Deep Hearing

I’ve been putting my belly on the earth a lot lately. Sometimes I think I can hear better that way. There are so many ways of hearing. We hear with our hair, our eyes, our skin. There is a hearing in the belly that is deep. It’s aligned with that saying “you know it...

Refill

Sometimes I wait too long to refill. I always notice my house plants drooping with thirst. Their little leafy arms grow weak. The weight of so much beauty and vibrancy becomes crippling without enough moisture to sustain it. Their little green arms wither to brown...

Full Moon Blessing

Some full moons I feel more deeply than others. I’m really feeling this one. I dreamed last night that travelled to the moon. I pressed my body against it. I felt the old and stagnant waters of my body be pulled straight out. Out my pores seeped the gripping, the...

Growing Roots

We are made of star stuff. There’s a large part of us that’s connected to the vastness of the cosmos. There’s an entire Universe out there that’s completely unknown to us. Whenever I feel the vastness of our Universe I end up feeling incredibly humbled. This place is...

Speak Your Truth

When I was young, I was painfully shy. I was quiet. Someone once asked my mother if I was mute! I remember always wanting to just melt into the background of whatever was around me. I wanted to disappear. If there was something that needed to be said, or something I...

Love

“My dear, find what you love and let it kill you.” -Bukowski There are so many ways to live. Why not live by letting the things dearest to you come ever closer into your heart? Why not open so wide that the whole world could live inside your chest? Why leave the...