I write this the day after the mass shooting of the week, the week of yet another police murder of an unarmed Black man, the month of serial murders against Asian American women and countless acts of ongoing violence and oppression of people and beings…
Continue reading Solidarity, A Mantra
after a late-winter dive into the deepest Piscean emotion ocean, i am up for air. and attending to a death of an old self. somewhere in my psyche, my samskaric battling armor, i acquired things that all of a sudden after all this time* had…
Continue reading stepping out of old skins
OM. All of life’s smells met me as I pedaled home. Twilight smells of coolness and dish-washing, ordinarily. But tonight, I smelled all the last-suppers, my grandparents’ country club, rose perfume, and a pail of dirty diapers. And this conglomeration of life somehow spoke…
Continue reading A collection of thoughts on the barely-waxing moon// An Ode to Shiva
There is always space. There is always s p a c e . In every beat. In every breath. Out on the edge of the vastness. The embrace of our own heart is a beginning. A tender and magical beginning. Safety. Sorted-ness. These already are.…
Continue reading Love// A Prayer
Singing is something that just feels good to me. No matter what it is, I am moved by song. In my morning classes, we begin by singing some campy or folky song about the morning, without regard for whether it sounds “good” or any nonsense…
Continue reading Calling, Responding// A Song for Balance
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tc6FxW6S-sw] I am a mantra-lover, and Lakshmi Mantra is one of my favorites. Blessings, K. OM Shreem Mahalakshmiyei Namaha.