Am I Doing It Right?

Craig Mallett   One of the most common questions I get when teaching people new to the Daoist approach is “am I doing it right?” While perfectly understandable in a modern world that encourages us all to not ever feel like we’re good enough (the honest answer “no, it’s terrible because you’re a beginner and […]

False Beliefs & Growth

Fanny Tulloch The Narrative I need to possess a good aesthetic, or I am not worthy of peoples love. Not until I look like the image of the ideal woman in my mind I will deserve the respect and love from others. Therefore, I need to work hard, really hard, in the gym to get […]

Disruption, Discomfort, and Disconnect

Christine Ruffolo   Note: this is a companion piece to The Essential Act of Nothing.  Its sentiment can be summed up by the following: Recently, I wept along side a theater full of adults.  We were watching the latest Mr. Rogers movie, and he reminded us, “you don’t have to do anything sensational for people […]

Musings from a Transforming Being

Dare Sohei   MUSIC IS BLOOD Ritual is a creative process of attunement through which we can co-regulate our nervous systems with the more-than-human world. Largely, i feel the interpersonal neurobiology lens is crafted out of the white (supremacy) lens, even as it helpfully focuses us towards our mammalian and evolutionary biology… it still myopically […]