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 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...
by Havi Brooks | Dec 1, 2017 | my personal practice
[A breath before beginning] Our culture places an obscene amount of value on facing fears, confronting what is terrifying. In fact, we often act as though the only breakthroughs of understanding and healing that are meaningful (hello, month of meaning) are the ones...
by Havi Brooks | Nov 17, 2017 | my personal practice
Meaning what, exactly I love having a word to accompany each month, or really, to accompany me each month as I passage through, focal point and talisman, this month though has feeling especially Baader-Meinhof-esque, that is, the phenomenon of frequency illusion, aka...
