by Havi Brooks | Jan 23, 2021 | my personal practice
Noticing During zoom yoga with my friend Cate, she suggested that we try noticing what we’re not noticing. This reverberated in me like the perfect stone skipping across the waters of my consciousness. How do you notice what you’re not noticing? It is a striking...
by Havi Brooks | Apr 5, 2015 | 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 | Jul 31, 2012 | my personal practice
Good god I love saying hello to things. Hello, day. Hello, month. Sometimes I just walk around sparking tiny whispered hellos to everything. Hello, tree. Hello, red rug for yoga. Hello, palm of my hand. Here is a sloppy hello-kiss for you. It is a form of naming...
by Havi Brooks | May 10, 2012 | my personal practice
It’s definitely, definitely May, and I am ready to say hello to May in its May-ness. Hi, there. Hi, there. And I decided I want to use that set of four questions from the book about Crucial Conversations that I’ve been working with. So. Let’s try...
by Havi Brooks | Dec 7, 2011 | stuff I think about
This would be about eight or nine years ago. I’m not sure exactly — time is being slippery that way. I worked as a yoga teacher in a studio in a northern suburb of Tel Aviv. The studio occasionally sponsored workshops by various famous teachers, and this...
