noticing everything
(all at once)
i find my fullest fluency when i am quiet—when I unknowingly allow the slow intertwine of my life to build rather than assume I know the (desired) outcome.
it’s a process dependent upon time and trust.
and as an overthinker, to be in the pause is excruciating.
yet i know it works.
it always does.
when i allow the pause to be my way, there inevitably becomes a moment of discovery that a line of text from one source is the key to another project entirely:
Eggs should be laid by chickens that have as much to say in it as any of us about our egg laying does.
Tamar Adler, An Everlasting Meal
ahhh
i’m holding this as my midterm mantra (and more) because
life is not an either/or proposition; it is both. it is everything.
attention attention: in the news
gathering (in grace) notes is going live at tru
if you enjoyed the online community of gathering (in grace) notes, i invite you to expand your practice in person!
a new monthly workshop series at tru yoga, rochester, ny
writing your practice: from breath to pen
join me to weave ancient yoga teachings into a contemporary tapestry to map and make meaning of our bodies and embodied experiences. each workshop will begin with a theme, a narrative thread to be tugged and teased through the practices of asana, pranayama, guided meditation, and writing to create a more spacious container of our whole self:
from breath to pen, mat to page
this series is for anyone ready to explore how yoga + writing complement each other to become an embodied practice ~ no writing experience required
sign up for each workshop as a stand-alone offering or register for the entire series
beginning October 9, 3-4:45pm EST
questions? send me an email
𝚘𝚗 𝚟𝚒𝚎𝚠 𝚗𝚘𝚠
and
holding and being held: in conversation with anne leighton massoni
at this critical historical juncture, abortion stories can no longer be held in secret or shame. they must be shared in support and service to generations of future women, to actively be unspoken no more.
be it through the act of writing or reading, my deepest gratitude to all who shared in story ~ thank you instruments of memory for the opportunity to work together again.
join cynthia mulcahy and me for an IG conversation saturday, oct 15 @1pm ET
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