poetry &
other creative musings
“The doors to the world of the wild self are few but precious. If you have a deep scar, that is a door, if you have an old, old story, that is a door. If you love the sky and the water so much you almost cannot bear it, that is a door. If you yearn for a deeper life, a full life, a sane life, that is a door.”
-Clarissa Pinkola Estes
Let The Ground Hold You
One of my favorite yoga positions is Shavasana. Corpse pose is actually one of the hardest and under appreciated positions in yoga.
My Word For 2018
My Word for 2018 is FOUNDATION. Foundation; “1. the basis or groundwork of anything, 2. the natural or prepared ground or base on which some structure rests. 3. the lowest division of a building, wall, or the like..”
Hope: A 2018 Invocation
Looking back at 2017, it was filled with peaks of intensity, valleys of challenges and simply put, new terrain. Ultimately, for me, it was a bridge crossing over into a year that blew the door open in the earliest hours. 2018 it seems, was not willing to slip quietly in through the night.
You Are the Hearth of Your Home
What if I said to you: You are the hearth of your own home?
Notes From My Fall Cocoon
Sometimes there’s no words, just a genuine desire for silence. I could feel the shift coming early this month but held off.
Love Yourself Through It
Things fall apart in waves. A more direct way to say it is, sometimes, sh*t hits the fan. Usually it's because we've just been maintaining, or not tending to what has been simmering beneath the surface.
Surrender
If you feel mounting pressure around you and within you, the release valve you are looking for can be found in the act of surrender. What is an act of surrender?