by Havi Brooks | Nov 30, 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 | Nov 8, 2013 | updates & announcements
Where I cover the good and the hard in my week, visiting the non-preachy side of ritual and self-reflection. It is Friday and we are here. {a breath for Friday} What worked? The word CONVICTION. Not in a religious sense. Just the feeling of deeply knowing. And also...
by Havi Brooks | Jul 12, 2011 | my personal practice
Alright. A month ago I was at Rally (Rally!) and had a bunch of shivanautical insights related to checklists. Namely that I need them. Badly. Oh, so very, very badly! But also that I don’t like them very much. Here’s what I wrote about checklists while...
by Havi Brooks | Apr 7, 2011 | stucknesses & stuckification
A really useful concept or thoughtful question doesn’t just sit there. It lands. And it doesn’t just land. It touches down in your consciousness and ripples out. Circles echoing circles. Reverberating. It sets off a chain of spiraling cycles that move...
by Havi Brooks | Nov 16, 2010 | my personal practice
At the fabulous Week of Biggification in Asheville, we asked a lot of questions. And we asked them after doing hilariously brain-meltingly impossible rounds of Shiva Nata, so that we were in a state of complete and utter mind scramble. Catching ourselves in that...
