Writings on Presence, Body & Practice
Honest, embodied writing from inside the practice — on presence, body, and the quiet return to yourself.
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Before it had a name, it had a kitchen. And a garden. And no family or close friends nearby for years. This is how a practice is built from the inside of something hard — through a law career, a homestead, a courtroom, and the daily choice to tend to yourself before anyone else could.
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The mind is not where healing lives — it visits there, but the body is where it takes up residence. What Yoga Nidra Rest taught me about arriving before I could begin.
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For years I fell asleep within minutes — my body was that exhausted. It took years more to learn what it felt like to release tension I hadn't known I was holding. This is that story.
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What I began to offer colleagues — quietly, on the side — was not a wellness program. It was a practice. A short one. And something in the room always shifted afterward.
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Cooper leads us outside first. Then lemon water, then juice. Then a quiet walk through the spaces of the day. Three ingredients. The same three things, every morning, in whatever form they take.
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