Purple Chakra Saturday It’s my brother’s birthday. He is 31, married with 2 kids and has intentions of having more. He is very conscious of the steps he is taking in life. He loves having a family. He is planting seeds and watching them grow. He is a farmer. By contrast, I am a gypsy. I …
I always think every man I date is THE ONE. I got all bent out of shape last night because I couldn’t see the one I am currently obsessed with. I started to freak out that yet another man was going to let me down and NOT be all that I want him to be. …
I am mobile. I have flexibility. I have no debt. I have love. I am love. I have enough money to travel. I have a good relationship with my man, my friends and my family. I am happy. I am creating art. I am helping people. I am living with my man. We are married. …
I have started calling my new home “The Urban Ashram” because it is pretty much empty and only has the bare-bones necessities. I suppose it makes sense. Sleeping on a yoga mat made me bust into a bunch of asanas before folding up the blankets neatly and heading to the bathroom to brush my teeth. …
I’ve been here and there and everywhere, not planting anything long enough to watch the roots grow into something lovely and beautiful that could give me sustainable joy. Apparently I am typical of my generation. I prolonged childhood, avoided commitment and experimented with my identity when I “should have” been getting married, working full-time and …
Week 6 Post-Brahmacharya In my quest for equality, I am at the point where I no longer assume the victim role. I am in charge of my own destiny and no one can define who I am but me. I may look like a female Puerto Rican, but the content of my brain and the …
Week 5 Post-Brahmacharya My last week in the apartment with my great roommate. Who knows how often I will see her after I move out? She became my first friend in DC. I want to buy her a spa gift. Something special since she works so hard and doesn’t get a lot of credit or …
Week 4 Post-Brahmacharya I have a date with the Brazilian tonight. He has a ticket to see a singer from the favelas and he says I can “pay him back with drinks, kisses or back scratching.” The fact that I even have to “pay him” digs into my orange chakra issues. I feel like a …
Week 3 Post-Brahmacharya Ended up doing yogalates in Dupont Circle and then going to dinner with the Brazilian afterwards. Ivy league educated. Used to trade steel. He is headed to Asia for a month to solve their carbon problems. He is light energy. I didn’t like his aggressive approach to me the first time I …
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Week 2 of Post-Brahmacharya I have spent the weekend meditating and writing at my friend’s house in Alexandria. I escaped the city on Friday – literally. I had all the B-O-Yz hollerin at the same time and I had to beat them off like they were a pack of dogs. This shit could get to …