by Renée TillotsonThe belly laugh that comes from the Dalia Lama compares with no other I’ve ever...
🦋 Letter from the Director: Like a Thousand Chuckling Butterflies 🦋 Vol. 97, July 2021
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🪶 Letter from the Director: Medicine Woman 🪶 Vol. 96, June 2021
Medicine Woman by Renée TillotsonKathleen “Kat” Souza honored me recently by telling her story of...
🙃 Is It Just Me? 🙃 Vol. 95, May 2021
Is It Just Me? by Renée Tillotson Upholding the Fabric of the Universe: Cosmetics, Dance...
🌱 Letter from the Director: Every Little Thing 🌱 Vol. 94, April 2021
🌱 Every Little Thing 🌱 by Renée TillotsonIn celebration of Earth Day, I was planning to regale you...
💫 Life at the Center: A Portal of Joy 💫 Vol. 93, March 2021
Life at the Center, by Renée TillotsonWhen I mounted the 8 flights of stairs to step into Nia...
💫 Letter from the Director: From Dream to Reality 💫 Vol. 92, February 2021
Life at the Center, by Renée TillotsonI’m struck with amazement. It was only a twinkle in the eye...
🗿 Letter from the Director: A Living Statue, Re-chiseled, Vol. 91, January 2021
Life at the Center, by Renée TillotsonMy mind searches through all the people I’ve known over 65...
Life at the Center: How Far Can We Stretch? Vol. 89, November 2020
Letter from the Director, by Renée TillotsonHow far can we stretch… to include each other? My dear...
Life at the Center: My greatest fear Vol. 87, September 2020
By Renée Tillotson Someone asked me recently what my greatest fear is. I realized that it is...
? Life at the Center: A BIG problem – we’re talking HUGE ? Vol. 83, May 2020
Sooriya Kumar is a small-statured man who ended up with a GIGANTIC problem on his hands. And I...
🛖 Life at the Center: Got Shelter 🛖 Vol. 82, April 2020
Someone on this island is doing something remarkable! Her name is Blanche McMillan, and she has...
Life at the Center: Big Ideas – July 2020
Letter from the Director, by Renée TillotsonAs a kid, I always loved big ideas. Maybe all kids do....
Letter from the Director: SHIFT Happens…paradigm shift, that is. Vol. 84, June 2020
Letter from the Director, by Renée TillotsonI’m writing this letter to say that my 64 years on...
? Life at the Center: Ode to Joy ? Vol. 79, January 2020
By Renée Tillotson If you were writing your Ode to Joy, how would it sound? And how would you...
Healthy Life Tip: When your children – or grandchildren – ask for your time, ALWAYS say Yes!
From an interview with Richard Powers In teaching interactive social dance at Stanford University,...
🌠 Life at the Center: Soaring through Diwali 🌠 Vol. 76, November 2019
Letter from the Director by Renée TillotsonSomething about this year’s Diwali celebration left me...
??♀️Life at the Center: Can we help the Girls? ??♀️ Vol. 72, July 2019
Pearl Haven…. A sanctuary for pearls? Here pearls = girls, each one unique, beautiful, a treasure....
Life at the Center: Paintings that Talk Vol. 69, April 2019
My painting mentor employs an intriguingly effective way of pulling out her students’ inner...
Life at the Center: Whenever you are in doubt Vol. 64, November 2018
How often do we encounter someone who really does not act from the standpoint of the ego? Rarely,...
Life at the Center: Who are my people? Vol. 58, May 2018
When my first Nia teacher retired a scant year after I started to do Nia, leaving me bereft, I had...
Life at the Center: The Fish that Changed my Life / Vol. 57, April 2018
Letter from the Director by Renée TillotsonKwan Yin, the goddess of mercy and compassion, is often...
Letter from the Director – Volume 52, November 2017 – Natural Time
Letter from the Director by Renée Tillotson‘All good things are worth waiting for,’ is a maxim...
Letter from the Director: Cut to the Living Center
Letter from the Director by Renée TillotsonA bold half moon suddenly sliced through the night sky...
34 Life at the Center: Mighty Mom & Enthusiasm – Vol. 34, May 2016
When I was three years old, we were in a terrible car accident. Only I was left unscathed, so at...
Life at the Center: Falling in love again… honey – Vol. 33, April 2016
View it here: https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B0ugiRQ4Zr6CYU11dkl4WVh6UDgA couple close friends...
32 Life at the Center: Plans for growing up and a thousand classes – Vol 32, March 2016
Link to the article with photos: https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B0ugiRQ4Zr6CaFJJVHBRTk1XQmcDid...
Life at the Center: When you don’t have a clue – Vol 27, October 2015
By Renée Tillotson There’s a magical reservoir that holds all that we need at any moment. Hidden...
? Life at the Center: Chiseling a Hole for the Light ? March 2015
I was in love with every person in the room. I felt absolutely thrilled and inspired. The air...
Letter from the Director- Vol 17, Dec 2014: Magical Gifts
Here we are in the thick of the season of present giving. I’m wondering: What is it that makes a...
Letter from the Director November 2014
Letter from the Director by Renée TillotsonFrom the time they were old enough to sit up in a...