Tag: healing
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rejoicing, somehow
My skin has come alive, shimmering, sensitive to the lightest touch. A sigh pours from my mouth when my hair brushes against my back. It’s new and tender. Pleasure has been the focus of my exploration for the past few years but I have a teacher now1, someone to offer tools, support and guidance, so…
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a moment for the details
I attended an evening of figure drawing a few nights ago. The model was nude, adorning bangles on her wrist in black and gold, with a heavy hamsa pendant nestled comfortably between her collarbones. She switched poses at different intervals, allowing time to capture whatever we could before she moved again. The varied temporal stretches…
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meta reflections
I take a couple of days at the end of each year to reflect on its highlights – the challenges, opportunities and dreams that shaped the trip around the sun. Especially before I begin to set intentions for the upcoming year, it’s essential to honestly assess where I am. This year has been hectic to…
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baby’s first yoga class
I went to four yoga classes the week leading up to my accident. Before that, I had been practicing consistently for over 9 years. The studio was where I could simultaneously ignite my passion and find my calm. Without hesitation, I would say that my physical practice was one of the biggest casualties of the…
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come with intention
There was an opening ceremony on the first night of our yoga teacher training at Lakshmi Rising, nestled in the jungle between two rivers on Costa Rica’s Nicoya Peninsula. It gave us each an opportunity to introduce ourselves and learn about the people we would come to know intimately over the next three weeks. We…
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the magic of gratitude
reposted from February 2019 As someone who has been fortunate enough to come out of a traumatic experience and feel so tremendously whole, I can attest to the fact that there is always a light at the end of the tunnel – but I also learned that there are ways to flood even the darkest…
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gratitude as alchemy
In a world that teaches us that wealth is measured by material acquisition, gratitude is the antidote. It is alchemy that allows us to access our divinity as human beings and connects us to something (anything) outside of ourselves. Engaging in gratitude trains our brains to seek out the good in our lives and helps…
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getting to the heart of it
I just want love not to feel like a minefield. I need to excavate my body of its fear, it has rooted down deeper than my awareness. Mines like memories I can hardly recall of broken glass and my mother crying, bags packed hidden in the closet, chaos that became so comfortable I had to…
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how you changed me
written in the fall of 2014, a poem I wrote in college that’s never seen the outside of my poetry class
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for the love of acupuncture
I have one last trip in me before the year is up. In November, I’ll attend a Yoga Teacher Training in Costa Rica. My experience in India forcefully reminded me how sacred my yoga practice. Because it was as painful as it was enlightening, this next trip has required a lot of physical preparation (if…
nathalie shushan 