by Havi Brooks | Apr 4, 2022 | my personal practice
Image: View of a favorite lake in New Mexico where I have never once gone swimming, blue-green water, surrounded by juniper and piñon, I am asking the water to lend its powers of free movement, clarity, and something that is both open and contained. A Chat With The...
by Havi Brooks | Mar 4, 2014 | my personal practice
Personal ads. They’re … personal! Very. Each week I write a Very Personal Ad (aka Vision-Possibility-Anticipation) to practice wanting, and get clarity about my desires. Sometimes wanting feels conflicted or just plain hard, and that’s okay. At the...
by Havi Brooks | Apr 19, 2013 | updates & announcements
Where I cover the good and the hard in my week, visiting the non-preachy side of ritual and self-reflection. And you get to join in if you feel like it. What worked? Trusting. Someone I trust told me: “Your sparkle is strong today.” It was a difficult day...
by Havi Brooks | Oct 15, 2009 | my personal practice, stuff I think about
A couple of weeks ago, I wrote a post called Questions. It also had the words Part 1 right there in the title. Right. I totally meant to get to Part 2. And then forgot. Anyway, it was this writing exercise thing. By which I mean the following: 1. posing questions 2....
by Havi Brooks | Aug 4, 2009 | my personal practice
Second post in a short series … But first I need to be all disclaimer-ey … So I find most non-Jennifer-Louden-written self-help-ey books to be pretty insipid — but I adore Wishcraft by Barbara Sher (she’s @barbarasher on Twitter). You can...