by Havi Brooks | Feb 11, 2010 | my personal practice
Background: the metaphor technique is something I’ve adapted from Suzette Haden Elgin’s teachings. It’s a terrifically great tool for destuckifying. We play with this one at the Kitchen Table and at some of my wacky events. It’s mainly an...
by Havi Brooks | Feb 4, 2010 | my personal practice, stuff I think about
So there’s this thing that tends to happen when your brain is all scrambled, which is that the part of you that is excessively sensible forgets to weigh in. It’s awesome. Because then you get all the stuff you would normally never say. Much of it...
by Havi Brooks | Feb 1, 2010 | my personal practice, stucknesses & stuckification
Yesterday I spent the better part of the day observing harbor seals at Monterey Bay. And then practicing being one. Or being like one. Observations. It’s hard to see something as ridiculously awesome as a harbor seal without going all annoyingly National...
by Havi Brooks | Jan 18, 2010 | my personal practice
I have issues with relaxation. Well. Let’s just say that I don’t really like it. Resistance to comfort. It’s my thing. Clarification: I do actually love the sensation of being relaxed when I’m there, but I don’t like a lot of things that...
by Havi Brooks | Jan 6, 2010 | my personal practice, working on patterns & habits
A wee note of explain-ey-ness: I kind of talk a lot about Dance of Shiva today, which is weird because that’s the topic of my other blog, right? It’s just that I’m not really talking about the practice itself. I’m talking about shifting...
by Havi Brooks | Dec 22, 2009 | my personal practice, stucknesses & stuckification
Because I haven’t been disclaimer-ey enough yet today. If this post makes no sense, you might want to read my last conversation with the Time Gremlins. The short version is that they don’t let me … not be busy. And that they have surprisingly good...
