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What Rest Is
There is Day and there is Night. There are Spring and Summer, and there are Fall and Winter. There are Pause and Stillness, and there are Momentum and Activity. We know this. Yet we… Grind Hustle Grow Compete Speed Strategize Generate Do, do, do A little more, a little longer, we say. But we cannot outrun, outsmart, outperform, outsource rest.
Lin 林 means forest
My name is Mimi. Family name is Lin 林, though also now Young (through marriage). Lin 林 means forest, and I love how my Taiwanese ancestral story ties in allyship with trees, how there may be chapters of movement from land to land in search of safety, that trees speak a universal language of presence and companionship. My earliest
How to Use Terrain Energized Body Oil
Of allllll the CEREMONIE Skin + Aura Care, I use the Terrain Energized Body Oil the most. It’s been a life saver when I’m feeling raw, hectic, intuitive overwhelm, or experiencing sensory-overload; the plants lend their presence, while never numbing or distracting me from the necessary lessons and truths. A few ways to work with TERRAIN: Apply all over the body
The Dead Need Love, Too
The dead need love, too. Rocks need contact, too. Spirits need witnessing, too. Trees need honouring, too. Fires need tending to, too. Water needs holding, too. MimiFounder, spirit communicator and Wu shamanic occultist
I was taught giving is “good”, and receiving is “bad”…
I was taught as a child (and throughout my life) that giving is “good” and receiving is “bad”. That sharing, especially as a host, is to be extended at lengths that can be defined almost as “at all costs”. Giving / sharing when expected to, when not expected to, as a form of not being able to feel what I
Shadow Work: Stop Forcing the Light
Stop forcing the light. Instead, let us become reconciled to the shadows within before we can be reconciled to the shadows in the outer world. Only the acknowledgment of our own fears, triggers, narcissism, hate, and every other unappealing, rejected, denied or devalued part of ourselves can prevent the same reenactment of pain. “Love and light” spirituality is a symptom
What Rest Is
There is Day and there is Night. There are Spring and Summer, and there are Fall and Winter. There are Pause and Stillness, and there are Momentum and Activity. We know this. Yet we… Grind Hustle Grow Compete Speed Strategize Generate Do, do, do A little more, a little longer, we say. But we cannot outrun, outsmart, outperform, outsource rest.
Lin 林 means forest
My name is Mimi. Family name is Lin 林, though also now Young (through marriage). Lin 林 means forest, and I love how my Taiwanese ancestral story ties in allyship with trees, how there may be chapters of movement from land to land in search of safety, that trees speak a universal language of presence and companionship. My earliest
How to Use Terrain Energized Body Oil
Of allllll the CEREMONIE Skin + Aura Care, I use the Terrain Energized Body Oil the most. It’s been a life saver when I’m feeling raw, hectic, intuitive overwhelm, or experiencing sensory-overload; the plants lend their presence, while never numbing or distracting me from the necessary lessons and truths. A few ways to work with TERRAIN: Apply all over the body
The Dead Need Love, Too
The dead need love, too. Rocks need contact, too. Spirits need witnessing, too. Trees need honouring, too. Fires need tending to, too. Water needs holding, too. MimiFounder, spirit communicator and Wu shamanic occultist
I was taught giving is “good”, and receiving is “bad”…
I was taught as a child (and throughout my life) that giving is “good” and receiving is “bad”. That sharing, especially as a host, is to be extended at lengths that can be defined almost as “at all costs”. Giving / sharing when expected to, when not expected to, as a form of not being able to feel what I
Shadow Work: Stop Forcing the Light
Stop forcing the light. Instead, let us become reconciled to the shadows within before we can be reconciled to the shadows in the outer world. Only the acknowledgment of our own fears, triggers, narcissism, hate, and every other unappealing, rejected, denied or devalued part of ourselves can prevent the same reenactment of pain. “Love and light” spirituality is a symptom