by Havi Brooks | Feb 22, 2011 | my personal practice
Personal ads. They’re … personal! Very. So my itty bitty personal ads made me realize that it’s time to make a regular practice of trying to feel okay asking for stuff. Even when the asking thing feels weird and conflicted. Ever since I posted the...
by Havi Brooks | Jan 19, 2011 | working on patterns & habits
Just so you know, I am physically incapable of saying the word “pause” without making little doggy hands. Paws! This is going to make writing this pause-centric post extra-challenging, but possibly also entertaining. If you happen to be in the room with...
by Havi Brooks | Jan 5, 2011 | stucknesses & stuckification
Or: the difference between process and actual destuckifying. When people set off on the trail of destuckification, it often happens that they hit the Grinding Your Wheels In The Mud phase. What wheel-grinding looks and sounds like: Looping conversations in our head,...
by Havi Brooks | Dec 6, 2010 | stuff I think about
We did a thing at the Week of Biggification in North Carolina that was pretty great. In addition to optional afternoon old Turkish lady yoga, we had optional morning classes that were … oh, unconventional is as good a word as any. And on this particular day we played...
by Havi Brooks | Nov 15, 2010 | my personal practice
I have been gone. And doing a lot of looking for space in the tight and narrow places. In my body, mostly. In the joints and between the fascia. Space between the vertebrae. But also: In my physical and emotional environment. Activating sources of support and comfort....