Two months ago I attended Unleash the Power Within, basically a 4-day Tony Robbins ass kicking. (Yes. That’s and accurate description) And one of my major take aways was the experience of setting and resetting and resetting my “state.” That's what Tony calls it. Before this event, I would have called it atmosphere, or even mood. Using your body, movement, breathing, voice, pounding music, rave lighting and the energy of 10,000 other humans, I reset my atmosphere probably 50 t

Every step is a funeral march Every tear, an ocean Each drop of blood, a holy war And the mask I wear Is treason Hand over mouth Muffled sobs of the kidnapped You see my frame But I’m not here I’ve been stolen away Elsewhere Is the quiet daily dirge safer? Am I honoring the broken one within? Has my silence now betrayed her? #Prayer #Bravery #Grief #Psalm #poem #Wholeness

My intention is this To sit at the very center of my life And to make such a glorious commotion That the grass and rocks buzz all around me To be wild Embracing all the absurd and all the brave To be unignorable Relentless The judgements need not matter The outcome isn't the point It's in the very doing It's in the very being So, inquisitive, I stand Right here On my own But not alone #Intention #Poetry #Bravery #Mindfulness #Being