Enjoy my July 2026 Newsletter, Dear Readers! 

Happy July Beloveds! Happy to say I'm doing well and continuing to heal from my May 1st shoulder surgery. I've been having some brain fog and increased forgetfulness recently. That's been challenging, to say the least! Apparently it's not unusual for folks my age (75) or older after having major surgery. I'm taking each day at a time. I've also noticed increased crankiness, sadly. When I realize what's happening, I take some deep breaths and apologize to anyone I may have offended. It's humbling this aging thing. So I'm taking one day at a time, onward and upward! In other Sherry news, I've had an enjoyable as well as challenging time rebuilding my website with Navid Raoofian of webintech.com, a Pikesville website builder. It should be on line by late July/early August. I hope you like the changes! The link will remain the same: www.body-beloved.com. I'm excited to get Susan Singer's permission to use another painting of hers that she did of me. I'll use it for my Body Beloved page. See the preview below. On the left Susan included many sad and unkind things I've heard over the years as a large woman. On the right Susan offered loving statements to offer ourselves. I love this piece! Thank you Susan Singer for allowing me to share it on my website! My Body Beloved work offers help in fully loving and accepting ourselves just as we are. That kind of love is liberating! Wisdom from Jack Kornfield "So much of our suffering comes from trying to control what cannot be controlled, or resisting what is already here. Surrender is not giving up. It is the courageous willingness to soften our grip and meet life with an open heart. When we stop fighting the present moment, something unexpected happens: we discover a peace that isn’t dependent on circumstances. This doesn’t make life’s difficulties disappear. But it frees us from becoming entangled in them. May you trust that what you can meet with awareness and compassion can also become part of your freedom." ~ Jack Kornfield In Closing I'm still taking a break for now but plan to offer my All Love Zooms again in and after September. I also am open to see a few clients in August if my recovery continues as planned. Even though I'm on slow mode, please reach out if you need prayers and support. I can offer Reiki, and distant healing work/prayers if you need it. I hope you're enjoying the long summer days. I love the mild days and hiding in the air conditioning on the hot ones! As always, I enjoy hearing from you and finding out what you're up to. Please let me know how your life in unfolding. Sending Love and Many Sweet Blessings! Sherry

 Happy June 2026! Here is my June Newsletter!

Happy June Beloveds! I've been on quite the adventure. Hopefully this isn't too much information! As some of you already know, I had my right shoulder replaced May 1st. On May 11th I went to my first post op exam and found out I'm allergic to the glue they used for the surgery. I was put on steroids to resolve my allergic reaction which apparently lowered my immunity and I somehow caught Covid (first time ever) from the very few people (I did have home health care) I was seeing. I ended up sick for a little over 3 weeks. Happily I am now much better and my energy has mostly come back. Yay! Physical Therapy is going well and I'm being faithful with all my exercises. What a journey! I'm sharing a few photos from my adventure, both pre-surgery and post surgery at Mercy Hospital along with two of me at home after. The second picture of me below on the right I took today. My scar is getting much better! If you ever need a good orthopedic surgeon I highly recommend Dr. Joseph Ciotola at Mercy Hospital. You get a room with a view as you recover! Mercy is one of the top rated orthopedic hospitals in the country. Thank you again Kathy McGinty (shown below) for being with me, taking pictures and caring for me from the beginning to the end of my hospital journey and beyond! I'm so grateful! I'm slowly adjusting to walking without a cane in my right hand. Luckily I don't use one in the house. (FYI: I fall to the right so using my cane in my left hand doesn't work. I mention that because so many people recommend using my left hand.) I am happy to be out and about again, even though I look like a penguin walking. Unlike many shoulder surgeons, Ciotola only makes his patients wear a sling for 2 weeks instead of 4 weeks. He believes it makes the arm too stiff after 2 weeks. Happily I got out of mine on May 11th due to my allergic reaction. I was delighted! Experiment with what it's like to have no use of your dominant arm and hand. I'm right handed. My handwriting is challenged these days and has been but hopefully will improve. So I hope you're having lovely adventures and enjoying the June weather. It's hot here in Pikesville today! Grateful my air conditioning is working! I'm a well known comfort queen and happy the universe is allowing me to enjoy the comfort of my air conditioned home! BTW, I've considered titling my second book: 'Confessions of a Comfort Queen'. :) Some Buddhist Wisdom from Pema Chodren Comfortable With Uncertainty is one of my favorite Pema Chodren books. I hope this wisdom touches you. "Three Methods for training with uncertainty: 1. No more struggle Whatever arises, train again and again in seeing it for what it is. The innermost essence of mind is without bias. Things arise and things dissolve forever and ever. Whatever happens, we can look at it with a nonjudgmental attitude. This is the primary method for working with painful situations. 2. Using poison as medicine When suffering arises, we breathe it in for everybody. This poison is not just our personal misfortune. It's our kinship with all living things, the seed of compassion and openness. Instead of pushing it away or running from it, we breathe in and connect with it fully. We do this with the wish that all of us could be free of suffering. 3. Regarding whatever arises as awakened energy This reverses our habitual pattern of trying to avoid conflict, trying to smooth things out, trying to prove that pain is a mistake that would not exist in our lives if only we did the right things. This view encourages us to look at the charnel ground of our lives as the working basis for attaining enlightenment." ~ Pema Chodren Classes on Hold For the time being I'm taking a break from offering any classes. I will let you know next month if I will offer the All Love Zoom or any other classes and sessions. I do hope to host another of Patti Hawse's Shamanic Journeys here in July. If you are free this weekend there is a wonderful gathering of gifted souls. Check out karmafest.com for the details on this year's Karmafest in Havre de Grace, MD! In Closing I hope you're well and allowing the joy in when it visits. I feel almost reborn after the last month. It will be interesting to see what evolves next. BTW, If any of you have read my book Stripped Naked & Other Songs of Love , I'd deeply appreciate if you would leave a review on Amazon. Thanks! As always I love hearing from you! Drop me a note and let me know how you're doing and what you're up to these days! Sending lots of love and sweet blessings to you! Love Always, Sherry Sherry Tuegel www.body-beloved.com 410-598-1010 ©2026 Body Beloved | sherrytuegel@verizon.net Like  Tweet  Pin  +1  in  Web Version  Preferences  Forward  Unsubscribe     Powered by GoDaddy Email Marketing ®

 

April 2026 Newsletter

Happy April, Beloveds! As I begin this newsletter it's a sunny beautiful Sunday outside. I hope you're soaking in the amazing Spring flowers and blooming trees we are blessed with here in the Mid-Atlantic. Here's a photo of my blooming ornamental cherry tree outside my front windows. It is a joy sharing a space with that beautiful tree! As I mentioned last month, I have a big adventure coming up on May 1st getting my right shoulder replaced at Mercy Hospital. I'll be taking May and maybe some of June off to recuperate. It's been interesting experimenting with just having my left hand to function with. Another lesson on accepting and surrendering to what is in the moment. Speaking of accepting what is, here is another gem from my Facebook feed today: For the soul drowning in the bitter disappointment of a life that didn't go as planned: read the Buddha's wisdom. _ You spent your younger years looking toward the horizon, patiently waiting for the grand payoff. Culture handed you a very convincing script about this chapter of life. You were promised that if you worked diligently, sacrificed your own desires, and raised your family well, you would eventually step into a golden era. You expected a carefree season of travel, unbroken health, and endless, relaxing afternoons. Instead, you are looking around at your daily routine, and it feels like a harsh bait-and-switch. Your reality might be managing doctor appointments, navigating tight fixed incomes, or simply dealing with a quiet, repetitive daily existence. The gap between the vibrant life you imagined and the stark reality of your living room is causing a deep, haunting sadness. You feel cheated by the universe, mourning an imaginary future that never actually showed up. To heal this specific, lingering heartbreak, we must look to the Madhupindika Sutta (MN 18). In this text, the Buddha diagnosed a deeply ingrained habit of the human mind, offering a practical way out of this trap. _ The Trap of the Phantom World The Buddha described a mental mechanism known as Papanca, which translates to the obsessive expansion of thoughts, or "conceptual proliferation." He observed that the human mind rarely just experiences the present moment. Instead, it builds elaborate, detailed fantasy worlds. For decades, your mind constructed a towering, perfect vision of what your later years were supposed to look like. You furnished that mental house and attached all your hopes for happiness to it. The instruction here is clarifying and direct: your current sadness is not entirely caused by your physical circumstances. You are hurting because you are forcing your real, everyday life to constantly compete against a ghost. You are measuring your breathing, actual existence against a phantom reality that only ever existed in your imagination. _ The Practice of True Arrival The Buddhist path does not ask you to pretend that aging is a joyride, nor does it preach passive acceptance of misery. It asks you to stop punishing yourself for a fantasy you didn't get. Here is the exact, step-by-step method to pull yourself out of the disappointment starting today: 1. Formally Burn the Script (Dassana): Acknowledge that the flawless, carefree retirement is largely a marketing myth designed to sell magazines and vacations. Give yourself one final, honest afternoon to grieve the specific dreams that didn't materialize. Cry over them if you must. Then, mentally close that book forever. You cannot move forward while looking backward. 2. Stop Arguing with Reality (Samma Vayama): The heaviest drain on your daily energy is the persistent thought, "It wasn't supposed to be this way." Whenever that thought arises, actively correct it. Tell yourself, "This is exactly how it is today." Peace arrives the very second you drop the demand for the universe to rewrite your history and start working with the actual materials you hold in your hands. 3. Anchor in the Small and Actual (Sati): Shift your attention away from the grand experiences you are missing, and train your eyes on the steady comforts you possess right now. A warm cup of coffee, a comfortable chair, the sound of rain against the glass, or a functioning appliance. These are not second-place consolations; they are the genuine substance of a lived life. Stop waiting for the grand finale, and learn to inhabit your actual home. Words by: Sahan Vishvajith_ Sitting with the comfort of my big chair and feeling grateful! BTW: Although the above is focused on those of us in retirement, it is powerful advice for any age. Upcoming Offerings Just a reminder that for the rest of April I'm still offering 50% off my Transformational Healing and Coaching Sessions, only $80 an hour. Give me a call at 410-598-1010 between 11am and 7pm if you'd like to book a time or email me. I hope you can join me for another All Love Zoom this Thursday - April 16th between 7pm and 9pm. We gather to open our hearts and learn more of how to love ourselves and others unconditionally. We can find places we've built a barrier to love. Each gathering is precious and full of the Sekhem energy! Please email me for the link at sherrytuegel@verizon.net. I will be taking May off but intend to be back for June 18th's All Love Zoom. In Closing Sending you so much love and healing prayers as we all move through these challenging uncertain times. May you find the richness in the small comforts you have in each moment and commit each morning to "Today is going to be my peaceful day." I love hearing from you so please email me with your updates, changes, joys and challenges. If you'd like me to put you in my Reiki Prayer Grid let me know. Holding you all close in my heart! Love and Sweet Blessings, Sherry Sherry Tuegel www.body=beloved.com 410-598-1010

Belated February 2026 Newsletter

 

Happy February Beloveds! I hope you're enjoying February, Valentines day weekend and the warmer weather after our snow and long stint of freezing temperatures. Apparently I missed sending out my January newsletter. Oops! Between celebrating my 75th Birthday and ending up in the last weeks of January into February having a 2 to 3 week nasty cold, I've been a bit out of it. I'm finally much better but still easily tire out. I was happy to stay inside and cozy with the big freezing snow we had; tissues and cough medicine by my side. LOL! What a delight to see sunny and 50 degree weather again! WooHoo! I've been swept up by the journey of the Theravada Monks and their faithful dog companion Aloka in their 2300 mile Walk for Peace from Fort Worth, Texas to Washington, DC (picture in the Header above). They walked barefoot or in socks switching to boots in harsh weather. They added a last minute addition to the journey riding from DC to Annapolis to be hosted by Governor Wes Moore at Government House before traveling back home to Texas February 12th. The video of their homecoming in Fort Worth was deeply touching as was watching the thousands and thousands of people who came out to bow, cheer them on or meditate with them along their many miles. Here is a the touching video of them reuniting in DC with the Monk who lost his leg in a traffic accident on their Walk for Peace on November 19, 2025 in Dayton, Texas. The lead Monk, Venerable Bhikkhu Pannakara, encouraged all of us to say each day when we wake up: "Today is going to be my peaceful day." What a beautiful practice! I notice more and more the times my mind takes me to ugly frightening ideas in these turbulent times that take me away from any peace that may have been with me. Mindfulness practices are beginning to halt those frightening ideas. I let them pass through and less often buy into them. May we all find more and more peace inside. Wisdom from Eckhart Tolle and Adyashanti I've found many wonderful teachings from my Facebook feed these days. Here are a few for you to bring more love and light into your days! “In you, as in each human being, there is a dimension of consciousness far deeper than thought. It is the very essence of who you are. We may call it presence, awareness, the unconditioned consciousness. In the ancient teachings, it is the Christ within, or your Buddha nature. Finding that dimension frees you and the world from the suffering you inflict on yourself and others when the mind-made “little me” is all you know and runs your life. Love, joy, creative expansion, and lasting inner peace cannot come into your life except through that unconditioned dimension of consciousness.” ~ Eckhart Tolle Resistance – The Silent Energy Leak “Resistance is the inner 'No' to what IS. It is the most subtle barrier to the Timeless Now. We judge, we get irritated, we fight the moment because it doesn't fit our ego's blueprint. But this struggle only anchors us in psychological time and drains our vitality. Awakening is the art of Non-resistance. When you stop fighting reality, you stop being a victim of circumstances. You become the space in which everything happens. Stop the war within. Say 'Yes' to the Now.” ~ Eckhart Tolle "Meditation, in this sense, is really a state of discovery. Sitting in quiet and stillness and just being in a state of openness gives you a clear opportunity to watch what happens internally when you stop judging your experience, when you stop judging your mind for being busy, or you stop judging yourself for having a particular feeling. You don’t try to get rid of the feeling. You don’t try to get rid of the mind. You just let go of your judgment. You let go of trying to control the moment. For a while, you surrender into what is. In these moments of stillness, whether in formal periods of meditation or otherwise, we can begin to let go of our conflict with what is. This is what meditation actually is: letting go of our conflict with life, dropping the struggle with who and what we are. Through resting in this way, we enter a state of nonresistance, where we’ll be able to have a taste of what it is like to live for a moment without judgment or conflict. With this as a foundation, it then becomes easier to access these moments of stillness and to let go of the illusion we have of control in our lives. Especially during challenging times, we are conditioned to move into a conflictual relationship with life, where we habitually evaluate, judge, and try to control particular life situations. If, however, we’ve had some taste of what it’s like to let go, of realizing for ourselves the futility of trying to control things, then we can much more naturally develop a wider perspective on our experiences, even the difficult ones. In this way life itself becomes a meditation, and a whole new relationship with existence starts to unfold." ~ Adyashanti Upcoming Classes and a Special Offer Once again I'm offering my monthly All Love Zoom on the 3rd Thursday (this Thursday), February 19th from 7pm to 9pm. Dive deep with us into your own beautiful heart and find the love and wisdom you seek hidden there. I love the wonderful feedback I get from folks that have had heart opening and sometimes mind stopping experiences. Join us! The fee is only $20 paid with PayPal or Zelle. Contact me at this email, sherrytuegel@verizon.net, for the link and other ways you can pay. If you're having money challenges these days you may attend for free. I only ask you pay it forward when you can. Patti Hawse offers another amazing Shamanic Journey here at my place - 4 Sturgis Court in Pikesville on Saturday - February 28th from 3pm to 5pm. Doors are locked by 3:15pm. The fee is $44. Let us know you're coming! You can sign up on the KarmaFest.com Calendar here. Scroll down to find it. A Special Offer For the rest of February through March 2026 I'm offering all my Transformational Healing/Coaching services for $80 an hour, half my usual price. I've heard from several clients that the work has greatly shifted and improved things for them as they get in touch with their own inner wisdom. I do love offering this work and want to do more of it! I hope you will be able to dive in either in person, by phone or on Zoom. Give me a call at 410-598-1010 between 11am and 7pm or email me at sherrytuegel@verizon.net. I look forward to hearing from you! In Closing As I sit here with my computer on my lap listening to chanting, a YouTube burning fireplace on my TV and the view of snow covered grounds through my front lace curtains, I feel such gratitude welling up inside me. I'm so grateful for you and for being alive today. I'm grateful for choosing more peace and love in my life. I'm grateful for getting a Reverse Mortgage in January, making it affordable for me to stay here in my comfortable home. And I'm so grateful for the Monks Walk for Peace! Taking it all one moment at a time praying for more love and peace for everyone! As always I love to hear from you and what is unfolding in your life! May you and all beings be well, happy and at peace! Love and Many Sweet Blessings, Sherry Sherry Tuegel www.body-beloved.com 410-598-1010

Belated December 2025 Newsletter

Happy Holidays Beloveds! I delighted in the snow covered day this past week from my safe warm living room. See above. I do enjoy this time of year with all the colored lights covering or peaking out from the windows of many homes in the area. There's a huge pine tree covered with Christmas lights as you come into Sudbrook Park near me. I was out shopping late enough (5pm) Saturday evening to finally see it all lit up along with several beautifully decorated homes along my way home. There's chanting playing in the background as I write to you along with Christmas Carols playing in my head. Tis the season! I hope you're enjoying what December offers! Solstice is on this Sunday, the 21st, and the light begins to return. Yeah! I do look forward to the days getting longer! Amazing Poet Reviews My Book's Intro I have been in awe of Victor Maria Rincones poetry on Facebook. I was surprised and touched when he left me this response after reading my memoir's Intro: "I haven’t read your book yet, but reading this felt like being trusted. What you offer is not a polished story, but a living one - brave enough to include both the light that comforts and the shadow that teaches. Your willingness to speak honestly about love, desire, confusion, devotion, and healing carries a rare kind of courage: the courage to remain open when closing would be easier. You inspire and intrigue me by the way you honor the body without separating it from the soul, and by how you let tenderness and sexuality speak in the same voice. There is no pretense here - only a sincere devotion to truth as it has been lived, felt, and earned. Thank you for sharing this. I’m so glad and grateful you're You." Along with this moving note he asked to chat with me on Messenger and we've been getting to know each other since. Please check him out on Facebook and read his powerfully moving work with the artwork linked to it. Much of the artwork he created and credits others for theirs. I was stunned to silence after reading "Solitude". Check it out on his Facebook page or contact me and I can forward it to you. If you're interested in buying a copy of my memoir, Stripped Naked & Other Songs of Love, it's on Amazon under Books. The paperback is $29 and the ebook is $9.99. If you'd like a signed copy I can mail one to you for $30 in most areas of the US. Upcoming Classes If you see this in time, tonight - December 18th at 8pm to 10pm is my monthly All Love Zoom gathering. Would love to have you with us. The fee is $20 and can be paid with PayPal or Zelle using this email: sherrytuegel@verizon.net. Email me for the link by 7:45pm tonight! I continue to hold the All Love Zoom on the 3rd Thursdays of each month. Please join us if you can! I haven't scheduled other classes yet but will let you know when I arrange one. 2026 may bring in some new teachings. I'll keep you posted. Till then, put the All Love Zoom on your calendar for the 3rd Thursdays. In Closing Many seem to be experiencing overwhelmed by the way things are unfolding in the world. May you find "the root of the root" of your own soul to comfort you in these challenging times...one breath at a time. Remember I'm here if you need to talk. I pray you're navigating everything well and can enjoy the joys and traditions that fill this time of year! So "Merry Everything and Happy Always" Beloveds! Please reach out and share what's unfolding for you this season. Much Love and Many Sweet Blessings, Sherry Sherry Tuegel www.body-beloved.com 410-598-1010