Grounding
I finally realized that always being described as easy-goingflexible full of “patience” andoh, she just goes with the flowwas simply a trauma response from childhood. It bled into all of my relationships. Releasing shame, forgiving myself, being gentle with all parts of self, loving myself enough to create boundaries, honoring my sacred intuition, resting to […]
the act of remembering
I’ve been remembering.Remembering when I was fully happy, fully myself, fully held. I used to play in the backyard of our little house in San Diego. The trees and grass swaying around me, the birds singing their songs, the sun warm on my braids, my dolls nearby, my flat brown feet in the dirt, my […]
Wise woman
Men and their patriarchal systems (capitalism, church, government) did what they could to destroy the indigenous Wise Woman of the New World. The ones who healed with herbs, flowers and roots. The mothers, the birthworkers, the midwives, the medicine women — curanderas— and the ones who celebrated the cyclical ways. For so many of us, […]
Rituals
One thing about me is I’m always going to get my feelings hurt because I’m sensitive as shit and this world ain’t the place for sensitive people. I have dark days. Because of my connection to the spiritual world, the reality of this place oftentimes drags me. On those days I contemplate a reality of […]
Shelter in Place
It’s March 26, 2020. It feels like humanity has been given an amazing opportunity to change its ways, for this generation and generations to come. We should not be eager for life to resume as we were, or to “get back to normal”. As we shelter in place with our loved ones, it’s […]
I am another you
I’ve been holding this Mayan saying close to my heart since last year: 𝗜𝗻 𝗟𝗮𝗸’𝗲𝗰𝗵 𝗔𝗹𝗮 𝗞’𝗶𝗻. I am another you. You are another me. It speaks of our oneness as people, our oneness with the Earth, with the plants and animals. This feels needed more now more than ever. These are precarious times […]
New Earth tings
Am I the only one who feels like we’re at the edge of something cataclysmic, like we are ushering in a new timeline? I watched an intense IG live back in January. It was said replica hublot big bang unico automatic chronograph mens watch 411 om 1180 om that if you are a water sign […]
Remembering who I am
It feels like that dream you have where you wake up breathless and happy. When my son was nine, he woke up one morning exceptionally hyped (not a new occurrence with Diego) and giddy, going on and on about how he dreamt he could fly. His face was radiant and he was smiling with all […]