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Excerpt 2 from Honouring Our Menses
“Day 1 gloriously descends. And by descension, it is an arrival, a reminder that I am not a sterile, prepackaged being of a Barbie doll society expects of me. The blood can fluctuate from dark to bright, thin or viscose, and I bleed, bleed, bleed. It has an animal-scent, which I do not mind, but mammalian nonetheless. If I am
Let’s Talk Longing
An Interview with Lisa Anderson Schaffer and Mimi Young The following is an article transcribed from a conversation between myself (Mimi Young) + Lisa Anderson Schaffer – artist and founder of Zelma Rose, author of These Three Things, and host/therapist consultant of Joy is Now Podcast. We shared recorded two juicy interviews, and the excerpt below is from episode 53,
Excerpt 1 from HONOURING OUR MENSES
“My days 26-28 in particular, I notice my instincts sharpen, my mind clouding, scent radar amplifying, and my body assuming the posture of shedding my internal skin. Like a serpent, I coil, hiss, bare my fangs, protect who and what I fiercely hold dear, and crave warm touch. My emotions and discernments, though at times exaggerated, are rarely wrong. I
We Are Year Older Now
We are all a year older now. Softer, wilder, breathless and breath-filled. We are all a year older now. Stories written on our faces, the artistry of spots and lines. We are all a year older now. Fences repaired, fences erected, fences removed. We are all a year older now. Ancestors visiting, visited, embodied, prayed to, dined with, sung to,
Trust the Fruits
Trust the fruits that rot in the ground will provide nourishment for the living soil. Trust the water that the Earth drinks will revive the land. Trust the seeds that germinate in the dark, beneath the surface will display glorious blooms next Spring and Summer. And so as some of us are in the darker days
Voice is Yin and Breath is Yang
“But remember, as humans, the only reason why we could even call ourselves humans. The only reason why we can even call ourselves intelligent and sentient beings conscious beings is because we came from these, we came from consciousness. Our ancestors came from consciousness; plants came from consciousness; rocks came from consciousness; the wind came from consciousness, because in the
Excerpt 2 from Honouring Our Menses
“Day 1 gloriously descends. And by descension, it is an arrival, a reminder that I am not a sterile, prepackaged being of a Barbie doll society expects of me. The blood can fluctuate from dark to bright, thin or viscose, and I bleed, bleed, bleed. It has an animal-scent, which I do not mind, but mammalian nonetheless. If I am
Let’s Talk Longing
An Interview with Lisa Anderson Schaffer and Mimi Young The following is an article transcribed from a conversation between myself (Mimi Young) + Lisa Anderson Schaffer – artist and founder of Zelma Rose, author of These Three Things, and host/therapist consultant of Joy is Now Podcast. We shared recorded two juicy interviews, and the excerpt below is from episode 53,
Excerpt 1 from HONOURING OUR MENSES
“My days 26-28 in particular, I notice my instincts sharpen, my mind clouding, scent radar amplifying, and my body assuming the posture of shedding my internal skin. Like a serpent, I coil, hiss, bare my fangs, protect who and what I fiercely hold dear, and crave warm touch. My emotions and discernments, though at times exaggerated, are rarely wrong. I
We Are Year Older Now
We are all a year older now. Softer, wilder, breathless and breath-filled. We are all a year older now. Stories written on our faces, the artistry of spots and lines. We are all a year older now. Fences repaired, fences erected, fences removed. We are all a year older now. Ancestors visiting, visited, embodied, prayed to, dined with, sung to,
Trust the Fruits
Trust the fruits that rot in the ground will provide nourishment for the living soil. Trust the water that the Earth drinks will revive the land. Trust the seeds that germinate in the dark, beneath the surface will display glorious blooms next Spring and Summer. And so as some of us are in the darker days
Voice is Yin and Breath is Yang
“But remember, as humans, the only reason why we could even call ourselves humans. The only reason why we can even call ourselves intelligent and sentient beings conscious beings is because we came from these, we came from consciousness. Our ancestors came from consciousness; plants came from consciousness; rocks came from consciousness; the wind came from consciousness, because in the