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💕 Love of Your Life

Published 3 months ago • 2 min read

Think Feel Be Free​
Counseling | Workshops | Yoga

Hello Friend,

This summer has been one for the books—inspiring, life-giving, magical, heart-breaking—and it isn't even over yet.

I was recently undone by Boomerang Valentine, a poem by the late Andrea Gibson, who muses on this question: What if you are the love of your life?

I think, Oh my god, I hope that’s not true, because I am absolutely not my type, writes Gibson. But let’s say for a moment I am...

As Gibson wonders what it would be like to engage with oneself and become the kind of unhinged [that] only love makes me, I feel my own world of self-criticism and self-knowing begin to unfold before me. That is the sort of summer I've had. Unhinged. Delightful. Intense.

I love falling in love (which is something I'll be writing about in an upcoming Substack post), but when it comes to loving myself, I feel both the expert and the amateur. How can I love me when I also say so many terrible things to me? How can I romance myself with flowers and magic and self-affirmation, when I spend so much time thinking about how I said the wrong thing, offered the wrong sort of help, or missed the opportunity prove myself necessary?

To truly, deeply, and unabashedly love myself feels like the best and hardest thing I could do. So that is my mission for this final few weeks of summer—to begin falling in love with myself the way that I might with another person.

You're welcome to join me! Do you ever find it challenging to be your own friend? To celebrate the small things that aren't such small things? Or forgive the big things that aren't such big things? Drop me a line and let me know.

Bay Area friends, check out my new weekly classes. Long-distance connections, let's check-in! You can also find me on Substack and the TFBF website.

Take good care,

Amanda

In Person Offerings

Yin Yoga & Meditation
Sundays, 7:00-8:15pm

Yin is an invitation to intentionally linger in asanas and postures we might otherwise flow through quickly. Join me for a quiet and intimate opportunity to be with yourself in a new sort of way.

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Slow Flow Yoga
Mondays, 10:30-11:30am

Move a little more slowly as we focus on making more intentional transitions and actions on and off of the mat. Class concludes with essential oils and hands-on attention.

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Online Offerings

🫶 Clarity Coaching

Clarity coaching can help you better understand yourself and your stories through reflective conversation and focused practice. I have limited space for new clients. If you’re ready to know yourself better, schedule a free exploratory session.

🌱 Spiritual Direction

Explore and deepen your connection to yourself and your greater purpose. During each session, we will observe, name, and respond to the presence of the Divine in your life. To learn more, schedule a free exploratory session.

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