Life is as Magical as You Allow it to Be and Other Lessons from Kauai, Hawaii

life is as magical as you allow it to be. i did a yoga practice this morning and in savasana, the final resting pose, i thought about how this is the pose of integration. when all the movement and activity is done, you lie down. you rest. you allow the benefit of the practice to …

My Journey with Plant Medicine – Ayahuasca

Hi my loves, I write to you today to tell you about a very special experience I recently had - my journey with ayahuasca! If you're like wtf is that, then let me explain. Ayahuasca in spiritual terms is an ancient medicine from the Amazon that people have been taking for thousands of years to …

Yoga Teacher Training pt. 3

Good morning loves and happy Diwali! Today is a special Indian holiday, called the "festival of lights" and people have decorated their houses with colorful string lights all over and keep shooting off loud fireworks throughout all hours of the day and night that sound like gun shots to me (the joys of being an …

Yoga Teacher Training in India pt. 2

Helloo my loves! It is Sunday and it is currently almost 9 am. I woke up on and off this morning, but officially woke up around 8 am which was a dream since we've been waking up at 5 am every morning. Today's our only day off, so I am so excited to have the …

turkish coffee – a poem

We ate simits covered in olive spread, thin little bagels so you don’t get schmutz on your face. After, we drank Turkish coffees strong like a shot. We read each other’s fortunes from the coffee grounds letting the spirit move through us. We saw rivers flowing in ravines and raccoons on mountains and energy leaving out of ourselves and cleaning …

bedroom window – a poem

my bedroom window overlooks a blue house overlooking the blue water. across the channel are yellow cranes sometimes I see submarines passing by heading to the naval base sometimes I see white ferries passing by heading to islands sometimes I see magnificent sunrises when I wake sometimes I see the old man from the blue …

A New Year – Renewed Creativity. Reflections on Susan Blackwell Creativity Workshop

Hi my loves! Wanted to share some amazing creativity insights I experienced this weekend as a result of the 2019 Creativity workshop with Susan Blackwell I attended. If you don't know, Susan Blackwell is a Broadway & Film/TV actress, interviewer, and creativity coach/guru. She is an inspiration to us all. Starting 2019 off with this …

A Weekend in New York City

I had the most soul nourishing weekend with a group of Persian friends I had in college who came to NYC for the first time. Since living in CT, I've been much less exposed to that culture and have had to trade chicken barg and tahdig with lobster rolls and pizza. I'm not sure what …

Mermaid Manifestations & Noticing Synchronicities

I've been practicing the art of manifestation a lot lately. I speak about it in my post here, but this past year I truly learned that the secret to manifestation lies in asking the universe for what you want, and then letting it go, completely trusting that the universe has your back and will give …

ANNOUNCING – POETRY BOOK IS NOW LIVE & PUBLISHED

I am reporting to you on this day, 10.8.18 as a published poet! (click link to check it out on Amazon) Wow! It's hard to put into words what this moment feels like because on one hand, it really doesn't feel like that big of a deal, I'm like yea so what, I put my …