mini course: my Journey for you

I made a play list on Spotify to support this Journey created to bring you to your next phase of personal understanding and growth. It all will work best if this page is on the computer screen and the music is playing from your phone onto speakers.

Meditation to center into yourself, visual journey to expand with new ideas inherent in another perspective and movement to unearth and transform what is ready to shift within you.

meditation:

Meditation to center into yourself and set stage to embrace all that your are

play with a love supreme John Coltrane part 1

After take note of / journal about what your are grateful for, the new ways you saw what was hard for you and the dream you created or solidified in the meditation

Paintings of my PhD process: transforming fear of uncertainty to self expression and sense of belonging. take what feeds you. even when it is cryptic

visual expansion journey: play with And I love her Brad Mehldau

Start here at age 23. uncertain feeling out. what could my curiosity get me to do. but grandmothers taught me to paint with my heart. collecting drops of wisdom. past my eyes colors or shapes. I learned it was my heart. it puts beauty together.

Start here at age 23. uncertain feeling out. what could my curiosity get me to do. but grandmothers taught me to paint with my heart. collecting drops of wisdom. past my eyes colors or shapes. I learned it was my heart. it puts beauty together.

PhD common area. semester one. I miss spoke. did I sound confident where I am not?? Social ANXIETY. but when I folded and refolded it, I realized the value of my best offering. It is me. seeing and supporting strengths in others. the sticky worry bec

PhD common area. semester one. I miss spoke. did I sound confident where I am not?? Social ANXIETY. but when I folded and refolded it, I realized the value of my best offering. It is me. seeing and supporting strengths in others. the sticky worry became a gift to slide under your door.

dissertation topic. choosing a devotion. change on my mind. how can a shift in energy happen. Burnt out I am an annual but I want to make flowers year after year like a perennial. how does anything adjust. invest in longevity for themselves, for each

dissertation topic. choosing a devotion. change on my mind. how can a shift in energy happen. Burnt out I am an annual but I want to make flowers year after year like a perennial. how does anything adjust. invest in longevity for themselves, for each other. can I trust that right for me is for you and save some love for myself? learn sit and see.

finding Draba (Brassicaceae). alpine study system. species transitions from annual to perennial. dreading, reading, writing. in my mind. first born. drawn from life I dropped back in. through my hands into my body. out of a scraping lab into support

finding Draba (Brassicaceae). alpine study system. species transitions from annual to perennial. dreading, reading, writing. in my mind. first born. drawn from life I dropped back in. through my hands into my body. out of a scraping lab into support of the mountains. it was only the beginning. finding Draba

Running all over the states. seeking everything but me. Draba seed and data for my mentors, love from anyone I met and moving quickly for... no reason? nourishment came only when I shared my love for my plants, nature, science and adventure. I saw l

Running all over the states. seeking everything but me. Draba seed and data for my mentors, love from anyone I met and moving quickly for... no reason? nourishment came only when I shared my love for my plants, nature, science and adventure. I saw light behind their eyes and wild new connections.

I did not know what to do with the love I gathered all across the country. so I painted about science, plants and food and evolution. the things I find the sexiest. a whole exhibit for the people. for the city that showed me the free-life-death requi

I did not know what to do with the love I gathered all across the country. so I painted about science, plants and food and evolution. the things I find the sexiest. a whole exhibit for the people. for the city that showed me the free-life-death required for beauty

for New Orleans I painted my face. Maybe I wanted them to know. not a scientist hiding life behind fact. a human heart sharing love. of nature and understanding.

for New Orleans I painted my face. Maybe I wanted them to know. not a scientist hiding life behind fact. a human heart sharing love. of nature and understanding.

how to prepare for a qualifying exam with my dissertation committee. severe computer resistance. Painting all night for fun. with bubble gum. even in academia respect comes from play. but only if it is full body commitment.

how to prepare for a qualifying exam with my dissertation committee. severe computer resistance. Painting all night for fun. with bubble gum. even in academia respect comes from play. but only if it is full body commitment.

the slower I move the more I feel into you. plant allies you are the ones that hold me. with your medicine, beauty and lavender scented calm.

the slower I move the more I feel into you. plant allies you are the ones that hold me. with your medicine, beauty and lavender scented calm.

new kind of rubric: embrace plant diversity as it guides us to our own. why does school want us all to be the same. when I am a climbing, blooming vine and you are a sturdy bold face flower. we can plant and play to create one funky unpredictable rhy

new kind of rubric: embrace plant diversity as it guides us to our own. why does school want us all to be the same. when I am a climbing, blooming vine and you are a sturdy bold face flower. we can plant and play to create one funky unpredictable rhythm. that makes us dance all night. lets grow with. love: its that never stop.

Oil on my body, my food and in my paint. lessons of embodying the blue lotus flower. stillness at a nectar filled center. blurred lines between me and you, he and her. the female dragonfly just wants to make sure I know -- by keeping my stems light,

Oil on my body, my food and in my paint. lessons of embodying the blue lotus flower. stillness at a nectar filled center. blurred lines between me and you, he and her. the female dragonfly just wants to make sure I know -- by keeping my stems light, I keep my self afloat. the only way I can make a safe space for her to lay her eggs

the snow drift just inches away. Draba albertina starting to flower anyway. I tried to paint 10 all in one day. and didn't like any of them

the snow drift just inches away. Draba albertina starting to flower anyway. I tried to paint 10 all in one day. and didn't like any of them

too hot to walk in the deep creek mountains. in western Utah. in a desert beyond the salt flats. just one today. I took naps in between. simplified more of life captured.

too hot to walk in the deep creek mountains. in western Utah. in a desert beyond the salt flats. just one today. I took naps in between. simplified more of life captured.

all I had to do was connect my scientific discovery to the journey of being me. a plant lover. and romantic. in a scientific talk. to guide my fellow scientists at an international conference from drained to inspired at the end of the week. connectio

all I had to do was connect my scientific discovery to the journey of being me. a plant lover. and romantic. in a scientific talk. to guide my fellow scientists at an international conference from drained to inspired at the end of the week. connection to something bigger than. is not too much to ask

survival required. remember and re habituate. my motivations to continue to research

survival required. remember and re habituate. my motivations to continue to research

scientific papers. always smaller and more separate boxes. what do the weeds say? they say sit still and let. all the jargon settle into soil. breathe in the ways. isolated thought schools come together. dissolving into my roots. for 8 years they sat

scientific papers. always smaller and more separate boxes. what do the weeds say? they say sit still and let. all the jargon settle into soil. breathe in the ways. isolated thought schools come together. dissolving into my roots. for 8 years they sat waiting for me. to trust my capacity to see connection. now, forever, they sit together.

on the day you were born. I could not wait any more. my sister's. my newest love. pura vida. when desire and creation gets me to see my self newly. angels trumpet a tissue paper symbol before death. of life as I know it. old goals dissolve. and then

on the day you were born. I could not wait any more. my sister's. my newest love. pura vida. when desire and creation gets me to see my self newly. angels trumpet a tissue paper symbol before death. of life as I know it. old goals dissolve. and then nature took over the shoes.

phd completion and big dreams. trials. rejection and ghosting. trails refining me back to my self. a continued purification. bigger, bolder strokes. until fear was burned by my fire people. my mission is clear. my heart is open. my loves it is finall

phd completion and big dreams. trials. rejection and ghosting. trails refining me back to my self. a continued purification. bigger, bolder strokes. until fear was burned by my fire people. my mission is clear. my heart is open. my loves it is finally time to dance.

If it suits you, take note or journal: about any impressions you received — what you noticed, what stood out, or what you were curious about to bring with you into the movement sessions.

Movement 1: May this be Love

Jimi Hendrix. Slower flow: get juices in motion and unearth what is asking for movement

Journal option: What images, memories, sensations or images came up during this practice?

Movement 2: Free Yourself

Jesse Ware. Faster movement: express and transform

Journal option: Did you feel any thing shift or release? Did a body part call to you? what did it say ? Did any movement feel particularly juicy? why?