by Havi Brooks | Nov 23, 2010 | my personal practice
The day before yesterday I was watching myself studiously avoiding a thing, in a variety of clever and fabulous ways. After taking the appropriate amount of time (ninety seconds?) to admire my smoking hot avoidance skills, I went back to what I know. Namely: I know...
by Havi Brooks | Nov 16, 2010 | my personal practice
At the fabulous Week of Biggification in Asheville, we asked a lot of questions. And we asked them after doing hilariously brain-meltingly impossible rounds of Shiva Nata, so that we were in a state of complete and utter mind scramble. Catching ourselves in that...
by Havi Brooks | Nov 15, 2010 | my personal practice
I have been gone. And doing a lot of looking for space in the tight and narrow places. In my body, mostly. In the joints and between the fascia. Space between the vertebrae. But also: In my physical and emotional environment. Activating sources of support and comfort....
by Havi Brooks | Oct 23, 2010 | my personal practice
Personal ads. They’re … personal! Very. So my itty bitty personal ads made me realize that it’s time to make a regular practice of trying to feel okay asking for stuff. Even when the asking thing feels weird and conflicted. Ever since I posted the...
by Havi Brooks | Oct 20, 2010 | my personal practice
Remember the other week when we were closing doors all over the place? So today it’s tiny little troll doors. I imagine them kind of like this. Yes, that’s the faery door that lives at the Playground — and sometimes mysteriously moves around, though...
by Havi Brooks | Oct 19, 2010 | my personal practice
I’m getting ready to get ready to get ready to leave for Asheville. This is not like me. It’s kind of awesome. This trip will be my third to North Carolina in fifteen months. Preparing for the teaching: not a big deal. Preparing for the traveling:...
