Joy Is Part of the Work: Learning to Receive Yesterday, a friend asked me a simple question. “So… what are you doing that’s witchy for the Full Strawberry Moon?” Without thinking, I immediately started telling her about the workings I’d begun the night before to support a friend. She laughed. “No…” she replied. “What are you doing for you under the Strawberry Moon?” I stopped. How had I completely missed that?

It feels like excavation. The kind that reveals roots you forgot were there. The old stories beneath the old stories. The places where fear and self abandonment disguised itself as responsibility.

People often ask me why I teach yoga. It isn’t always immediately obvious …

As I sat with my coffee this morning, listening to my own words, I found myself in tears. Holding the Resonance of Peace in a Time of Dissonance is something that must be practiced daily—no, moment by moment. This is a lesson I have learned thoroughly throughout my life. Have I always had the regulation or the tools to achieve this? NO! Maybe you can find something among these words to act a beacon for you on your path to holding the resonance of peace.