Hi, I’m Dorcas.

I’ve been on a lifelong inquiry into belonging, community and human flourishing.

Everything I’ve helped build in the past 25 years has been an expression of that inquiry.

The Question

What helps people and communities flourish?

For more than twenty-five years, I have explored this question through relationships, family, wellness, recovery, entrepreneurship, intentional living, leadership, daily practice & community building.

The settings have changed.

The inquiry has remained.

Over the years, this inquiry has taken many forms. Each experience has been a opportunity to practice, learn and explore the conditions that help people belong, grow & contribute.

The Body of Work

  • Sol Yoga

    Since 2005

    Embodied wellbeing through yoga, education and lifelong practice.

  • Sol Center

    Non-Profit Community Wellbeing

    Creating accessible pathways to wellbeing through education, service, and community connection.

  • Better Living & Sol Community

    Intentional Community Experiment

    Exploring shared living, daily practice, stewardship and the conditions that help people belong.

  • Family, Relationship & Human Development

    The Original Practice Ground

    Learning about connection, growth, resilience, repair and belonging through motherhood, partnership, family life, home-schooling and relational work.

  • Raise the Bar Recovery

    A Recovery-Informed Platform

    Supporting healing and recovery through connection, accountability, co-housing service and meaningful connection.

  • The Belonging Experiement

    Ongoing Inquiry through Writing & Reflection

    Exploring belonging, leadership, recovery and human flourishing.

What I’ve Learned

Strong communities don’t happen by accident.

They are cultivated through vision, compassion, structure and consistent care.

What are the common threads?

Interested in Collaborating?

Humbly offering my twenty-five years of lived experience to the collective.

Perhaps we can put our heads and hearts together to support people and communities in flourishing.

I promise to practice what I preach, which means we will cultivate a mutual relationship of inquiry.