Breaking New Ground

This year has been about breaking new ground: in my psyche, in my beliefs, in behavior patterns that held me back.

Breaking new ground this year means that instead of going out & up, I’ve been going in & down. Unearthing the foundational stories that make up my reality.

I fell apart in many ways & allowed the unraveling. I knew that if I could hold fast in the shadowlands, exploring pain (mine, yours, theirs, ours), that I would awaken a deeper compassion.

In the depths, a vision of humanity fumbling around as lost as me, blindly hurting one another while protecting themselves from individual pain of childhood & the collective pain of an exploitative economic system held together by oppression and division. I felt a deep love & compassion for us humans. A forgiveness of myself and of those who have hurt me. We are all just trying our best with what we’ve got.

I wonder what it would look like to weave a new story - one that honored the truths of this land, of our collective history, of our shared connection to our ancestry & through line to our healing for generations beyond.

I have also been wondering- what is my role? I have been teaching for years, in studios - beautiful centers - but always under the comfortable wing of an other. What would it look like to take flight on my own & create a space that felt like home to me & invite my sisters, my friends & community to show up, take off our shoes & breathe together?

I knew I could not create this space from a place of anger, constriction, or any other unresolved emotion. I needed healing and integration first. I needed forgiveness first. I needed to break ground so I could build.

So, if you made it this far, you might be wondering….

What’s coming next? A practice space in Pomona. Then a non-profit to make our classes financially accessible to all.
Why? Because we need to each other.
When? TBD - I am looking for 8 founding members to pay for a 3 year membership up front - this will generate the start up capital I need.

If you are feeling called to support in this way, please email me for more info.

Thank you for reading about my process. It feels important to share it all raw & true. I know that so many folks are suffering right now with their mental health and the forward projection/trajectory of our collective… I want to remind you that you are not alone. I am here to help you in any way I can.