If you have difficulty reaching out for emotional support when you’re in the darkness, there’s some support suggestions at the end of this article. I get off the computer at 7:20 pm and I’m spent. It’s been a ten-hour day, again, and I can’t wait to just turn off and relax into the no-thingness. I …
Kara-Leah writes on all things related to transformation, potential, awakening, and liberation, usually sharing directly from her own journey.
When the Guru says No, Go Away, You are Not a Student, and Definitely Not a Teacher
Let the words from the guru pierce your heart. This is what I do. Or rather, it’s how I orientate to this email from the guru. From the teacher. I read it again, taking time, letting each word, and the energy behind it, penetrate my depths. Time slows down. The rain sounds louder. I stare …
Dance Floor Etiquette • The NZ Spirit Festival Community Speaks
Festival Season officially kicked off in early November with Spring Festival in Pukehina, and the dance floor was WILD, with epic sets from DJ Blase, DJ Jimmy Fresh and DJ Kauri, and all kinds of dance floor etiquette enacted, and transgressed. When I published an article after that event, Shenanigans on the Dance Floor • …
Shenanigans on the Dance Floor • A Tale of Boundaries Expressed and Transgressed
Settle in folks, and let me share a tale of boundaries, as remembered, in no doubt a partial and faulty way. I’m at an event. I see a man that I don’t want to engage with at all. I’ve met him a handful of times and each time he transgressed boundaries and did not immediately …
A Review of ‘Aghori – Holy City Varanasi’ Documentary with Reza Aslan
I’m following a breadcrumb trail, and it’s led me to the Aghori. After the gruesomeness of watching the horror movie Midsommar last night – which is a nuanced and insightful look at grief, trauma, trauma-bonding, gas-lighting, ignorance, attachment, community and cults – I found myself on the FB group Tantrik Yoga Now on a post …
My Vision for Thames • Reflections from the Campaign Trail
Before I lay out the beginnings of my Vision, a quick update on the Campaign Trail. Feel free to skip down to the Vision! How’s the campaign going? He asked. Well let’s see… the first Meet the Candidates Meeting unexpectedly triggered a PTSD episode that took about three days to move through. That had never …
