What’s Love Got To Do With It
One could construe love as the most fundamental necessary evil in existence — without it, we probably wouldn't experience relational pain or grief or loss, but we also would lack senses of care and connection. In that sense, there is no perfect love, only a process of finding out how we want to feel it, give it, receive it. And from there, that love can add up to all kinds of messy and beautiful things in our communities if we let it. This is your invitation into that practice and process of discovery: don't settle for what you know already exists, but rather let your first act of this new kind of love be letting yourself search for something more.
3 things you can do right now as a movement guide
If you've caught yourself thinking "...but I'm just a [personal trainer / yoga teacher / coach / artist / performer / dancer / juggler / bodyworker / etc.]" this is for you. It's easy to feel powerless or helpless or like you aren't the "right type" of person to contribute in this moment, but the truth is that everyone has something to offer, and how you act in this moment can determine the path we chart collectively. Here are a few things you can do.
Why Your Physical Practice Is Political
The physical practices you engage in — strength training, stretching and mobility, calisthenics, acrobatics, handstands, yoga, dance — are political practices. I am not the first or only person to have this insight, but I want to express it definitively because it's at the center of the work I do, as well as how I understand my own personal movement in the world.