• Please join me in a rain ceremony. Here’s what to do: Cry every time you want to. Every. Time. Let us become the rain for which we pray. We got this. #itsmybirthdayandillcryifiwantto #balancefirewithwater
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    Please join me in a rain ceremony. Here’s what to do: Cry every time you want to. Every. Time. Let us become the rain for which we pray. We got this. #itsmybirthdayandillcryifiwantto #balancefirewithwater
  • The Gift of Giving: Silver-Linings from the Wild Turkeys 🦃 Today is my birthday and I woke up grumpy. For years I’ve called this day “My Birthday Death Portal” because I’ve noticed that something always changes, and I usually cry. But this year I was determined to go a different direction. We’ve got enough to death and destruction these days: how about a rebirth this time? So when I woke up exhausted to a dreadful horoscope and a message that signaled how my plans for the day had been canceled, I gotta admit that I shook my fist at God for a while. But I did not submit. It’s my birthday, damnit, and I’m gonna make it a good one. So I surrendered to a hazy walk through the hills of my hometown where I was met by a family of wild turkeys who reminded me that’s there’s a magic to scavenging- no shame in being opportunistic. Without picky diets, these birds fatten themselves up just fine. It was a timely message as our almost-apocalypse continues to test the limits of my trust. Afterward I went over to Grandma’s house, who happened to watching a documentary on Lucille Ball. In her reflection, my own gift was affirmed. It’s my birthday, and I’ve been making something special for you: a goofy-gal meets Mr. Rogers kind of thing, a playful path of peacemaking. A symbol of generosity in many cultures, turkeys remind us that when we trust what we’re given, we have so much more to give. Meanwhile, Lucy helps us laugh when our presents come in packages of sour medicine and drunken stumbles. Needless to say: I got what I wanted from today’s birthday rumbles. So grateful. #birthdaysilverlinings #wildturkeys #lucyscominforyaricky
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    The Gift of Giving: Silver-Linings from the Wild Turkeys 🦃 Today is my birthday and I woke up grumpy. For years I’ve called this day “My Birthday Death Portal” because I’ve noticed that something always changes, and I usually cry. But this year I was determined to go a different direction. We’ve got enough to death and destruction these days: how about a rebirth this time? So when I woke up exhausted to a dreadful horoscope and a message that signaled how my plans for the day had been canceled, I gotta admit that I shook my fist at God for a while. But I did not submit. It’s my birthday, damnit, and I’m gonna make it a good one. So I surrendered to a hazy walk through the hills of my hometown where I was met by a family of wild turkeys who reminded me that’s there’s a magic to scavenging- no shame in being opportunistic. Without picky diets, these birds fatten themselves up just fine. It was a timely message as our almost-apocalypse continues to test the limits of my trust. Afterward I went over to Grandma’s house, who happened to watching a documentary on Lucille Ball. In her reflection, my own gift was affirmed. It’s my birthday, and I’ve been making something special for you: a goofy-gal meets Mr. Rogers kind of thing, a playful path of peacemaking. A symbol of generosity in many cultures, turkeys remind us that when we trust what we’re given, we have so much more to give. Meanwhile, Lucy helps us laugh when our presents come in packages of sour medicine and drunken stumbles. Needless to say: I got what I wanted from today’s birthday rumbles. So grateful. #birthdaysilverlinings #wildturkeys #lucyscominforyaricky
  • It’s an arch, baby. We’re building an arch. It’s wading for you 💗 #lovewinseverytime #lifeprevails #wegotthis #livingmirrorpractice
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    It’s an arch, baby. We’re building an arch. It’s wading for you 💗 #lovewinseverytime #lifeprevails #wegotthis #livingmirrorpractice
  • Nearly-Toothless & Still In Love With You 👵🏼❤️👴🏾 It’s a tender thing to be teething at almost 35. Really: my right k-9 is a baby tooth that’s on its way out now- finally. It’s not loose yet, but the grown-up tooth has begun to pop through, and it’s sensitive. My home has been on fire, and I’m still worried about my smile. This vanity is getting lost in love with you. #anticpationishalfthefun #birthingasnaggletoothforyabb
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    Nearly-Toothless & Still In Love With You 👵🏼❤️👴🏾 It’s a tender thing to be teething at almost 35. Really: my right k-9 is a baby tooth that’s on its way out now- finally. It’s not loose yet, but the grown-up tooth has begun to pop through, and it’s sensitive. My home has been on fire, and I’m still worried about my smile. This vanity is getting lost in love with you. #anticpationishalfthefun #birthingasnaggletoothforyabb
  • I feel loneliest when I want you to like me. What an awful feeling. I’ve lived so much of life auditioning for love (but never passed). Love’s not sizing me up -it’s holding my hand. Winning. Loosing. I love you alana -don’t worry bout who’s viewing. This play is for God, and she loves what you’re doing. Really, beloved- very well played. You do your best, every day. I love watching you.
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    I feel loneliest when I want you to like me. What an awful feeling. I’ve lived so much of life auditioning for love (but never passed). Love’s not sizing me up -it’s holding my hand. Winning. Loosing. I love you alana -don’t worry bout who’s viewing. This play is for God, and she loves what you’re doing. Really, beloved- very well played. You do your best, every day. I love watching you.
  • If I’m a traitor for loving the enemy, then God’s a traitor for loving me. • In DAY 2 of the online course “Political Hope,” #charleseisenstein says: “To seek to understand the enemy is, in the eyes of the partisan, an act of betrayal because it doesn't serve the narrative. Part of war making is to propagate a narrative that the other side is evil and we're good.” He poses the question: “How can we let go of the mentality of war? What would the world look like without it?” I don’t actually know the answer, but when I see myself in the enemy, I can’t help but to feel solidarity across the line. If that makes me a traitor- fine. #revolutionoflove #peacefulwarrior Click the link in my bio to find out more about this course for becoming an a peaceful agent of a new world. Video @pbs from @ourplanetdaily #livingmirrorpractice
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    If I’m a traitor for loving the enemy, then God’s a traitor for loving me. • In DAY 2 of the online course “Political Hope,” #charleseisenstein says: “To seek to understand the enemy is, in the eyes of the partisan, an act of betrayal because it doesn't serve the narrative. Part of war making is to propagate a narrative that the other side is evil and we're good.” He poses the question: “How can we let go of the mentality of war? What would the world look like without it?” I don’t actually know the answer, but when I see myself in the enemy, I can’t help but to feel solidarity across the line. If that makes me a traitor- fine. #revolutionoflove #peacefulwarrior Click the link in my bio to find out more about this course for becoming an a peaceful agent of a new world. Video @pbs from @ourplanetdaily #livingmirrorpractice
  • Reclaiming Belonging • Today was DAY 1 of “Political Hope”, a new online course by #charleseisenstein that explores the roots of our collective challenges. In today’s lesson, he said: “We are suffering a deficit of being and a hunger to recover that lost being-ness that no amount of accumulation of the separate self, money, possessions, or huge house can ever meet. None of that can ever meet the need to reconnect, the need to belong.” In this 10-day course, he asks a new question every day. Today’s question was: “Why do you feel we have lost our common sense of community? What do you think we can do to change this?” I’ve decided to respond with creative reflection and share it with you. Here it is: “Something about these “comments” makes me feel alone. Maybe I pour my soul into these words as I hunger to be home. Maybe someone will read me- right between the lines. Maybe you will see me and leave something that’s kind. Maybe I will see myself in what you’ve left behind. Maybe your ideas reflect those that I call mine. Maybe we’ll “like” each other. Maybe we’ll have high numbers. Maybe, for a moment, we’ll feel like we’re together. That’s certainly what I aim for as I scribble down these rhymes. Someone -or something- to come right by my side, to reach right through this screen and touch the place we hide. I wish I wasn’t so doubtful. In other news: Today in meditation I could feel the sand beneath me speak. The seagulls sat beside me and the ocean touched my feet. When I opened my eyes I was met by the dolphins who came to dance. My saltwater belonging, and the love that came by chance.” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . If you’d like to take the course, I highly recommend it (in fact, I liked it so much that this is my second time). Click the link in my bio to check it out. Together, we got this. 💗 #revolutionoflove
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    Reclaiming Belonging • Today was DAY 1 of “Political Hope”, a new online course by #charleseisenstein that explores the roots of our collective challenges. In today’s lesson, he said: “We are suffering a deficit of being and a hunger to recover that lost being-ness that no amount of accumulation of the separate self, money, possessions, or huge house can ever meet. None of that can ever meet the need to reconnect, the need to belong.” In this 10-day course, he asks a new question every day. Today’s question was: “Why do you feel we have lost our common sense of community? What do you think we can do to change this?” I’ve decided to respond with creative reflection and share it with you. Here it is: “Something about these “comments” makes me feel alone. Maybe I pour my soul into these words as I hunger to be home. Maybe someone will read me- right between the lines. Maybe you will see me and leave something that’s kind. Maybe I will see myself in what you’ve left behind. Maybe your ideas reflect those that I call mine. Maybe we’ll “like” each other. Maybe we’ll have high numbers. Maybe, for a moment, we’ll feel like we’re together. That’s certainly what I aim for as I scribble down these rhymes. Someone -or something- to come right by my side, to reach right through this screen and touch the place we hide. I wish I wasn’t so doubtful. In other news: Today in meditation I could feel the sand beneath me speak. The seagulls sat beside me and the ocean touched my feet. When I opened my eyes I was met by the dolphins who came to dance. My saltwater belonging, and the love that came by chance.” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . If you’d like to take the course, I highly recommend it (in fact, I liked it so much that this is my second time). Click the link in my bio to check it out. Together, we got this. 💗 #revolutionoflove
  • Hey y’all! I’m Alana. This is my introduction 💗 I’ve been sharing my practice of peace on Instagram for many years now. Here’s a little more about me and why I’m here: For the last decade I’ve been on a nomadic journey of asking the question: “What if everything is a reflection?” In the process, I developed a creative practice of Peace called the Living Mirror Method. In this practice, recognizing ourselves in the trees, the bees (and even our enemies) brings to life the poetry of living. It establishes a deep sense of connection and belonging. It’s an embodiment of peace in which the dream-like art of life is a messenger of our evolving. Grace is grounded in every challenge and gratitude emerges for even the darkness. Sharing the Living Mirror Method through workshops, groups, and my own art is my gift and activism. Through what I call “The Art of Exposure,” I offer intimate glimpses into my own evolution. It’s a messy ride sometimes, but with the power of vulnerable expression, I’m able to build loving connection with even the hardest parts of living. In my stories, I share my daily practice of self-care and uncut, real-time revelations of what it’s like to commit to loving the mirror that exists in all things. It’s an improv. My hope is that my shares will inspire and uplift the humanity within us all, connect us to our oneness with life on Earth, and cause us to fall deeply in love with our wholeness. Soon I will be opening up an intimate online group to practice peace through creative reflection together. If there’s anything I’ve learned in all my years of journeying, it’s that the real magic is found in communing. Together, we got this. Until then, I’ve been geeking out on #charleseisenstein ‘s new course called “Political Hope.” This course provides the philosophical framework that places the Living Mirror practice within a political context. I just finished it, and will be taking it again. It’s frickin’ amazing and will be for free from August 3-12. Click the link in my bio to join us. I’m so grateful to share love with you in these wildly transformative times. May we all find hope in the realization of our inter-being.
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    Hey y’all! I’m Alana. This is my introduction 💗 I’ve been sharing my practice of peace on Instagram for many years now. Here’s a little more about me and why I’m here: For the last decade I’ve been on a nomadic journey of asking the question: “What if everything is a reflection?” In the process, I developed a creative practice of Peace called the Living Mirror Method. In this practice, recognizing ourselves in the trees, the bees (and even our enemies) brings to life the poetry of living. It establishes a deep sense of connection and belonging. It’s an embodiment of peace in which the dream-like art of life is a messenger of our evolving. Grace is grounded in every challenge and gratitude emerges for even the darkness. Sharing the Living Mirror Method through workshops, groups, and my own art is my gift and activism. Through what I call “The Art of Exposure,” I offer intimate glimpses into my own evolution. It’s a messy ride sometimes, but with the power of vulnerable expression, I’m able to build loving connection with even the hardest parts of living. In my stories, I share my daily practice of self-care and uncut, real-time revelations of what it’s like to commit to loving the mirror that exists in all things. It’s an improv. My hope is that my shares will inspire and uplift the humanity within us all, connect us to our oneness with life on Earth, and cause us to fall deeply in love with our wholeness. Soon I will be opening up an intimate online group to practice peace through creative reflection together. If there’s anything I’ve learned in all my years of journeying, it’s that the real magic is found in communing. Together, we got this. Until then, I’ve been geeking out on #charleseisenstein ‘s new course called “Political Hope.” This course provides the philosophical framework that places the Living Mirror practice within a political context. I just finished it, and will be taking it again. It’s frickin’ amazing and will be for free from August 3-12. Click the link in my bio to join us. I’m so grateful to share love with you in these wildly transformative times. May we all find hope in the realization of our inter-being.
  • I just finished this course! I am so encouraged by it and recommend it to anyone who’s committed to compassionate social change. It has validated the whispers of my heart that say “Love Is the Way.” Click the link in my bio to check it out. It’s free from August 3-12. I’ll be taking it again because it helps me find the words for my own inner knowing. Indeed: I care deeply about social and environmental justice. I also recognize that the way we go about making change determines what change is made. How can we create a loving world if we’re fueled by hate? No doubt: the part of me that’s been so hurt that it turned to rage has been plagued by this question. But my heart has been insistent: There must be a way to address systemic sources of suffering while maintaining alignment with love. Still, these days have felt difficult to stand with the heart amidst such a powerful trend to dehumanize anyone who disagrees, or who’s ever caused harm (intentionally or unintentionally). In our polarized culture, compassion for the “other side” is often considered blasphemous. In these conditions, my heart has felt silenced. This course is helping me find my voice. It affirms that whether or not we’re holding signs on the front lines, a life devoted to love is revolutionary. Every act of compassion contributes to our evolution. These affirmations soothe the part of me that felt inadequate to the task before us today. Indeed, so much of our world is begging to be transformed. The narrative of polarization and domination would have me believe that if I’m not sacrificing everything (even my deepest values and my own well-being) in order to “save the world”, then I must not actually care. It has been difficult to stay steadfast in the humble ways of the heart in the face of such tremendous pressure to cut corners on the path of liberation. In this course, @charles_eisenstein has brought honor to the choice to live lovingly everyday (even if it’s in ways that go unnoticed). I wept quite a few times in relief as I listened to him remind me that we are powerful in love. Here, there’s always hope. #charleseisenstein #peaceonearth #greatawakening #revolutionoflove
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    I just finished this course! I am so encouraged by it and recommend it to anyone who’s committed to compassionate social change. It has validated the whispers of my heart that say “Love Is the Way.” Click the link in my bio to check it out. It’s free from August 3-12. I’ll be taking it again because it helps me find the words for my own inner knowing. Indeed: I care deeply about social and environmental justice. I also recognize that the way we go about making change determines what change is made. How can we create a loving world if we’re fueled by hate? No doubt: the part of me that’s been so hurt that it turned to rage has been plagued by this question. But my heart has been insistent: There must be a way to address systemic sources of suffering while maintaining alignment with love. Still, these days have felt difficult to stand with the heart amidst such a powerful trend to dehumanize anyone who disagrees, or who’s ever caused harm (intentionally or unintentionally). In our polarized culture, compassion for the “other side” is often considered blasphemous. In these conditions, my heart has felt silenced. This course is helping me find my voice. It affirms that whether or not we’re holding signs on the front lines, a life devoted to love is revolutionary. Every act of compassion contributes to our evolution. These affirmations soothe the part of me that felt inadequate to the task before us today. Indeed, so much of our world is begging to be transformed. The narrative of polarization and domination would have me believe that if I’m not sacrificing everything (even my deepest values and my own well-being) in order to “save the world”, then I must not actually care. It has been difficult to stay steadfast in the humble ways of the heart in the face of such tremendous pressure to cut corners on the path of liberation. In this course, @charles_eisenstein has brought honor to the choice to live lovingly everyday (even if it’s in ways that go unnoticed). I wept quite a few times in relief as I listened to him remind me that we are powerful in love. Here, there’s always hope. #charleseisenstein #peaceonearth #greatawakening #revolutionoflove