Spirit & Community

Culturally, we are prepared to serve, and we are going to use this page to update you on how the pandemic is impacting our producers, makers, and vendors, opportunities to help, and ways to give in support of organizations serving the most vulnerable among us.

"I have found myself vacillating between panic and calm rationality, and I know I’ve been here before.  I lived in NYC during 9/11 and I watched the first tower collapse upon itself from my bedroom window, a mushroom cloud of humans and debris billowing out in my direction.  I could not believe what I was seeing and half expected the empire state building to open up so that superman could fly out.  What I saw was so improbable I thought anything was possible.  The coronavirus pandemic feels an awful lot like that, and I know now what I also knew then. Life as we have known it is over."

If you’re looking to find more calm this year, to quiet those negative tapes, I encourage you to look into his Buddhist teachings, you can find more on the TNH website which will be linked below, but here are the 5 mindfulness trainings to get you started, (with a little narration from yours truly).

"My experience since January 2019 has been a process of facing my addictions, letting go of my afflictions, and challenging my attachments.  Stillness also brought in the development of a new muscle group – self-protection."

Marsha’s work resonates with this indigenous practice which is also a reminder that everything we bring into our bodies has the potential to nourish us.  Everything we consume through sight, sound, taste, and touch should be nourishing – to ourselves and ultimately to everyone and every thing.

"We opened our brick and mortar 4 months ago and in those 4 months I've met women who have become loyal customers, active clients, business partners and business contributors that very likely will change the course of my life. I will continue to tell you their stories, talk about their impact, as not just a gesture of gratitude, but to set in motion an active, reciprocal field of collaboration."