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UPCOMING EVENTS

@colechanceyoga

I am slowly becoming more skilled at savoring wave

I am slowly becoming more skilled at savoring waves of sweetness when they flow through my world….

And when they choose to come in crashing all willy nilly and sideways instead, I’m getting slightly more tactical at staying internally steady, even while I tumble.

Sometimes, I even bring a light slather of compassion in….and when I’m feeling really frisky, a dollop of curiosity (oh shit, I really think curiosity may be as close as we get to a superpower!)

So, while the constant is the waves - be they velvety gentle or rather raucous - how I respond is the variable. Here, I have a bit of agency, and the verdict is in and there is a clear winner!

Turns out it’s not the rough and tumble, long prevailing, habitual champion of criticism —— but the softer spoken underdog of pausing, turning towards, wondering….with a slight upturn at the mouth and an ever widening heart.

📷 @fireandflyphotography

#soberyogi #selflovejourney #selfdiscovery #wedorecover #womensrecovery #addictionrecovery #healing #selfinquiry

Trying to gather whispers of wisdom by proximity t

Trying to gather whispers of wisdom by proximity to the elders. 🌲

“It could be the eternal project of mankind, to learn what the forests have figured out.”
― Richard Powers, The Overstory

Still, what I want in my life is to be willing to be dazzled— to cast aside the weight of facts  and maybe even to float a little above this difficult world. I want to believe I am looking into the white fire of a great mystery.
 I want to believe that the imperfections are nothing— that the light is everything—that it is more than the sum of each flawed blossom rising and falling.
And I do.

― Mary Oliver, House of Light

🌿Melodic and potent words from one of my inspiration of how to wonder well.

We certainly must be willing first….and oh when we are, what a show.

📷 @fireandflyphotography ❤️

Yup. Some days practice be like this.

Yup. Some days practice be like this.

EMERGE wrapped up this week with a beautiful group

EMERGE wrapped up this week with a beautiful group of brave humans.
It’s always been such a strange thing to “close” as it’s really a non-closure ordeal.
It’s more of an opening, though not a linear one.

Recovery, and life in general, is an expand and contract kinda gig.
We rupture then repair - we take a massive leap followed by an often challenging recalibration.
We feel certain then unsure, wondering how we were ever so certain.

This natural flux is at odds with our Western productivity mindset that A is followed by B and that all of our steps lead in one direction towards “ happy ever after”, but it’s more of spiral. Things may look familiar, but different.

Certainly we compile wisdom and download new healthier patterns as we snake along but its important to remember that while awareness is vital, we cannot undo a lifetime of conditioning in small doses of understanding.

So we practice. We implement and we learn and embody.
And like any practice, sometimes it’s graceful, often times it’s not.
It’s all part of it.
It all belongs.

There is no perfect balance point, we just keep coming back to center-ish, building a more detailed and skillful map along the way until the harder thing is the easier thing and we begin to rest easier in the world with wider and more tender hearts.

Gratitude squared for the potent and presence facilitation & support team -
@ccalvert @embodiedgrief @mariamacsay @kim.and.bella.the.bostie @big.shan & Sam/Anand/Lewin ❤️

🌿Still a few spots left for CALI EMEGRE Retreat🌿
https://colechanceyoga.com/emerge-retreat/

Beautiful snap from a lovely afternoon with @fireandflyphotography

I’m sure enjoying the city but certainly missing

I’m sure enjoying the city but certainly missing my dirty farm boys. @joshcaple

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