by Havi Brooks | May 9, 2014 | updates & announcements
Where I cover the good and the hard in my week, visiting the non-preachy side of ritual and self-reflection. It is Friday and we are here. {a breath for Friday} What worked this week? GERBIL TAG! Gerbil tag is this made-up word/concept that was a huge help to me this...
by Havi Brooks | May 7, 2014 | stuff I think about
Riding the El was my recent proxy mission. The El stood for Love. L is for love. And other things. And I was riding it, in the sense that I was learning about it. It was at Rally (Rally!), of course, and it was Rally L which is why I was riding the El. My name was...
by Havi Brooks | May 5, 2014 | my personal practice
Personal ads. They’re … personal! Very. I write a Very Personal Ad each week to practice wanting, and get clarity about my desires. The point isn’t getting my wish (though cool things have emerged from wishing), the point is learning about my...
by Havi Brooks | May 2, 2014 | updates & announcements
Where I cover the good and the hard in my week, visiting the non-preachy side of ritual and self-reflection. It is Friday and we are here. {a breath for Friday} What worked this week? When I assume there is an easier way…. Each time I caught myself agreeing to...
by Havi Brooks | May 1, 2014 | my personal practice
For five years now I have been writing wishes and sharing them here every week. I’ve done a lot of thinking, here and on my own, about how scary and fraught it can be to reveal wishes, even to myself, never mind TO THE INTERNET. How wishing itself is intensely...