There’s a pearl of wisdom I want to share, but it requires me to first untie the story of a pearl as you may know it. A pearl’s origin is a story juicy with symbolism. A grain of sand makes its way into a shell and begins to irritate it. The irritation, over time,...
Where is your wisdom seated? When the mind is in charge, we are top heavy. We act quickly and for short-term gain. Our necks extend beyond our shoulders, vigilant in our search for danger and new FOMO possibilities. It's a posture rife with negative consequences for...
When it hits your body like a wave crashing against the shore. When you finally step out of the fog. When you can barely hold yourself in your seat the moment you see it. When the butterflies making a home in your belly dissolve like vapor in the sun. When it feels...
If you believe that laying down arms is the only way to surrender, you're not getting the whole picture. We get this concept confused when it comes to others’ behavior. Their behavior may be wrong, unethical, criminal, unjust, or simply not what we would do. Humans...
My husband and I once spent a very hot winter together. Not quite like that. Then again, it was exactly like that. I wrote a bit about it here. It was a hot winter because we were living in the tropics. It was a hot winter because we were fighting like cats and dogs...
This month’s theme in The Nest is surrender. So how could I not offer a yoga nidra practice? Yoga nidra is all about surrender, because when we fall into this state of openness we let go. But what do we let go into? The embrace of the divine. For those of you new to...
Surrender is a white flag that raises a ton of red flags. We are taught to defend at all costs. We are taught that letting our guard take a break leaves us at risk. Yet we are never taught that keeping our shield up all the time keeps the good stuff out too. Of course...
When you are tired. When you are overwhelmed. When you have screamed all there is to scream or have swallowed every whimper until silence is all that greets you. When the thing you thought was gone for good shows up with a suitcase. When you are out of ideas and...
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