#fertilevoid

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Rolled into this day just READY for magic ✨Hey there END of April!? Seems like it was just the end of March and I was wondering if I’d EVER (so dramatic) come out of the slump I was in 🙈I wanted to potentially hide for forever. I had 🚫no mojo, no motivation, no passion, no purpose ❌No wait, that’s not true. I knew my purpose in March. It was to REALLY take some huge steps back from the what and the how I was doing everything I was doing because things just weren’t working out again the way I knew they COULD. I stepped into what Kripalu yoga calls the “fertile void.” The fertile void is an absolutely necessary part of the model of transformation + creation where seemingly nothing happens. The fertile void is also, from my experience, a flowery word for what felt like hell 🔥. With the surrender to this suffering and confusion came bounties of priceless gifts. What a unique opportunity, what a blessing to have the room and the support to back off big time from DOING and to focus on just being. I crawled deeper into my yogini’s cave and thought about remaining isolated. There is a safety and a thrill in being with the self. I recovered parts of me I had forgotten and I discovered radical parts of me I never knew. The old and the new are becoming friends. I’m like 90s kid ⏩meets yogini ⏭goddess meets ▶️joyfully sincere goofball ✌🏻heyy! Thanks to all the people who have my back 🙏🏼Here’s to the golden years 🤟🏼 #thirtyflirtyandthriving #blonde #transformation #fertilevoid #gemini #downdogma #electricsoul #movingmountains #downdogma (at Canton, Ohio) https://www.instagram.com/p/Bw21YHOB8Zr/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=sg7czg3smilw

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Mmmmm 🙏🏼 It’s my favorite time of day here at hOMe 🏡 Time for reflecting, writing, sitting, being, soaking, growing, snuggling, breathing, stretching, searching, thriving, dying, letting go, holding on, surviving, dreaming, perspiring. ⏰ Time for living 🙌🏻 I’ve been blessed with an opportunity this month to kind of be an end-of-winter hermit with few commitments and obligations. I know so many of you almost never get this in your life except perhaps when you’re sick and your body gives you no choice. My heart has given me no choice, does that count (yes, yes it does). I wish grade schools, middle schools, high schools and work places still gave their people nap time and recess EVERY DAY. I wish winter-hermit time was something we all had AFTER the buzz of the holiday season. I know that’s a giant paradigm shift, and maybe the world and economy would fall apart (what do I know?), but if I base it off MY reality that I need space for creativity to grow and bloom from within, I think we all could use a break, don’t you? #becauseyoureworthit #givemeabreak #winterhermit #springbud #fertilevoid #donothing #beeverything #downdogma https://www.instagram.com/p/Bu6FHq_BqNv/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=rj6tw10bl2jv

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☯️ The honor is mine To feel, to see, to hear The gracious abundance of thine Ancient rhythms flow An unignorable current Endlessly abounding into the Ever-unfolding pulse of the love of this Universe Calling in Mother To hear my words unspoken Bring to me what I am not Yet big enough to manifest alone Show me what my eyes cannot Yet see clearly Play for me the music my heart has been Beating into existence all along I am ready for what was known before Though I am not large enough to hold this all alone I know this world And it will help me too The oceans, mountains, streams, animals and trees Will help to hold the bounty of these secrets Entrust to me strength and communication To share these secrets with the world in a way They can understand I accept my worth in knowing I know others are ready too I close my eyes and the world within Breathes itself in Full Deep True All that radiates gleams in the Sun It shines even brighter upon this darkness The light and the dark always Placed in such a contrast Integration over duality and opposition Basking in the middle place where Two become one Choosing wholeness over separation Delighting in the in-between of Structure and chaos Hallowed darkness Radiant light Shine bright Darkness is the beginning. Hope you’re able to enjoy this New Moon in Pisces ♓️ My poem today was inspired by some of my recent activities as well as soul-food from my friend @zachbrightlights new song that came out TODAY (I’ve only listened about 20 times already today I think) and this podcast shared by @rhineharttracy (Thank you Tracy, I enjoyed the robcast while driving home from Columbus yesterday.) Speaking of Columbus - Thank you @rinne614 And @whitneybrewer_ for hosting me. Thank you @rachelbertner at the quaint @bexleyyoga as well as @giveyoga for providing space for practice and reflection as I continue on this unemployed journey of mine through time and space 🙌🏻 This time is such a gift and has come at the perfect time to step into the #fertilevoid #kripaluyoga #tranformation #unemployment #trusttheprocess #worthit #integrationoverfragmentation #darkandlight #wieldandyield #downdogma (at Canton, Ohio) https://www.instagram.com/p/BurKGeAhmHJ/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=8zqnfmgtvjim