I was recently talking with my friend J about karaoke. “When I sing karaoke, it’s a feeling of glory that I’m ultimately going for,” I told her. You know, the feeling you get when you’re belting out the chorus of Arcade Fire’s “Intervention” and all your friends come in with falsetto backup at just theContinue reading “Moments of Glory”
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We Karate Chopped Our Wedding Cake
When Alex and I lived in Chicago, we trained in Karate at Thousand Waves Martial Arts & Self Defense. We initially joined the dojo as a way to get fun exercise, but the students and teachers at Thousand Waves also became great friends over the three years we trained there. After belt tests such asContinue reading “We Karate Chopped Our Wedding Cake”
A Warrior Who Has Dropped Her Weapons…
A WARRIOR WHO HAS DROPPED HER WEAPONS & REMOVED HER ARMOUR To allow that demon–that pain, that hurt, that choice, that “wrong” to arise… To hold space for it. To allow it to be present. To listen to it. To be with it. To be open to it transforming into something sweet… Or not. Continue reading “A Warrior Who Has Dropped Her Weapons…”
Standing.
I’ve been training in an esoteric Tai Chi style since last April. Most of the practice is a personal practice, but recently our teacher, who lives far up in Canada from my perspective, came through the Pacific Northwest. While she was in my neck of the woods, I trained with her and a group ofContinue reading “Standing.”
Michelle Folk Johnson 