by Havi Brooks | Dec 31, 2014 | my personal practice
It is hard to even get a sense what something is, or was, while it is in the process of passing. I’ve never really understood the end-of-year lists, summaries, the summing up. How can we say what was? We don’t know yet. That will require time. So this is...
by Havi Brooks | Dec 30, 2014 | my personal practice
I had to get a physical last week. As you may know, I’ve been dread-avoiding this for months and have postponed so many times that it’s ridiculous. Really there is nothing about getting a physical that is even remotely palatable for me, and the last one...
by Havi Brooks | Dec 28, 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 26, 2014 | my personal practice
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? Wearing my crown. I wrote a note to myself before going out to a waltz event, and it said sweetie wear your crown. At the...
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 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...
