 On this threshold of April and the first live meeting in the Body & Soul Sanctuary, I am just returned from a visit to the healing waters at Breitenbush hot springs, a mineral-rich, slow and nourishing forest retreat center in the mountains where the indigenous women used to go to give birth before colonists populated the area. The messages I am receiving...
 I did a brave thing over the weekend: I told the story of my vaccine injury on a podcast interview, and instead of only focusing on the positive, I let the vulnerable part of my story be heard, so that I could share this message: We are not meant to carry our burdens and traumas alone. What emerged...
 Last night I sat down to work on a very sacred and tender project I have been slowly touching in with in the new year, which is writing out my personal healing story of the past few years. It didn't feel like the next set of words would come, but I sat in the listening space I tune into when it's time to bring something deep through me, and let myself write what did want to come, which was instead a poem, a poem about possibility and leaning in to the mystery with a sense of magic and beginner's mind:
 Today I have a special share for you. One of my clients agreed to sit down with me and share about how my work has helped him. It was such a treat to take it in, because while I could go on and on for hours about how Somatic Alchemy saved my life, how it empowered me to find my authenticity, my voice, reclaim my agency in my body, my lifestyle, and my relationships, it really comes alive when I hear the same messages emerging from those in my field.
 The process of building my own small community is having me reflect on all of the ways that community of various iterations has been pivotal in my life, and the lessons learned both in the ways it has felt intimidating or unsupportive as well as the ways it has felt empowering and supportive.
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