by Havi Brooks | Dec 24, 2014 | calm techniques
It’s christmas, which can be hard for some. For most, I suspect. Definitely for me. Though even if today is a perfectly fine regular sort of day for you, or even an excellent day (and I wish that for you), it never hurts to have some extra superpowers. So feel...
by Havi Brooks | Dec 21, 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 | Dec 19, 2014 | stuff I think about
A look at the good and the hard in my week, a ritual of reflecting. It is Friday and we are here. {a breath for Friday.} What worked this week? Losing my pants. I did not intend to lose my pants, of course. Just the opposite. We drove into Salt Lake area just in time...
by Havi Brooks | Dec 15, 2014 | my personal practice
This year is Shmita year, it is the sabbatical year in the seven year agricultural cycle when you let the land rest. More than rest. You let the land lie fallow. Lie fallow. That phrase used to feel desolate to me, almost a lonely sort of emptying, but now it feels...
by Havi Brooks | Dec 14, 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...