by Havi Brooks | Nov 3, 2023 | my personal practice
October brought fall color and the cottonwoods turned yellow, and: small joys Adding sweetness Apropos of nothing and of everything I wrote this down, something Alex Steed said on the You Are Good podcast, it was the episode on The Changeling, he said it and I had to...
by Havi Brooks | Mar 4, 2022 | my personal practice
content note: Some tough topics, strong force fields indicated! 1991 The start of the first Gulf War lined up exactly with my first period, announcing itself in blood, an absurd thing to say, yes, I am aware, and also: that’s how I remember both these events thanks to...
by Havi Brooks | Jun 28, 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 | Dec 27, 2011 | stuff I think about
Advice-Giving mode: “Have you tried…? Why don’t you just…?” Implied: “Have you considered that my way might be better?” Helper-Mouse mode: “What do you need? How can I help you get what you want? Can you give me more...
by Havi Brooks | Aug 11, 2011 | updates & announcements
So I had a bunch of stuff to put here for you guys today. But then we did the most there-are-no-adequate-adjectives-for-this-level-of-insanity outrageously intense and impossibly impossible Shiva Nata practice at Rally yesterday. And it erased my brain and replaced...
