PoiPriestess

If you’re one of those people who has been hit by the recession — fired, laid off or overworked because other’s have been — maybe you’re considering a new job. Perhaps it runs deeper though and you’re considering a new career. If that’s the case, you might want to take a look at this book [...]

It happened this afternoon. I was with three under 24 year olds — 1 under 20 — and I realized how impressed I was with the things they were saying, the awareness they had (of themselves and the world around them) and the absolute utter difference I perceived between their relationship to the world around [...]

(Thanks Aunt Barbara for the reminder!) The first day of  school our professor introduced himself and challenged us to get to  know someone we didn’t already know. I stood up to look around when a  gentle hand touched my shoulder. I turned around to find  a wrinkled, little old lady beaming up at me with [...]

Mike Kepka did this great little mini feature on me in the Chronicle and SFGate this weekend. After reading some of the comments, I found myself outraged by the ways in which we choose our lives to be so filled with negativity. If this were the only place I saw this in my life, perhaps [...]

I’ve been reflecting on the past few months of my life and I have come up with little names for what’s been going on for me in each month and the theme of the month. I figured if I called a theme *in advance* rather than naming it as a reflection, perhaps I’d get more [...]

I was on the street the other day and was off in my own world, pondering my own sense of scarcity around money specifically. I was at the corner of 4th and mission waiting for the light. I was looking left and this guy came up to me on my right and asked, “Can you [...]

Sister Unity begins, “Well of course I’m strange. That’s the whole point.” I particularly enjoyed the first portion of this video because the message was, IMO, a powerful reminder of how both being in our stability and allowing ourselves to step out of our comfort zone is, in fact, a gift to our development and [...]

I was talking with some good friends one weekend about supporting each other in the world. A few years back, my dear friend Mark gave me an excellent distinction that I have been integrating into my life and my work ever since. The idea is that if one shares information with another person with the [...]

When I was in my corporate job in 2000, I struggled with sharing myself fully because who I was personally didn’t seem to fit what the professional mold was. I have struggled with it as well over the years as I’ve moved my life into this artistic realm of running a fire dancing school because [...]

What an absolutely shocking experience. I was walking down Townsend right at the CalTrain station at 4th. I was in front of the WalGreen’s, literally 10 feet away from the door. As I was walking toward the door, a tall male Caucasian with big, not-so-brushed-hair, a baseball cap and outstretched arms approached me. I tried [...]

I just gave my 30 day notice for my home and one of the Temple of Poi studios. I’m more or less letting go of my home studio (and my home) and going homeless for some period of time as of April 15 though I have places to sleep, sort of, so that’s only sort [...]

Wow. I just had the most amazing experience and I really wanted to share. For the first time ever in my life I was able to express my boundary with my parents showing up fully vulnerably, open and being _exactly_ who I want to be. And while it took a few minutes, they actually, in [...]

Thank you Damien for posting this. I was quite moved when watching it. I appreciate it for the beauty that it is, even if it is not new. I found this to be a short and poignant reminder that there is indeed hope…

I have to give it up to Q for posting this link today. I have long thought these photo touched images are somewhat detrimental to the mental health of our society — this OpEd piece on the NY Times web site was a nice little reminder of it. I’m really amazing by the part when [...]