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Healing is a process

I have been keeping my opinions to myself as I have been feeling more emotionally unstable and I am not a fan of saying things I will regret. I have been experiencing physical security that I have not had for years. I am not wondering when my next pay day will be or how IContinue reading “Healing is a process”

Family

Family is on my mind today. I think its very trendy right now to be who you are and fuck anyone who doesnt “get you”. Please do not take anything I am saying as advice, or as I think I know what’s best. I would like to say that I have no idea what’s goingContinue reading “Family”

I am a Base…

I wanted to talk a bit about Acroyoga. I have been doing this practice since 2012. Everyone gets hooked into flying at first because it’s such a unique and incredible sensory experience that leaves you wanting more. Due to my size I shifted pretty rapidly into being a base. As a base you become anContinue reading “I am a Base…”

How are my emotions physical?

I was told by the chiro to stretch my chest. I find through observation of my environments that when we are asked to stretch or strengthen a specific muscle we tend to think about it in a robotic way. Do exercise A, for a set duration and repeat daily. Now I am not saying thisContinue reading “How are my emotions physical?”

Becoming

Worldview check, how many times do we assume that people all see the world in the same way that we do? I want to share here my own unique worldview that has been shaped in relationship to my family, community, as well as colonial systems. I want to first acknowledge that I am an IndigenousContinue reading “Becoming”

Integration

I have been feeling like my inner teenage suppressed emotions are surfacing, I have deep respect for who I was as a teenager. I would not hold back what I thought and had a sharp tongue. That being said I also had to suppress parts of myself that were not acceptable at the time. ThisContinue reading “Integration”

Paying With Your Attention

As we begin to become the creators of our own lives, our own teachers, our own cheerleaders, and at times advocates for ourselves to live in our own unique ways. Many of us are starting to bump up against the old and tired systems of domination and control. Witnessing so many people creating systems thatContinue reading “Paying With Your Attention”

Aliveness

Something that I have always held inside myself is sovereignty. in contrast to what is happening online and in the media sovereignty is still untouched. Something that I learned in my life is that we all have a right to exist freely it is an inherent right. Indigenous peoples in Canada and all over theContinue reading “Aliveness”

Mutual Respect

I don’t need to go far to witness people wanting change in the world! We all can see some glaring issues, inequalities, and outright abuse. Many of the issues appear to be systemic, so naturally, we call for systemic changes. We gather and call for changes to happen on the outside! I have to sayContinue reading “Mutual Respect”

Alignment

Alignment Is this something that can be cued from the outside in? When I think back to the days that I practiced Westernized Yoga 6- 8 times per week, I remember each class being heavily focused on cueing “proper” alignment. This was done while simultaneously telling us to listen to our bodies. At the timeContinue reading “Alignment”