Hello friend.

Let the paradox be your guide to understanding that there is less to be right or wrong about and more to be in the presence of. Every path takes us back to the center.

All In Love,

Michael

Hello Friend.

Thanks for being here this morning. I will come back at a later time to expand upon what is brought up in this sit.

All In Love,

Michael

Hello Friend.

We begin by practicing returning to the breath, repeating this process over and over again. It took a long time to become so skilled at dissociating, and it will take a lot of work to reconnect with our bodies. You may find it difficult and uncomfortable. The sensation is not the ultimate goal because it is always in flux. The work here is the relationship. What relationship would we like to foster with ourselves? What would that do to how we relate to the world? As we strengthen our relationship to our self, we will see the walls of what we thought was ‘other’, start to crumble. Then we are home.

Thank you to bell hooks for showing us the turkey today, and reminding us that to move with confidence that we belong is our birthright, too.

Appalachian Elegy 47 bell hooks red beard strut strut wild turkey congregate walk in peace deciduous woodland undercover walk to mate walk to feed strut strut iridescent plumage moving harem doing a slow dance strut strut

Strut, friends. Strut.

All In Love,

Michael

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