Wanting to do it all now…
I know a life devoted to creativity is itself a work of art, and the best artworks cannot be rushed into existence. But sometimes I need to re-ask myself: How can I focus on the things I am accomplishing now, that are present enough to tackle now, and let go of needing to know how it will unfold?
You can't force being ready
What if we let ourselves grow into readiness (instead of forcing ourselves into a phase of ourselves or our life that has not yet come to pass, and blaming ourselves for why it’s not working)?
What if we were present enough in ourselves and the process that we didn’t stress about what we SHOULD be doing or what it SHOULD look like by now? What if we held the vision, knowing that when we are ready we will have no doubt?
Widening the Stream
The purpose for this somatic practice is to offer a safe space for widening our capacity to feel into and through our emotions that are right there under the surface, to allow ourselves to feel the grief we need to feel, and to remember and "re-ember" joy - because that is what keeps us going. May we find safety within our bodies as we witness atrocities and do our part to fight for justice.
The Journeying of Persephone
Who is Perspehone? What does she embody?
I think there are endless ways to interpret who Persephone is, how this archetype reveals itself. An evocative expression of Persephone’s archetype is that of the edge-walker: the priestess, the one who walks between worlds, who has the wisdom and the esteem of both the conscious and the unconscious, of both Life and Death