LoveisJuniper

02/18/2026

An excerpt from today’s newsletter. Sign up for more intimate , longer shares then here.

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I always remember my teacher Sophia Diaz saying, whatever you are feeling is what is leaving your body. It rises so it can move. I have held onto that like a lantern this week. God, I love a good teacher.

This morning I woke up and looked at my mountain outside my house. And something in me broke open, but this time into joy. A huge well of it. No fanfare. Just a sudden inner laugh of sorts. I remembered that this is the month of Adar in our Jewish tradition, the month that calls us toward joy. Not denial. Not bypassing. But a deliberate widening toward delight in what is also good right now.

In these absolutely nuts times, it feels true on the collective level too. What is emerging in the world feels like what has to be seen. The fractures, the shadows, the unrest, the utter disgustingness. But what also has to be seen is the other stuff too. The beauty. The ordinary miracles. The fact that we are still here, loving and learning and trying. We can hold all of it.

On the way to our retreat today, our taxi driver gave us an enthusiastic and thorough breakdown of South African politics. It was pretty grim tales of corruption and greed. We nodded earnestly and then kept joking, “and that is why we have to just enjoy the retreat.” It felt both ridiculous and completely sane. The world trembles, and we pass the snack.

Life is weird, folks.

And I am more and more convinced that the relationship we have with our spiritual selves is of the utmost importance when the world around us feels like it is crumbling. This inner tending. This willingness to feel the cloud and then also receive the mountain.……

02/18/2026

02/15/2026

Friendship rupture’s effect us on a somatic and spiritual level. This was part of the discussion in the last class on friendship. It was a hot topic!

02/08/2026

Happy birthday to our deep, fluid and loving teacher .

Your Monday classes are liquid honey and your heart is gold.

You can enjoy the gift of and her yoga and movement skills by joining us at with an online membership.

02/01/2026

Friendship tools help us create ways of secure relating when we find ourselves in a state to jumping to help or emotionally join them. We can simple ask them what would be most helpful right now.

01/22/2026

Around age ten, children have the cognitive and emotional capacity to interpret relational events as meaningful reflections of self. A rupture in friendship is no longer just something that happens. It becomes something that means something.

This is when the nervous system begins to link our Friendship experiences with Self-worth, Belonging & Safety
For example, when a child at this age experiences being left out, replaced, or betrayed by a close friend, the nervous system does not register this as a neutral social event. It registers it as a social threat. The body responds with heightened arousal, collapse, or withdrawal, and the experience is encoded as a pattern.

To learn more and grown your friendship depth you can still sign up and receive the first recording for this series. We have 3 more classes to go.

DM me and I can send you the link.

01/19/2026

I have been through every friendship configuration imaginable.

Friendship is my study an my balm. It’s the place where I a have soared to the highest highs and lowest lows of human emotion.

Join me for a live and recorded friendship exploration starting Tuesday at 11am EST.

DM me for the link .
friendshipmatters

01/12/2026

Friendship calls forth different parts of us and asks us to notice them. Not to banish them to therapy forever as a problem. But simply to witness them with curiosity and compassion. Which is actually very similar to meditation, except instead of a cushion, there is another human being who might text you back three hours later.

Friendship teaches us about attachment, impermanence, rupture and repair in real time. It humbles us. It stretches us. It shows us where we cling, where we disappear, and where we are brave enough to stay present even when things feel awkward or super tender. You know that feeling?

And sometimes, friendship is just exquisite. We get lost in a shared moment. We feel deeply seen and felt. Time softens. The body relaxes. For a moment, everything feels aligned and we think, oh, this is why we are here.

This is the heart of the Friendship Class I’m offering.

It’s a space to explore friendship through somatic awareness, nervous system wisdom, and honest conversation. We’ll look at why friendship can feel so nourishing and so painful, how rupture lives in the body and how repair and boundaries can be practiced without self-abandonment or spiritual bypassing.

If friendship feels confusing, tender, unfinished or sacred to you, you are very welcome.

01/12/2026

Friendship calls forth different parts of us and asks us to notice them. Not to fix them. Not to banish them to therapy forever. Just to witness them with curiosity, compassion, and care. Which is actually very similar to meditation, except instead of a cushion, there is another human being who might text you back three hours later.

Friendship teaches us about attachment, impermanence, rupture and repair in real time. It humbles us. It stretches us. It shows us where we cling, where we disappear, and where we are brave enough to stay present even when things feel awkward or go awry.

And sometimes, friendship is just exquisite. We get lost in a shared moment. We feel deeply seen and felt. Time blurs. The body relaxes. For a moment, everything feels aligned and we think, oh, this is why we are here.

This is the heart of the Friendship Class I’m offering.

It’s a space to explore friendship through somatic awareness, nervous system wisdom, and honest conversation. We’ll look at why friendship can feel so nourishing and so painful, how rupture lives in the body, and how repair and boundaries can be practiced without self-abandonment or spiritual bypassing.

If friendship feels confusing, tender, unfinished, or sacred to you, you are very welcome.

01/08/2026

Friendship lives in the body.

When a friendship shifts or ruptures, it is not just something we “think” about. The nervous system feels it first. The tightening. The urge to explain or withdraw. The question of “am I still safe here?” Or even “who is this person to me?”

These responses are not personal failures. They are biological patterns shaped by attachment, history, and the deep human need for connection.

In my Friendship Workshop, we explore the ups and downs of friendship through somatic awareness, nervous system regulation, and relational repair. So we can stay connected without abandoning ourselves.

If friendship feels tender, confusing, or unfinished, you are not alone. You are human. Times are weird and some friendships have gotten weirder.

Join me on January 20th for a deep dive into it all.
Live and recorded.

✨ Link in bio to join.

01/07/2026

Slowing down is the secret sauce to a deeper relationship.

Curiosity is the secret sauce to a more liberated mind.