by Havi Brooks | Jan 2, 2018 | my personal practice
2017 in yoga, a few days before the new year, Em said to us, “if you had a terrible unpleasant painful year, please know that you are not alone, we are going to make it through, together we are going to coast our way there” a toast to company, and the...
by Havi Brooks | Dec 26, 2017 | my personal practice
dark I woke up the other morning deep in solstice-adjacent despair, an absolutely perfect turn of phrase that I am borrowing from Erin, and (until she gave it a name and I realized what it was), it was painful and baffling But yes, of course, it is terribly dark (in...
by Havi Brooks | Dec 19, 2017 | calm techniques
Protection in salve form This protection spell is a repeat from a couple years ago, it had a different name, it was called The Salve Of Striding Towards My Yes, and it feels important, it feels important now, I wish I had a better way to explain this feeling in my...
by Havi Brooks | Dec 15, 2017 | my personal practice
Twelve days Hi sweet friends, I am taking twelve days to learn what I want from this new incoming year To listen-explore-play and call in (hear the call of!) my word for the year, to receive a compass of qualities to guide me, and make space for any wishes, projects...
by Havi Brooks | Dec 12, 2017 | my personal practice
Begin with the breaking There are so many stories I want to share with you, where do we begin? Begin with the breaking A story about a bottle I have been crying for six months straight, riding the rage waves of this painful breakup, the betrayal-and-loss, crashing...