05/05/2025
The theme for May is *celebrating Moms*!
Y’all I feel so strongly lately that the way to fix much of the brokenness in our country and beyond, the path forward, must involve a shift toward the feminine - women in power and valuing that which is feminine - caretaking, communicating, nurturing, feeling.
So this month let’s celebrate how amazing and beautiful it is to be a woman. The joy of being a girl. The power of being a mother. And for the few men out there reading this, I’m inviting you (and your sons) to take time to *truly see the value* in the feminine.
The other day I had this thought - when has a man ever heard a woman’s idea or looked at women’s way of being and thought, “hey that’s a better way of doing it, we should do it that way”??? Yesterday I went to a play space and had this repeated interaction with a 3-year-old boy demanding that my daughter (then me) hold his hand on the slide, not taking “no” for an answer, and then he had the audacity to continue with threats and manipulation when we stood firm in our “no” and I tried to reiterate the lack of consent. IT’S 2025 BABY - we aren’t doing this *anymore*. So if we want to change that culture - the one where men have the power, care solely about their own wants, push forward using bullying and violence to obtain their desires and maintain their power (or meet their fear of losing it) - then the change has to start with us parents. Sons taught to feel their feelings, to value working in community with others, to see kindness and emotions not as weakness but as a valuable and necessary part of being human. Daughters taught to see beauty and strength in their sensitivity and ability to feel, taught to value their desire to talk and work with their peers rather than trying to win the race on their own, to feel comfortable and confident existing in a world where they can take time to find joy in being creative and expressive. I don’t mean to make this binary in terms of gender - so put more accurately, all of us finding value in the feminine, regardless of gender identity.
I meant to make this post positive and celebratory rather than ranting and raging LOL. Let me transition - this past month in a kindergarten class I asked the students what being strong means. They went into stories about how their dads are strong, and I said “hold up, tell me how your MOM is strong”. (They couldn’t think of much besides carrying groceries. 🙄) So I say the same to you. These kiddos didn’t remember/realize that their moms are the ones who found the strength, the selflessness, the flexibility to grow a baby inside their bodies for 9 months and did the amazing, absolutely exhausting, magical work to bring that baby out into this world. What greater superpower could someone have then to literally create life?! Moms have the power to sense and intuit and track the needs of all the folks around them (members of their household and outside the house)... AND to find the time and energy to care for those needs. Women have the power and flexibility to ride the waves of changes and challenges, to feel their emotions and listen to their bodies to know how to move forward. Women and moms, I have seen countless times, have the amazing ability to make connections - to reach out to others, find or create community, to support and care for one another so that all may benefit. And mothers and women are creating on a daily basis - creating joy, beauty, and magic in their homes, families, and communities.
Lately I’ve been called to bask in the joy of being a girl with my daughter. Kitchen dance parties, crafting together on a picnic blanket in the sun, geeking out about cute outfits, chatting about life together in the car, etc. I spent the first couple years of my daughter’s life trying to maintain gender neutrality to be open to whatever gender expression she was pulled towards. Now that she’s clearly and beautifully expressing her feminine energy - sensitive, feeling, artistic, nurturing, listening, I’m called to celebrate it. Bring on the dancing, crafting, giggles, rainbows, and sparkles (okay maybe not glitter 😅)!
So this month, I’m not asking you to do any work. (Yay!) Just simply enjoy, celebrate, and savor the amazingness of being a woman, a mother, or a human with a feminine side (regardless of your gender identity). May we:
🌼 Notice all the work - physical, mental, and emotional - that mothers do.
🌷 Find a sense of respect, appreciation, and awe for feminine superpowers (feeling, caring, nurturing, communicating, creating).
🌻 Cut a mama some slack! If she doesn’t have the energy, patience, or time to do X, Y, or Z, stop and consider the enormous load she carries on a daily basis. Have some empathy for her experience, and also remember that women are cyclical creatures that have the gorgeous ability to ebb and flow and things are likely to shift and change soon for her anyway. And I say this knowing the “mama” in this situation is likely yourself!
🌺 Consider that all the amazing superpowers above take a huge amount of energy, and find time to let the moms in your life (or yourself if you’re the mom) find rest and restoration. Perhaps a mother’s day present this month is gifting her time to attend a wellness or art class (I’ll post my favorite events this month!).
🌹 Intentionally create time and space to show that you value feminine pursuits in your child’s life. Encouraging time for art, creation, communicating and connecting with friends, and time for rest/recharging.
My schedule is shifting as we head into summer. This month my only public class is at:
💗 Healium Yoga Together - Sunday May 18 at 3:30 pm
… but keep an eye out and register now for these summer offerings:
✨ Kids Yoga Summer Camps at Adventure Rock!! (Ages 7-11, one week per month in summer, more details and registration at AdventureRock.com)
✨ I’m teaching my Milwaukee Rec Kids Yoga class (ages 7-11) on Monday nights this summer! We’ll be outdoors every week weather permitting, register at Milwaukee Rec!
✨ Hoping to for-real get a weekly outdoor family class set up for summer - stay tuned!
✨ Announcing a new partnership/summer venue soon too!
