The current state of the world can easily have us feeling anxious or disconnected from ourselves. Yet it's often forgotten that you hold the single most powerful to help calm your nervous system and restore peace and focus right within yourself- your breath.

"Happy Teacher Appreciation Week!" my phone buzzed, with the unexpected message from a dear friend. At first my mind went to somatic therapy, yoga, and meditation teaching... but when I realized she was acknowledging the homeschooling of our children my eyes brimmed. Teacher Appreciation. This was a concept and celebration massively overlooked within the experience of homeschooling, for it shows up so differently. This had me reflecting on how we've been homeschooling for a year now...

Women's bodies are miraculous. To house our spirits in such phenomenal ways, move through the world with grace and power, bleed for days while maintaining our life, cycle with lunar celestiality, nurture a seed into life, and be portals between the spirit world and earth... miraculous. Insecure and ignorant men fear this greatness. They have attempted to control, manipulate, and regulate these incredible bodies for centuries. Yet, women's health is shifting. And not in the ways one might fear.