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protecting joy
The vibrant, expansive, outstretched tendril part of ourselves that moves us toward life
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Introducing the Drinking Gourd
Recognizing true north, honoring ancestral wisdom, and stepping in to more authenticity.
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the compulsive need to prove
We may not consciously believe that we should have to "do stuff" to feel that we have value, but when the pressure is on, or something really matters…
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why we don't follow our intuition
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what your bones know
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the power of recognizing powerlessness
Admitting powerlessness has a contradictory effect. It is not admitting defeat, it’s releasing control. Rather than giving up and checking out, an…
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reclaiming indigeneity
We all come from a people who were indigenous to some corner of this earth. Our ancestors knew nature and lived in relationship with it. They understood…
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what your bones know
When we imagine what the stones know, we also imagine, what our bones know. Our bones, without which we would be a puddle, shape us in obvious and…
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for those who are letting go
You're not alone in this tender uncertainty.
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why we don't follow our intuition
and how to take care of potential regrets.
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ritual acts of care
These practices need not be complex to make a big impact.
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that space between inhalation
breath by breath we embody birth, maturation, decline, and death
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The Drinking Gourd
The Drinking Gourd
Walking towards liberation, taking off the masks of colonization, celebrating BIPOC brilliance, guided by the ancestors, the stars, and the knowing of the body.
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