and when they say we are moving towards a heart-centered world … first, there will be pain. pain, as all that is not heart-centered is revealed and stripped away. there will be the pain of not knowing how such ruthlessness could have existed for so long, the pain of being left in the dark and […]
the dreamer within: a poem for 2021
What does it mean to dream? I wrote this poem a few months ago when I was asking myself this exact question. I think any time we approach a new year, questions often emerge: what are we doing with our lives? What would we like to create for the future? Where are we going and […]
Wild Woman: Come home to the wisdom within (poem)
Wild She trudged through the dirtFeet bare against the earthWith a warm, soft breezeCaressing her cheeks.Coming home to yourself is messy,She thought;She feltVolcanic eruptions of emotionBirthing a clarityShe’d been seeking all her life.Sometimes she’d strayedA bit too far onto the path,Mistaking her lifeFor that of someone else +The rocks stung her toesUntil she remembered. She […]
Be grounded: on being right where you are (poem)
What does it mean for you to come home to yourself? What does it mean to feel grounded? I can still remember where I was when I wrote this poem, standing in my living room in the breaks between handstands. For much of my life, I’ve often written this way – in the gaps and […]
Stamina, uncertainty, and how to find your joy again
Stamina. I think that is my word for this season of life we are moving through at the moment, this season of uncertainty and challenge and change. I’ve found myself saying ‘the most’ and ‘the longest’ quite frequently of late. “This is the longest I’ve stayed in one place, the longest I haven’t traveled.” “This […]
Tenderness, a revolution: a poem about love
To love is an incredibly revolutionary act. When we think of love, we often think of it as soft, and in our world, ‘soft’ has become synonymous with ‘incompetent.’ We hate on the soft spaces of our bodies, we value grit and resiliency above all else, and we ask men if they’ve ‘gone soft’ on […]
Some thoughts on what it means to be seen
Where are you hiding? Something I’ve been sitting with a lot recently is my secret desire to be seen. At some point when I was a child, I picked up the patterning that this desire was selfish. That was the last thing I wanted to be, so I grew to block myself from being seen […]
a daring conversation with Courage + Fear (poem)
What does it mean to commit, truly? What does it mean to fully commit to Life? What does it mean to commit, and what are we so afraid of? Why are we so afraid of Life? Questions, Questions, Questions. Sometimes it seems that all I have these days are Questions. There are more Questions than […]
On breathing through indecision + finding your way back home
An exploration on indecision and intuition, this piece is a 5-minute read. There are no right or wrong answers, only the path you choose. Lately, I have been plagued by indecision. This is not an uncommon experience for me – I’ve spent many hours and days in my life fretting over what I should do […]
sacred simplicity: a healing in words (poem)
This week, I’ve been exploring the energy of the sacred and what it means to integrate that energy into our everyday lives. I think it’s so much simpler than we often make it out to be – here are some of my explorations on the topic. May these words allow you to see the sacred […]
How to create sacred spaces in your everyday life
How do you make your every day sacred? This is a question I’ve been sitting with recently. How do we create a sacred energy in our everyday lives? How do we fill the spaces between the doing with an energy of stillness and presence? How do we stay present with ourselves in what we’re doing […]
New year, new you? How to rethink intentions in 2021
Which one are you: New year, new you?New year, same you?New year, same you with slight modifications on the previous years’ model? As I’m writing these words, I have to smile a bit. I think there are so many tropes when it comes to the new year, so many ways of thinking about this blank […]