EmilyJoyRosen

listen up (my friends) i am happy really effing lit and delighted relieved and released from the crown of my head to the tips of my toes

sometimes, with all the noise it’s hard to hear your own knowing everyone has an opinion and for reasonable reasons we are influenced by the opinions of others because at the most fundamental level

I often find myself wishing for more consistency i somehow seem to associate that with my favorite thing: safety

i haven’t posted much as i am in my tantra certification and the days are so long and rich, nourishing and triggering, enlivening and serene i haven’t been in a space to share, so much brewing, blooming, almost blowing me away (really) in such exquisitely enchanting (at times confronting) ways.

big redwood trees and saying please managing to get away for a few-week certification training learning all about sexuality the place i feel least at ease

for doors closing and opening that is what i am most grateful for today on day twenty-six (of thirty) yes doors closing and opening choices and endless surprising opportunities paralysis and debilitating overwhelm

for heartbreak poems on day twenty-five (of thirty) my most viral (liked and shared) pieces have been heartbreak poems they put me on the map (so to speak)

for heart stretching on day twenty-four (of thirty) i am grateful for the ways our hearts can forever expand (if we let them) to include more and more

for work that brings joy (to others and me) for work that does good yes on day twenty-three (of thirty) i am grateful that the results of my efforts (the work that i do)

conducting and music playing day twenty-two (of thirty) i am going through some extreme transitions and wow i am learning so much

for play on day twenty-one (of thirty) i am grateful for (finally) finding value in play i just didn’t get it for a long while activities without clear objectives

for looking up on day twenty of thirty i am grateful for my ability to look up to step up

day nineteen (of thirty) sleep these days it’s my top priority to make sure i get as much sleep (as possible) every night

so i didn’t post anything i was grateful for friday and saturday as i said i would (every day) i skipped two days of gratitude journal posting

i know what love is because of you i know what loyalty is because of you i know what safety is because of you

day fifteenth (of thirty) nature and comparing no more today i am grateful for my relationship with nature i often feel self-conscious about my relationship with nature

i do not want this, i think (to myself) often resistance is a theme in my life

day thirteen (of thirty) back from outdoor school dirty and rested nourished and oddly calm (for me) and a grateful list is the most i can manage

day eleven (of thirty) i am grateful for rich deep sleep with important dreams extra hot coffee with so much cream the beauty of fire and flickering embers the character of wood and it’s generosity

day 10 (of thirty) slowing down i am pretty sure i never thought i would say this

day nine (of thirty) mountains i am more of a mountain girl than an ocean girl if i had to be one or the other i am for sure a woman of the mountains

day eight (of thirty) for who i am becoming i am most grateful today for who i am becoming you know i can feel her now

day seven (of thirty) my body and a man unnamed that is what i am grateful for today on day seven

day six (of thirty) today i am grateful for crackers yep, crackers let me explain

day five (of thirty) it’s a wrap my friends it’s over our live event that is and i am tired and wired and full and wanting

"oh i just turn my feelings off," she said "yes me too," he said "it's just easier that way"

day four (of thirty) team super grateful for team (my team) i would be so very lost without them and while this photo doesn’t include even one eighth of who works with me

i spend a lot of time in fantasy a land without mediocrity i am pretty sure that what messes us up the most is what we have been told is supposed to be what we have been told it's going to look like

sometimes, with all the noise it’s hard to hear your own knowing everyone has an opinion and for reasonable reasons we are influenced by the opinions of others because at the most fundamental level

when I was in high school I started a gratitude journal and wrote 5 things I was grateful for, every day for over a year