How do you say no?
With my heart.
I was born Daniel. Now I am Kaiya. This isn't contradictory to me, though it is...interesting. The hardest thing about being me, is that I have looked at enough confusion and pain to fill many... More »
There is this amazing dance between inbtentions and the now, folding and unfolding, reaching and returning, burning steady, yet shifting with tides deeper than I can understand. Putting a whole heart into each step, and... More »
I have let go of 'everything' on three major occasions by now. The oomph of this path, going through the loss, soul searching for 'meaning', and recreating, is irreplaceable. The power, the joy, the emotional... More »
Pain. My simplest, clearest memories are short. I put a rusty wire through my finger. I stuck my figer in a lightsocket. I had excrusiating pain in my knees. I got migraines. I feel off... More »
It is dangerous to repress emotion, and fight to keep it at bay. The same mechanism can e used to 'channel' emotion, which entails holding it well enough to choose consciously how to address, engage,... More »
when I was young, I was terrified to sleep. That is the beginning of these memories, for now. I knew something horrible was coming, and I desperately wanted my parents to stay up late, later... More »
There is a certain depth of breathing which makes me feel more alive than anything else I can mention in these words. its like drinking pure light, and it hasn't seemed to come to me... More »
At a certain point in my life I went nuts. Now I'm sorry to all those who have heard this before.There are several members of my family who know these times with, perhaps, more pain... More »
The other day we all got in a grand hullubaloo in our home. it was frustrating, and painful, cut deep. I went into the yoga room to sing. I was feeling horrible, and lots of... More »