by Renée TillotsonA sign of health is that we don't become undone by fear and trembling, but we...
Life at the Center: Listen! Can you hear the silent one? Vol. 100, October 2021
Life at the Center, by Renée TillotsonListen! Can you hear the sound of the silent one? - Carlos...
Life at the Center: Vol. 99, September 2021
Life at the Center, by Renée TillotsonAll the joy the world contains has come through wishing...
Letter from the Director: Introducing… Vol. 98, August 2021
by Renée TillotsonI’m excited to make my first public announcement on this topic to all of you. ...
Letter from the Director: Like a Thousand Chuckling Butterflies Vol. 97, July 2021
by Renée TillotsonThe belly laugh that comes from the Dalia Lama compares with no other I’ve ever...
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...
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...
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...
Letter from the Director: Transported Vol. 86, August 2020
Letter from the Director, by Renée TillotsonI am certain of nothing but the holiness of the...
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: Bob is back! Vol. 70, May 2019
Remember my often-grumpy step-father-in-love Bob – the one I call Eeyore? Well, things got worse....
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...
Life at the Center: Eeyore surprises me, Vol. 61, August 2018
I often call him Eeyore - you know that droopy eared, sad-sack donkey in Winnie the Pooh. His...
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...
Life at the Center: Into the Heart of India – Vol. 45, April 2017
by Renée TillotsonWhen our driver Suresh told us his wife’s family lived in Chidambaram, I had no...
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...