Holding Back ~ Ep. 269

How has holding back served you? #lasantera #meditation #writingcommunity #writerslife #writingprompt #selfcare #selflove #reflection #podcast #wocpodcastoo https://youtu.be/vkQ4_Xp8iP4

Writing from the Womb Workshop! #WFW

Welcome home!    I am thrilled to announce that both the NYC Latina Writers Group and the Writing from the Womb Writers Workshop (WFW) return this fall! After last year’s WFW I took a much needed break. I needed to refill and give myself some of what I give to so many. Something I often…

Nepal Trip ~ Day 27: Fight or flight?

Taking a leap a faith… Not having a plan… Staying calm no matter what is going on around me… The symbolism of my injuring my hand… These are the things heavily on my mind as I continue this journey. I had quite the scare on the mountain when I slipped today. I turned my neck…

Nepal Trip ~ Day 26: In the eyes, heart and soul of the hawk… and Reflection

Today a hawk and I made eye contact. She sat on the tip of the mountain with the most piercing honey brown eyes. I could see the black in the dead center of her pupils and was lost in them. She spoke in a language only I was able to understand. She was still. She…

Nepal Trip ~ Day 25: Taking a leap even when there isn’t a net…. and Reflection

Today I leaped. I jumped between the cliff and I was terrified. Yamuna assured me that she would be right behind me. One by one we jumped holding on to our ropes for dear life. Our descent is moving a little faster than our climb... yet it is still grueling and requires just as much…

Nepal Trip ~ Day 24: Aligning Myself–who can we trust? And Reflection

It has been weeks since my return from Nepal and I have so much to catch you up on. First, upon returning to the states I was met with a an overwhelming sense of sadness and felt incredibly depressed about so many things, leaving my team, the beauty, serenity and tranquility of the Makulu. But…

Nepal Trip ~ Day 23: I AM the Master of My Fate and Reflection

Today we are going for it! The energy on this mountain is high. We are freezing, our skin is wind and sun burned yet the feeling of happiness and accomplishment is being felt. As we journeyed Bhanupriya started to recite a poem: Out of the night that covers me, Black as the Pit from pole…

Nepal Trip ~ Day 22: I Will Not Fear Rejection and Reflection

Many of us are so afraid of rejection that we run in the opposite direction avoiding it at all costs. There is something so completely paralyzing that happens even before taking that leap and trying it anyway. Last summer I received countless rejections. Every grant, every workshop, every submission and every application for writing programs…

Nepal Trip ~ Day 21: Connecting to Passion and Reflection

"Do you feel connected to your passion?" This is what Yamuna asked me as were coming down the mountain. Do I feel connected to my passion? This time on the mountain has brought me closer to my passion and what I am here to do. Before I started this journey I began to doubt. I…

Nepal Trip ~ Day 20: I saw your face on the mountain today just before I got to the top… and Reflection

I saw your face on the mountain today just before I got to the top... it was your smile your dimples your scent your heart your honesty your strength your secrets your history your love your childlike innocence discovered in a woman's body I think that's what I love most about you... your smile... that…