Our time in this workshop will be spent connecting with our breath and creating space within. When we connect with our breath we can enjoy the peace outside the hamster wheel of our thoughts.
All in Wellness In Real Life
Free to Express My Version of Blackness at Refuge Outdoor Festival 2023
This year’s Refuge Outdoor Festival was incredible and I’m truly looking forward to next year’s gathering! It was the diversity medicine I needed and I met people I’ll definitely be spending time with between retreats.
I grew up in a Black family surrounded by mostly White people and Christian culture (I know, how did I end up like this?!). It made it harder to access some of the deepest parts of who I am and it’s a privilege to have so much more space to do so now.
Join me for Breathwork & a Sound Bath at Refuge Festival
Going to Refuge Fest is outside my comfort zone and at the very same time I know I need it.
That’s life huh? Built so discomfort has the uncanny ability to help us grow.
I'll be at Refuge Festival!
I'm so excited to not only attend, after years of fangirling from the sidelines, but hold a Breathwork Ceremony at this BIPOC centered weekend camping event this August 18-20. We'll be reconnecting with nature and celebrating just 40 minutes east of Seattle in the Cascade Mountain foothills.
Acupuncture: Ancient Chinese Medicine addressing today's woes
Seasonal allergies, and their often severe related symptoms, used to keep me disoriented, indoors or reaching for allergy pills.
There's a better way! Around the arrival of each season I head to my community acupuncture clinic. They know just what to do and better yet, it's affordable, peaceful and most importantly: effective!
Start Loving Yourself, like, starting NOW!
You're allowed to love yourself NOW, there is no "perfect" in this world!!
I dare you to let those unhelpful/untrue negative voices fade. Drop 'em, you won't descend into chaos without them, I promise.
4 Earth Friendly Products I Use On My Quest To Respect The Planet
Turns out Environmental Maturity can be quite luxurious...
I wanted to share four brands I'm really feeling that make things just a bit easier to do my part. A few of them have even caused improvements in my physical health. It may seem like a drop in the bucket but drops add up and these efforts have shifted my overall values around sustainability (can't EVEN with fast fashion anymore) and ideas around gratitude. We need the Earth to live, how we treat it and engage with it can reveal so much.
2021 & 2022 Highlights
2021 &2022 brought some super exciting opportunities over to SemiWoo
Pill Poppin' with Intention
The longest story short: I’m seeing a naturopath to restore balance and generate health in my body and she’s got me on hella supplements. How can I go on this journey without feeling overwhelmed or missing the signs that I’m actually getting better?
Happy Loving Day!!!
I’m the Black half of an interracial couple and I have a LOT of feels about it.
Maybe other Black folks in interracial partnerships can understand this but somewhere, deep inside, I experience feelings of guilt because my partner is White….
How To Dancewalk
I started Dancewalking in 2009 as a self-dare. I dared myself to show no restraint, to let my body move when my favorite songs came on during my park walks in San Diego. Nobody told me to dare myself so why would I inflict what seemed like a cruel sorority hazing game on myself?
I Finally Made Fire Cider!
Ancient, Ancestral, Affordable, Universal Healthcare right here. I've been seeing Fire Cider pop up here and there, a sure sign to pay attention and lean in.
Happy PRIDE 2021!!!
May we all continue to grow our capacity to CELEBRATE one another
Treat Yourself Like A Friend Already!
If you're constantly scraping the bottom of your energy barrel you normalize depletion and exhaustion to the ones around. We all know what happens when you try to give more than you ACTUALLY have to give: you quickly burn out, you grow resentful and your sparkle fades.
Semi Woo Moon Reading: New Moon in Aries
Happy New Moon In Aries!!! If you wanna get something going in the new few weeks the lunar potion of fiery Aries is just the elixir you will need. IN FACT Aries is pouring so much energy and spark into the mix that you currently might even feel agitated or like you’re already behind. Don’t fall into the trap!
Accepting The Body I Was Born Into
Mushrooms help expand the mind to offer us new possibilities for living and thinking. I chose a new thought pattern, and kept at it, even when doubts and old patterns worked to creep back in. Eventually, the new thought pattern replaced the old and I was living in a much kinder, exciting atmosphere. My body continues to morph and my love and appreciation sustains.
5 Healing Remedies of African Ancestry You Can Try Today
The knowledge of how to heal our own bodies will always live right within us all.
The self-healing path can provide an exciting way to connect with the body and unravel some of its mysteries. On this path, you might develop your power to tune out unsupportive or irrelevant voices in the mind so you can tune into what you truly need, at the moment, to grow.
An Ode To Our Latest Roadtrip
We bridged the gap between 2020 & 2021 with a trip South to dry out our bones and quench a bit of our thirst for travel and adventure. I return home a new woman, full of gratitude and ready to take on a whole new chapter.
When You Aren't Practicing What You Preach, It Hurts
Having a blind spot revealed is a huge vulnerability tornado! Nobody likes to feel inadequate, let alone be the last one in the village to know about it.
Veggie Wisdom
If you, like many Americans, live in a food desert and you don't have easy access to locally grown produce, check out the freezer section wherever you shop. When fresh food is frozen right after harvest it retains most of its nutrition for at least three months. 🥦