07/04/2026
As the world becomes increasingly shaped by technology - phones, AI, online meetings... - it can begin to feel as though sincere, unedited, heartfelt words, presence, and connection of real, flesh-and-bone people are becoming something less and less. I mean, nowadays one can even choose to have an AI generated therapist!
One way I gently push back against this in my own life is by being intentional about creating space for in-person connection. Spaces where conversations and the words spoken are not curated, polished, or edited, but alive, real, and "raw", shaped by bodies, nervous systems, emotions, even misunderstanding (!), and the full spectrum of human feelings.
I find myself seeking out ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ moments of community. Places and spaces where I can be with others in an embodied way.
Where I can speak, listen, express, and connect through my voice, my facial expressions, my gesturesโฆ Where presence is practiced, not performed.
These moments help me stay anchored in a world that can so easily pull me into the digital world and the distant.
There are also personal rituals that are non-negotiables for me. Some include:
๐ชท Making time to not only use a keyboard to type, but to write by hand, feeling the pen move across the pageโฆ
๐ชทReading a physical book - smelling it and expriencing the texture of the book and the pages with my own two hands - & to "dog-ear" the pages of my book (bad habit, I know ๐) as place keeperโฆ
๐ชทIntentionally moving and stretching my body, and doing a breathing practice - DAILY
๐ชทLighting a candle, burning incense, or diffusing essential oilsโฆ
These small acts continually invite my senses to stay alive. They bring me back into presence and into contact with experiencing life from my body and not only from my mind.
And while technology undeniably runs through our daily lives (Iโm not suggesting it is all negative!) there is something essential in experiencing life through the body - ..through sensing, breathing, feeling, expressing, smelling, seeing, hearing...through creating, moving, writing, dancing, cooking.
Experiencing life as a moving, breathing, feeling, sensing being is:
๐ค What makes me feel most human;
๐ค What makes me feel most alive;
๐ค What helps keep my flesh-and-bone humanness close.
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If something in this resonated with you,
and you feel a quiet pull to step a little more into community, into movement, into your body, then you are so welcome to reach out to me!
I hold weekly spaces where we move, breathe, and reconnect through adult ballet classes, as well as gentle, restorative movement classes
These are simple, supportive spaces to return to yourself, in the company of others.
You would be warmly welcomed.
