Anyone else losing their shit?
Or feel like life is shoving your face in dense dense dirt?

But are holding on because you are really trying to believe there is something beautiful waiting for you on the other side?
same.

Whole Health : a rambling intro

Whole health... I'm talking the whole 360... mind, body, soul.
You hear that often when health is mentioned... this idea of the 3 - mind, body, soul.

I think that is a good place to start.
Growing up in this western way we aren't taught much about health.
Yes we did have gym class.. and yes gym class did have a health component to it... but to be perfectly honest there is nothing that stood out to me in that class.. nothing that stuck with me through these years other than the constant reinforcement of the consequences of sex and stds.

I look at my journey this far as a human and how learning to be healthy and to be happy has been 100% self taught.
And I say health AND happiness because they are intertwined. Which has also been learned through experience... health - whole health, is a path to happiness.

This is a big topic to cover but I wanted to share that if you don't feel 100% satisfied in life .. or you are struggling with your happiness, you are not alone.
I am try to figure it out myself.. but I feel like I have the pieces. It is when I put those pieces together that I find myself less stressed and more in control of everything that is me.

This post is an entry into further topics I want to cover when talking about whole health.
What we eat, what we think, what we look at, how much time screen time we do daily, whether or not we get physical activity, having happy relationships, our jobs - these are all a part of whole health.

Everyday I see more and more people wake up and start integrating parts of whole health into their life, and before you know it they figure it. I hope as I continue to share about this topic that we both walk away wanting to do more for ourselves. whoever you are.

To much time.. or to little?

I guess I am opening this up again as a means of expression..or a place to lay dead thoughts or thoughts that have been thought that I wish to grow upon but probably won't circle back around to for a week if not more. I'm not really inviting anyone in particular to read this either but just those who stumble into it. I just need an outlet. And I can't afford paint right now - or clay or the 100 dollar membership that comes with the clay. So this is free and this will work.

Post grad of 4 months now - tried a job - or an internship? which I would like to think of it as since it indeed did not work out. Thats probably where I should start. Rewind 4 months ago, I moved across the country Georgia > Virginia> Tennessee> California to where I accepted a job at a modeling agency as an imaging coordinator. Not exactly sure what I was thinking it was going to be like... the job description was just about as loose and open as it needed to be for me to accept it. So I took it ... and without getting into to much detail I was absolutely miserable. 

I couldn't believe that people did this from 9-6, five days a week. There were moments of complete and utter disbelief that this was what my life had come to and there was no way out. Well there was .. and now I am here.. looking for another job in a field that leaves me with a bit more free time and a better mental attitude. But until then there are questions I hope to explore...
1. What are the flavors of Moroccan food... and do I like it?
2. Can i rekindle the passion that i once had for yoga?
3. Why can't I just enjoy a day off without feeling like I am not doing enough?
4. Is it possible to read beautiful food essays and cook books that aren't vegan as a vegan? 

But really I'm not sure what Moroccan food taste like and I am not sure if the Moroccan lentils I made tonight were truly Moroccan.

I love yoga, but I use to do it everyday, twice a day. Now I roll my mat out here and there.

I had a full day, I was productive but still I feel as if I didn't do enough.

I really want to read this book Home Cooking by Laurie Colwin- but its going to tell me how to cook the perfect chicken... and I don't mind I just won't cook the perfect chicken because I eat plants.

Below is a picture of my Moroccan lentils with beautifully roasted carrots slathered in some fresh chermoula... think warm... think spicy... think wild....

The Presence of White

Ahah. The beauty of White.

Simple.

Pure.

Light.

The one color that goes best with herself.

A delightful flow from top to bottom.

The classic look that continues to makes its way from decade to decade.

We know her for her elegance but easy way of presenting herself.

Her presence grows as the sun begins to show.

Dareful and True.

May we welcome her as the days grow warmer. 

hailing the summer sun

photos via pinterst

as the days get a little longer and the plants begin to look a little lighter the sun becomes a missed friend that has been off on a long journey.

i see him longing to find our side of the world again waiting for us to dance under him.

to be barefoot bandits wandering in bikinis to the shore of his good friend the sea. 

a little time and a little lovin we will see him soon.

waken

yes, its probably been a year since posting on here.

but creativity is flowing and needs a place to rest.

this is a set with my sister.

enjoy.

full rotation

"That you are here-that life exists and identity,

That the powerful play goes on, and you may contribute a verse."

-Walt Whitman

manifest in the moment.

take it in.

remember, breathe.

ignore the pit in your stomach,

ignore the anxiety of the many "what ifs" that take you away.

small trips from reality.

an escape plan.

24 hours.

one full rotation to forget.

see only in color.

forget what you know.

harvest

love

gratitude

 

we run like children,

through the water,

there goes our clothes,

freedom at last.

i smile as my childhood innocence returns to play,

with love we dance,

floating along the shore.

much peace and love