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I just have recently discovered in my journey of body love, and self-love that there are three separate components to my health right now. My food, my exercise, and the metrics of my health (age, size,\u00a0 chemical makeup, hormones, skin, energy levels). By separating these three things, I could see that I have a different relationship with each of these parts of me and it helps me feel less overwhelmed by an overall concept of: I\u2019d like to take better care of myself.\u00a0 The metrics of my body are separate from but totally connected to my food and exercise. But […]<\/p>\n <\/div>\r\n <\/div>\r\n<\/div>
Along with all of the fascinating lessons and changes that life continually brings, I wanted to share with you some of the deep peace I have felt in the gift of travel after so long.\u00a0 The sights and smells and sounds\u2026 the richness of being in a totally new place. The colors! I wish I could feel this wonder in my every day.I long to cultivate a practice to hear my own songbirds with the same new ears of delight and wonder that a tropical beach could bring. I would love to imagine my feet in my shoes in the […]<\/p>\n <\/div>\r\n <\/div>\r\n<\/div>
So much change. After living alone with just my son and I, my partner and his kiddos moved in. Such a wonderful soup of blending, merging, snuggles, and compromise. We have discovered so much sweetness alongside so many adjustments!\u00a0 The overwhelm of change has fleshed out in mysterious and fascinating ways. I think that with any change, no matter the quality or desire and willingness to evolve,\u00a0 there is also loss. I am a person who has adapted well to having many long nights on my own, puttering, self-caring in ways that unfold naturally. Lots of space have I had […]<\/p>\n <\/div>\r\n <\/div>\r\n<\/div>
I have some seriously vulnerable things to share with you!!! I just survived my worst nightmare and am living to tell you about it\u2026. Healing through sharing\u2026here goes. I just went on a tropical beach vacation with my favorite people in the world\u2026in my most voluptuous body of my life in a swimsuit. That\u2019s it! I\u2019m embarrassed to say that this to me was an actual nightmare. My body was living this as if I were going to die. I was not ready for this. It was dawning on me that this intense amount of body shame I have had for myself my […]<\/p>\n <\/div>\r\n <\/div>\r\n<\/div>
Andrew is warm, safe, engaging, committed to your health goals; and his massages are AMAZING!! Just supremely relaxing, knows the best depth of pressure, and each session is specifically tailored to your needs. He comes to us with a full and happy clientele with all of the intuitive listening skills and informed presence that you know as Rise Up Massage! I knew Andrew was the one I could trust to send my favorite people to, and I\u2019m SO stoked that you get to bask in his professional talents too. Get to know him a little better in this conversation between […]<\/p>\n <\/div>\r\n <\/div>\r\n<\/div>
ON GRATITUDE & BEING YOURSELF In this time of the year close to Halloween and Day of the Dead, it is said that the veil is thin. The boundary between the living and the dead is blurred. Our own family takes this time each year to honor my son\u2019s father and our ancestors, telling stories and bringing our own remembering rituals into this sacred time. Since he has been on my mind and since we are also approaching this season of gratitude, I would love to share this story I wrote about Felipe last year. I hope you enjoy! A […]<\/p>\n <\/div>\r\n <\/div>\r\n<\/div>
\u201cSometimes the simplest and best use of our will is to drop it all and just walk out from under everything that is covering us, even if only for an hour or so\u2014just walk out from under the webs we’ve spun, the tasks we’ve assumed, the problems we have to solve. They’ll be there when we get back, and maybe some of them will fall apart without our worry to hold them up.\u201d Mark Nepo, The Book of Awakening: Having the Life You Want by Being Present to the Life You Have I was given the gift of a retreat […]<\/p>\n <\/div>\r\n <\/div>\r\n<\/div>
I have been pondering ways to laugh more, to lighten up, to feel a little more playful and free:\u00a0 Here’s an invitation to join Dalya as she offers zom and in-person dance classes in West Seattle’s HIIT LAB:\u00a0 Dance Dance DanceHi dancers, I\u2019m so excited for this week! I\u2019ll be teaching our usual Tues\/Thurs Noon zoom class, but also an IN REAL LIFE class starting on SUNDAY Funday at West Seattle\u2019s HIIT LAB!!! 100% OUTSIDE and covered! Join our usual lunch hour class with the link below and sign up for IRL class here. Tues\/Thurs Zoom link: https:\/\/us02web.zoom.us\/j\/71490612408 Feel free […]<\/p>\n <\/div>\r\n <\/div>\r\n<\/div>