The Naturally Changing Self

I deeply hope that the grace gen alpha are exploring around gender identity can support them in nonbinary thinking more widely, which would so clearly be medicine for the world.

Watching the Chickadee

As we wove threads of meditation into our yoga class and she observed the busy thoughts in her mind, she came to think of them as being like the chickadees in the trees outside the temple, flitting about amongst the branches of her mind, chittering away.

My Friends Store Their Berries In My Belly

My garden is made of the gardens of my friends, and oh my gosh, my friends and I are quite literally made of one another's gardens as we eat what grows and it becomes us. We are the life of the land, the life of the community. This interconnection is dizzying and utterly grounding.

30 Things that Brought Me Joy This Week

Because joy keeps us going.

Endurance

I was so lit up by this event! By the determination of the people I bore witness to, suffering through deep discomfort to accomplish their goals. By the wonder and glory of human interaction with wild nature. And with wider resonance: by the way we form community rapidly in service of one another.