It's been a yearSince Oct 7 became a significant date for Israel.A year since the public eye started to pay attention to Palestinian rights in a bigger way.It's the yahrzeit of over a thousand Israelis killed,Hundreds taken as hostages,Many who haven't come home.A year since Free Palestine and Zionism have become common ideologies debated.It's also... Continue Reading →
After writing Foundations for a Loving Sangha, highlighting the importance of creating agreements as a community, I want to offer a list of agreements I often use when facilitating a new learning community. To reiterate: Agreements are living and can be changed. All community members must consent to each agreement for them to be utile! Confidentiality:... Continue Reading →
A traditional way to express faith in the Buddha's teaching is to take refuge in the Triple Gem, or Three Jewels, of Buddha, Dharma, and Sangha. Before I sit to meditate, I bow three times - bowing to each one of these "shelters". As I bow to the Buddha, I reflect on the potential and... Continue Reading →
it's taken decades,no, lifetimes,for those with wombs to have the government sign off on their right to sovereignty.as i grew in this world, i couldn't understand the national, platformed obsession with abortion. a cyclical obstacle, a normalized debate, that distracted from ongoing harm to already birthed humans.why is there such an emphasis on protecting those... Continue Reading →
who am i to decide which creation is better than the other?pain drives me to shun that which caused it,to preference that which might have avoided or alleviated it.and yet, the pain itself and all that follows is birthed from the same material of all that is universal.the arising and passing away of thisis from... Continue Reading →
I’m used to a life answered by silence.A jagged, narrow path that acknowledges death as part of not opposite to.Forgetting and remembering that each intricate life is doused by complexity,No matter how simple it may appear to an outside perceiver.I am learning that the contented moments I have sought for in eternity,Are quietly nestled on... Continue Reading →
sometimes we think that it will be this future point in time,that deserves all of our undivided attention.and try as we might, to consider all of the possibilities of what might happen then,we mostly cannot dream up the fixings of that moment.anticipating the convergence of energy, of something that feels like it might karmically determine... Continue Reading →
maybe when the water runs out,we will weep so many tears that the rivers will fill again.maybe after the last tree falls,our hearts will break, we’ll come down to our knees, and kiss the earth we have denied.in death, we finally lay belly to belly with the mother who birthed us.but maybe, as climate changes,... Continue Reading →
i hunger for depth.i am one to find containers that allow me to come completely undone, to travel outside of the ordinary.sacred ceremony, a session with my therapist, a conversation with chosen kin, a retreat...all offering the potential to be wildly transformational.and yet, in the transition from the depths to the surface, i often drown.there... Continue Reading →
it's been awhile since i've written. needless to say, writing is a way for me to empty, to follow curiosity, to explore. so here we are. today, i found myself reconnecting with a friend and past love. and it surprised me as i shared with him that there were pieces in our shared history that... Continue Reading →
you are whole, complete, and perfect. 