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what a trip

to read through old journals like this. I used to be so kind to myself, i wrote so nicely. I am smart. I am trying to be kind. I am trying to forgive myself. I am trying to make myself better. I want to realize my strengths and actually feel them. I am in constant self-doubt and hatred. i can feel its posion course through me with each interal self-judegment. Can I just start telling myself that I am kind to myself, i must have done it before, even though it feels like a completely new task. things feel so messy and like I wont be okay with it or I wont find curiosity and encitment. all this overwhelm. all this judgement. all this love. curiosity again. praying for curiosity

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hero hero hero!

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i think im gonna cut my bangs tonight

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hahah i turned into the moon, once. life goals still to be an astronaut.

Avatar: The Last Airbender | 3x14: The Boiling Rock part I

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bc my cat is so crazy he think im the normal one...

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to be a communication counsellor for cats

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gunna do this more \ model for self and others

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Cat babci Yoga~ mornin sequence: 10-ish mins

made this for my herby- thought other people might like it 2

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omg tumbler is gr8. i love cats

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daws

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kel and takkun

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this guy is woke- if i ever have keeds i have a guru to turn to. or a dog. #oprah #parenting #connection

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The sacroiliac joints connect the base of the spine (sacrum) to the hip bones (ilium).

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yarrow wisdom: Tears of futility

http://macnamara.ca/portfolio/you-cant-always-get-what-you-want-the-role-of-tears-in-cultivating-resiliency/

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spiritual fudge bois

https://medium.com/@diana.waldron4/ayahuasca-in-the-amazon-6e9a9947a410

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Breath Work

We did a form of pranayama (which here I go using a sanskrit word I’m not entirely sure I know the meaning of) meaning accessing your life source of energy; your breath! So all 8 of us, we lost a yogi to a concussion, gathered around in a circle and we shared 2 things:

1. a memory of when we felt free. 2. One thing in our lives right now that we are doing really well. Brag about yourself, and receive praise for what you are doing. (We read an article about the tendency women have to complain as a means of connection, so we are trying the opposite)

After we shared,  I said something about swimming nude at the ocean on my 25th bday after I watched the cloudy sunrise (feeling spontaneous and being in water always makes me feel good, and i suppose close to freedom, but later I thought about how humor and a laughing are actually times I feel most free) and then I shared how I think I have just being doing a good job being me lately and recognizing it.  I am accepting myself more easily, therefore loving myself, and seeing how what I am doing works, and i am making my life work while honoring my values.  Small practices I have developed over the past, like biking as my form of travel, dumpster diving, working with children and lu, and just honestly trying my best, is noteworthy and I’ve been doing a fucking good job at it.  I am being a steward of the earth, and I am in peace with her, working with her and myself, having a low-impact where I should this is having a big impact internally.  Anyway it felt different, being applauded and so well received from the ladies by my answer. My smile felt a little forced, although we all crave positive attention, it’s a whole other experience owning it in that moment.

Afterwards, our teacher Jenna, had us all lay down on our backs (heads facing inwards to the room, facing each other), and blasted a very uplifting, energetic playlist, which all the songs were familiar from her classes and at first I had thought was going to be distracting... we workshopped the breathing technique the night before, here are the guideline to our breathing ceremony, where we utilized tantric breath (orgasmic breath) to reach a different state of consciousness:

1. open mouth 2. circular breath, rhythmic pattern.  removing the pause at the top of inhale and bottom of exhale- similarly to how a baby breathes. Also like you are hyperventilating, the key is to over oxygenate your body. 3. breathe from the belly, your diaphragm, not your chest/ heart 4. relaxed exhale