Category: bodywork

your ancestors sat by the fire. your ancestors were medicine people. “If it tastes bitter, you’re in the brain. bring it down to the heart & breathe.” https://www.radicisiciliane.com/blog/your-ancestors-were-medicine-people-a-bay-leaf-ritual

https://www.upaya.org/2024/07/fiverarepowers/ Amazing writing, as always.

“Independence” day is my least favorite capitalist ‘holiday’. A country founded on genocide where only a few can be ‘free’ and the majority suffer from state-imposed / structural violence daily doesn’t exactly lead me to feel ‘patriotic’ and it never has. Patriotism breeds fascism and the day itself feels very dark to me. That said,…

I remember when I first found out Alan Watts was a heavy drinker. It was a bit ironic but I first got into listening to his talks with an old housemate 10 + years ago. We’d sit on our front stoop in West Philly while drinking whiskey and drawing listening to Watts for hours. Maybe…

( the wandering, solitary and meditative life of bhikkhus)

Learning about his backstory after being captivated by his every word in Ubon, Thailand. https://www.scmp.com/magazines/style/celebrity/article/3093934/billionaire-heir-who-became-monk-why-son-malaysias-third Apparently, he was a billionaire heir who became a Thai forest monk… amazing!

https://kagyu.org/practices/deity Mahākāla puja!