“May your well, vibrant, and loving ancestors, your God or gods, the spirits of the land, the land itself, and all the Beings human and other-than-human who dwell upon this Earth be well in the coming year, and beyond. May we care for all, and never forget what we have, and may we always work together to provide for all. May we never knowingly leave others hungry, cold, or hurting. May we atone for the harms we've done, to one another, to this land, and for those of us with a little or a lot of European ancestry may we atone to those who's land this rightfully is and that we live upon as if it were ours. My we cease from doing harm. May we be strong in our boundaries. May we be fierce in our compassion. May we find and feel and trust our own inner wisdom as it lives in our bodies and may we look to no authority figure for the truth or the way, for it is there within ourselves, part of nature, deeply connected to the land itself and the spirits of the land and the creatures who are our brothers and sisters that it dwells. May we forgive ourselves and love ourselves on our difficult and imperfect journeys to those places. And may we never forget how to fight for what is right in this world.” -Margaret Howard @margaretthewild | photo: @mollyboha | This season has drawn me more inward, and in a way, more here in the moment with my body and my experience than in years past. The catalysts of travel, sickness, increased round-the-clock needs being asked of me by my baby, new levels of intentionality and strategy in my work, and, a strong desire to sustainably slow my pace without letting such a shift create a collateral wave of stress, have combined to demand increased efficiency with how I protect and how I expend my energy. I found this essay by TBN member Margaret Howard to hold wisdom I needed to hear, and while it is an offering of ritual, remembrance and resilience around the new year transition, she lays out practices that can support us in navigating all the other important transitions, anniversaries and changes we encounter throughout our lives. Link in profile. #survivor #sexualassault #trauma #nonlinearhealing #healingisaritual https://www.instagram.com/p/BsEwXOfnwyU/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=8x1ojovp9a3p