Big Ships, Turn Slow

Big Shippin’

Hi Friends!

I hope your day is starting with ease, peace, and gratitude. Today, I plan to spend my time taking care of my plants, burning incense, cleaning, cooking greens, and taking things slow. Earlier this week, I listened to a podcast where Bryant Terry talked about the shame and narrow-minded thinking around the foodways of Black people. He shared the ritual of his grandmother cooking greens slowly, which made me feel like I was right there with him.

At my daughter's Parent Council meeting, a parent said, "Big Ships Turn Slow," which resonated with me. I love instant gratification, but when I launched my yoga business, I learned that the process of growth would be slow and steady. Now, in my sixth year of teaching yoga, I am still here, teaching regularly, planning retreats, and excitedly launching my first retreat on Mother's Day weekend.

So, as you go about your day, take it slow, breathe deeply, and remember that big ships turn slow. The things you want to happen will happen, but at a slower pace, and that's okay. Let's be grateful for the journey and the growth

Retreatin’

When I became a yoga teacher, one of the things on my heart early on was to host a retreat around the weekend of Mother’s Day—a retreat for women to attend to be cared for. To not take on more responsibilities but to be loved and cared for and to rest.

As my life has evolved, I have wanted this space more now than ever and want to make it a space for women who may have a complicated relationship with this day. For women who may be mothers, women who may have estranged relationships with mothers, women who may be struggling as a mother, women who are trying to conceive, women who may not want to conceive but may feel the pressure to become a mother.

This first retreat will center the voices of the BIPOC community because rarely are there spaces that center the intersectionality of being a Woman of Color and motherhood, and we need to have spaces where we can be vulnerable, be honest, and be together.

I am so excited to bring this to yall, and I hope you will join me, or share out with Women of Color you may know.

To see all of the details about the retreat check out my website and if you want to get in before this thing sells out… CLICK HERE.


Teachin’

It was so fun to see some of you all pop into my Oak Park Class after my last newsletter! See below for where I will be in February and March and I hope to catch you at a class!

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