. When we gather,...

"I live life. I get lost in a story. I adjust. I live life. I get lost in another story. I adjust. I wake up. I live life. I get lost in...

At the Awaken Your Creative Soul Women’s Retreat Weekend (upcoming Sept 20-22, 2019), Marianne Richmond asked us to paint a circle with...

Today is seven years since I landed in Guatemala. I had no idea what a home this lake and this community and these people and those...

Today I began a writer’s account for sharing more words, reflections, inspirations and musings @aimeehansenpoetic ⁣ ⁣ This is an...

When it’s winter in my heart And my lungs have lost their leaves And my thoughts have turned to ice The cold clinging to their eaves ...

“To laugh is to risk appearing a fool. To weep is to risk appearing sentimental. To reach out to another is to risk involvement. To...

Some say, “Once I love myself, I can let in love. But first I need to love myself... First. Once I’m there Once I’ve finished ...

Yes, tears are sacred expression. It's amazing to me that women come to a circle that is premised on allowing vulnerability...and STILL...

“Head thrown back in ecstasy, confetti raining from the sky. That it is possible feels euphoric. Am I already here though? Do my...

I'm not saying your beauty is obvious. I'm not sure if it's a cocoon or a chrysalis you are wrapped in. Or if what I call it makes any...

Dear loves, This week I came out of my 16th women's retreat circle across 44 months. Our final circle had no starting point and no end,...

When I tell women that I planned and canceled five retreats before the first Journey Into Sacred Expression Women's Retreat finally...

"One thing's for sure. Nothing is getting less interesting." Those were my words to my yoga teacher and friend Heather in March over a...

The other day I was talking to a woman who mentioned that moment in life when a woman takes a leap. You know, that leap - and for some...

(Guest post from Heather Rideout, yoga teacher, about her first traditional sauna experience at Villa Sumaya) It’s Saturday morning at...

"Never mourn the mango while you're still eating it." Once when speaking about how much I would miss someone who I was still near to, my...