With Embodiment, Boundaries & the Ancestors starting in just under two weeks, three questions have been on my mind: what helps us fully inhabit our bodies (the first step to setting boundaries)? what interferes with our ability to fully inhabit our bodies? and… why is fully inhabiting our bodies (or embodiment) so important? Today, I’d […]
Choosing to Belong
It is night and I’m standing beneath a star-filled sky having just completed some prayers and offerings with two other ritualists. They are standing close to one another, heads together, speaking quietly. I see this, noticing the much wider span of distance between the two of them and myself. My body begins to contract, an […]
When Feeling Your Feelings Doesn’t Work
I’ve spent 20 years learning to be present in my body and feel my feelings – to not run from them, to not repress them, to not deny them. Also: refining skills that allow me to not become overwhelmed by the feelings and/or act out from them in ways that are harmful to myself or […]
When Overwhelm Strikes – 3 Practices to Restore Peace and Clarity
I’m in the middle of a pregnancy scare. As I’m typing, I’m waiting to find out either way. Fortunately, with regards to what I’m about to say, whether I am or not doesn’t matter. Let me set the scene. As many of you know, I’m married. We have one child. We actually kind of want […]
Our Bodies – Where Personal and Multigenerational Trauma Meet
We have all experienced pain and trauma at some point in our lives. Ideally, at the time of the painful situation or event, we were able to work through it and return to health and wholeness. Ideally, any trauma we experienced fully resolved and we returned to our lives even more resilient than before. Unfortunately, […]
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