by Havi Brooks | Nov 22, 2024 | my personal practice
Reflecting on a big open sky and pretty clouds above an outdoor cafe in Albuquerque, from a good memory day that now hurts. Preface I have been reeling hard, deep in the reeling places, and wrote this piece to explores some of that, in between many panic episodes....
by Havi Brooks | Jul 6, 2024 | my personal practice
I wanted to share an image of a card that says protection from cynicism, and features a line of colorful decorated prayer flags, but for some reason this was the one image on my phone that I couldn’t upload, so I looked for another photo I have that feels aligned with...
by Havi Brooks | Mar 6, 2022 | my personal practice
Image: Celebratory chai-flavored mini waffles (gluten-free & dairy-free) with pine needle syrup, halva, a date, nutmeg, flaky salt. A make-shift feast conjured from creativity aka what was left in my tiny trailer pantry aka use what you have. The waffles are...
by Havi Brooks | Jul 24, 2015 | my personal practice
Reflecting on both the hard and the good parts in the week that was… It is Friday and we are here. {a breath for Friday, for this space, for being here when we get here.} Three hundred and sixty five weeks of chickening! Thank you, everyone who reads: you are...
by Havi Brooks | Feb 10, 2015 | my personal practice
I was stretched out on the table, slow deep breaths, and Wally was talking to my knee (and to all of me) with his hands, with warmth, steady gentleness and unfathomable kindness, as is his way, and I was talking to my knee with my heart. My heart and I asked the...
