I deeply resonated with this essay, my god. I always wanted the wise woman in the woods and not the hyper-rational therapist and their stratagems. Thank you so much for this work.
This is so beautiful. I completely agree that “mental health” altogether needs to go from the cerebral to the somatic, from the mind to the flesh. And traditional ashtanga yoga and hatha practices feel patriarchal and about discipline and consistency. But as women we need devotion and understanding of the cyclical. Love that we are exploring these curiosities and sharing our stories as women. This is a beautiful intuitive piece of writing.
We really do, and it's so wonderful that more of us are awakening to the fact that while so many popular streams of traditional Yoga are powerful and beautiful in their own right, they are not necessarily the best fit for women. <3
Can you believe we are the first generation of women to share our truth in the mainstream? What you’re creating are divine downllads for the empowerment of generations of women to come ❤️
I absolutely agree with how the lack of community plays a huge role in the mental health crisis. I'd like to add that not all therapy is just talk. My therapist was the one that taught me to listen to my body and to actually feel it. I used to intellectialise everything, and he taught me how to reconnect with my feelings and my physical body. He made it safe for me to start the journey of taking care of myself.
How did i miss this! It's sooo beautiful!!!! ❤️❤️ Needed. So many moments of UNLOCKING and REMEMBERING. I've never been to therapy, mostly because I didn't feel the call to choose it as a medium not so much as I don't need it, butttt in the last few years, everytime I find myself in triggers, spirals, loops, waves and I obviously reach out to Shiva or my chanting mala or somatic or my affirmations to interrupt it -but I also subconsciously leave words of " you need therapy" in other words, you need fixing. Reading this article made me realize how this is NOT MY VOICE. And I need to cut it out for good :)
I deeply resonated with this essay, my god. I always wanted the wise woman in the woods and not the hyper-rational therapist and their stratagems. Thank you so much for this work.
Thank you <3
This is so beautiful. I completely agree that “mental health” altogether needs to go from the cerebral to the somatic, from the mind to the flesh. And traditional ashtanga yoga and hatha practices feel patriarchal and about discipline and consistency. But as women we need devotion and understanding of the cyclical. Love that we are exploring these curiosities and sharing our stories as women. This is a beautiful intuitive piece of writing.
We really do, and it's so wonderful that more of us are awakening to the fact that while so many popular streams of traditional Yoga are powerful and beautiful in their own right, they are not necessarily the best fit for women. <3
Can you believe we are the first generation of women to share our truth in the mainstream? What you’re creating are divine downllads for the empowerment of generations of women to come ❤️
I absolutely agree with how the lack of community plays a huge role in the mental health crisis. I'd like to add that not all therapy is just talk. My therapist was the one that taught me to listen to my body and to actually feel it. I used to intellectialise everything, and he taught me how to reconnect with my feelings and my physical body. He made it safe for me to start the journey of taking care of myself.
That's wonderful, I'm glad you had that experience <3
How did i miss this! It's sooo beautiful!!!! ❤️❤️ Needed. So many moments of UNLOCKING and REMEMBERING. I've never been to therapy, mostly because I didn't feel the call to choose it as a medium not so much as I don't need it, butttt in the last few years, everytime I find myself in triggers, spirals, loops, waves and I obviously reach out to Shiva or my chanting mala or somatic or my affirmations to interrupt it -but I also subconsciously leave words of " you need therapy" in other words, you need fixing. Reading this article made me realize how this is NOT MY VOICE. And I need to cut it out for good :)