herbal Medicine Schools

Love and Alchemy
http://www.loveandalchemyshop.com/new-events/

Twin Star:
http://www.twinstartribe.com

New Moon In Sagittarius *

“Go deeper, go deeper, go deeper”, she whispers to me, brining me into the folds and depths of myself I have yet to explore. The feminine, winter’s approach, the dark new moon all are beckoning us to plunge ourselves into the fertile darkness, quietly calling us to look at our shadows and wounds. The world is demanding that we address our shadows right now. They are being mirrored to us in full force. Standing Rock and the continued violence again Native and Indigenous persons who honor and live with the Earth. The election and rise in violence and revealing of our pain and bigotry. The bombings in Syria and her children being wounded and killed.  The blatant disregard for the sacredness of life in all its forms. Everywhere you look we are oversaturated with the agony of the world and impact of what we have created. We are inundated with this pain; we cannot turn away. And although there are so many days that seeing it all, hearing it all, f e e l i n g it all is too much to bear. I promise you loves, there is a wisdom in all of this. Kali Yuga is upon us and just like Nature has the inherent wisdom to her cycles, so does Spirit as we are plunged into the dark.   What we can find here at these depths. What is takes in us to find our ways out of the dark. The type of courage and alchemy that we must embody to be willing to go back to this place. Again and again. There is a value and weight to this work that is incomprehensible. It creates a medicine we can carry with us that gives us the greatest liberation, power, freedom, and love we have ever had. It is in the dark that we find this medicine. It is in the dark when we know the power of our own light. It is in the dark that we discover parts of ourselves with stories they are begging to tell and wisdom that they have come to impart. It is in the dark that we learn the depths of our compassion and the power of our own hearts. It is in the dark that we discover our wholeness. Our shadows are simply the parts of us that we have cast away, that we have disowned, run away from, or left unacknowledged. They are no less a part of us than our brilliance, our hearts, our light. But when left unattended to they grow feral and seek ways to come out and disrupt our worlds. The shadow become imbalanced, angry, and looks to make itself known, usually in ways that are to our detriment and cause great discomfort. When we willingly enter into relationship with these parts of ourselves though we can learn how to skillfully work with them and offer our whole selves a type of love that we could never have known before. As we enter into winter, move further into Kali Yuga, and answer the call of the new moon to journey inward we are being called to the path of the heart. When we choose the path of courage and go tend to the deeper darker parts of ourselves, we are meeting and gathering up the wisdom of our wholeness. We learn the medicine of all the parts of us. And as we meet our full selves, as we call out to the pieces of us we have cast away, the sides to us we do not know, we expand and cultivate a deeper capacity to love. When we willing meet our shadow and offer it compassion it no longer has the power to cause harm and instead becomes another part of the whole. The concept of oneness that we are taught through plant medicine, yoga, and other spiritual practices becomes embodied wisdom, sunk deep into our bones, and permeating our whole being. To walk the path of the heart, to answer the call of the sacred feminine, to do the work of being a healer, shaman, medicine woman, leader, teacher, yogi, activist, in this lifetime, to be a voice of the sacred, means finding the willingness and courage to answer this call again and again. To walk this path is to answer The Wild Calling. It means learning how to trust in each season we find ourselves in, to feel the equal value of our shadow and our light and to love everything in between. To hold each part of ourselves tenderly with love and compassion means that we can offer this in a true way to all other living beings. When know not just in our minds, but in our being the sacredness of all of who we are we can pour this out into the world through our actions and being. So while the demand and push that we look into the eyes of the shadow of ourselves and world around us can feel harsh, maybe even cruel at times, there is a liberation of love on the other side that can only be reached through this work. And the taste of this elixir of freedom, the nectar of sacredness and reverence, the sweet honey of l o v e in the highest forms is worth everything along the way. Alchemy is the art of transmutation, the act of changing an objects state, to me this is the power of love. That we can learn to change what we fear into what we love, not just in ourselves, but in the whole world. And we desperately need this medicine right now. For more on how to walk this path and gather this medicine please go here to read the full post or see my work below.

Plant Medicine for Standing Rock  There is so much healing the world needs right now. I have been called to offer plant medicine for our personal healing and in solidarity with the water protectors at Standing Rock. Below you can read the medicine story of a beautiful Sacred Tobacco Flower Essence I have crafted and am offering. 50% of the sales of the Sacred Tobacco flower essence will be directly donated to the medic and healer tent at Standing Rock. And for the month of December I will donated 20% of all my sales to the medic and healer tent as well. To order please email me at info@loveandalchemyshop.com and I can send you a full catalogue of all my plant medicine creation too. Thank you for supporting the water protectors, healers fighting for the sacred and for sharing in the power of plants.

Sacred Tobacco Flower Essence  This summer i made a beautiful essence of sacred tobacco from my garden and clear quartz i gathered from a local quarry. At the time I felt deeply called to make this essence but did not know why. It was clear it was medicine meant to be saved for a later time and date. and tonight as I research and connect to her further, tobacco's flower essence medicine is so clear. Sacred Tobacco connects our hearts and bodies to the earth. She is the marker of gratitude, prayers offered, and deep reverence for the sacredness of the earth. She opens the channel between mind and heart, allowing the heart to be the primary voice of our consciousness. It helps us to break patterns of disconnect and numbing out and instead shows us the gifts of the subtle realms around us. Sacred Tobacco is the medicine of peace and deep connection to the world around us and all who inhabit it. From this place may we always remember that we are all one. $18 for half ounce stock bottle - email info@loveandalchemyshop.com to order

Ways to Walk the Path of the Heart my offerings and support to you

:: The Wild Calling :: A sacred initiation into the divine feminine "For women with a hunger in their hearts, an aching to know themselves, their wild selves more deeply. For women looking to live and lead in their lives from the potency, authenticity, and power of divine feminine wisdom. For women looking to reconnect with nature, the moon, and all the mysteries of cycles in the world and in our selves. For women craving community, connection, understanding, and sisterhood. For women yearning to rebirth themselves, their lives, their work, their relationships in service of deep fulfillment and purpose. For women longing to honor the instinctual call to ritual and ceremony. For women desiring to unleash their whole selves." This 9 month course (75hrs) is a gestation period to (re)birth your wild self into the world. We will explore the many facets of working with divine feminine energy through ritual, ceremony, meditation, journeying, plant spirit medicine, and the lunar cycles. We will gather (online) each New Moon and Full Moon for a 2.5hr council and each sister on the path will receive a monthly one-on-one embodied coaching call to help support and deepen your work during this course. Additionally there will be soul work to engage with, a private online community to immerse yourself in, reading & resource lists, optional workshops that you can attend for a discounted exchange. AND a final ceremonial gathering and retreat in upstate NY over Halloween weekend. You will: Learn how to lead & gather in a moon circle Tap into your inner vision and body wisdom Birth a new project, self, being into the world Intimately know the cycles of the moon & earth and their power Build sacred, seasonal altars in your home and on the land Work with plant, stone, and animal medicine Explore the blood mysteries, womb clearing, and energetic healing work Create your own personal rituals and ceremonies Learn how to lead from authentic feminine power Discover the power of sacred community and communion Deepen your understanding our your whole self For more details go to: The Wild Calling

Workshops  Where the medicine is traveling this month

:: Full Moon Circle ::  Come harness the power of the full moon and connect with witchy sisters, goddesses, priestesses, healers, courtesans, & wild wild women.  Let out all those parts of yourself that are eager to connect & play.  Using ritual, sacred plants, shamanic journeying, crafting, and of connect with each other to tap into the power of the abundant full moon! Listen to your wild heart calling. When: Monday, December 13th  :: Where: new location in Bushwick (rsvp  for details & address) :: Time: 6:30-8:30pm :: Exchange: suggested $20-25 (https://www.paypal.me/caityflanagan) :: RSVP by emailing: info@loveandalchemyshop.com & sending your donation here

Healing Ceremonies & Work  when we heal ourselves we can heal the world

:: Plant Spirit Medicine Ceremony ::   An ancient shamanic practice of working with the energetic essence and spirits of plants to restore, align, and holistically heal the spiritual, energetic, and physical bodies.  Plant spirit medicine ceremonies are a sacred and personal healing experience. we begin with sacred smoke, prayers, and setting an intention for healing. Using the art of limpias and working directly with plants to cleanse the body and energy field. I then call in your plant spirit allies' essences and imparting them directly in to the body through ancient symbols and energy work. Finally we end with reiki's universal healing life force and closing our circle.  You will receive healing messages and practices from your plant allies and continued healing from their presence and this work.  :: Sessions are offered at Medicine Space (89 5th ave. new york, ny), Private in-home sessions can be arranged as well. Connect here or email me: info@loveandalchemyshop.com

Alchemical Coaching  to transform & meld the mind, body, and soul Recognize & transmute your fears  Discover & embody your life's purpose Deeply know & love the essence of who you are killfully create & live your purpose   If you're seeking embodied alchemy; powerful transformation. If you're looking for just the right mix of woo-woo & practicality.  If you want desire, purpose, the divine, and your spirit to be the driving force in your life. If you're hungry for daily communion with your heart - I'm here. Also if you just need some no nonsense, b#llsh@t free practicality, fire power, and support & organization to get things done, we can do that too. I specialize in melding together deep soul level discover of desires & core values, with decisive leadership & organizational tools.    The Journey   Alchemical Coaching takes place over the course of 9 months   4, 1 hour long alchemical coaching sessions each month  Journey-work to skillfully plan & create personal alchemy each week through inspired action and rigorous accountability  The experience of being deeply seen & heard Discovering & naming your life's purpose  Unprecedented amounts of re-birth, transformation, understanding of self, and action in your life  On-going support & resources shared with you from your coach  Each journey is a deep investment in yourself & transforming your life.  Connect here or email me: info@loveandalchemyshop.com

:: Plant Medicine Healing Sessions ::   Begin or deepen your healing journey with an intuitive and holistic approach to your health through the use of holistic, whole plant medicine in all of its forms .  :: A combination of holistic herbalism, meditation, journeying, and intuitive council, these sessions are an exploration both your physical, emotional, and spiritual health. Each session includes a full intake of your health history and you will leave with a full guide of lifestyle, dietary, and herbal recommendations to support your healing journey. Consultations begin with an in-depth look at your overall lifestyle and health, looking at the past, present, and towards the future. With this foundational information, we will begin your healing journey by setting an intention and discussing your future goals. Working with the seasons, natural plant remedies, gem and flower essences, and other holistic and energy healing practices we will co-create recommendations and decide what is the best form of healing and medicine for you. The intention is always to create and foster a deeper sense of physical, emotional, and spiritual wellbeing.  Sessions are offered at Medicine Space (89 5th Ave. New York, NY), via skype, or  private in-home sessions can be arranged as well. :: Connect here or email me: info@loveandalchemyshop.com

:: Reiki Healing ::  Flood your body with healing energy through the ancient art of Reiki  ::  Reiki translates from japanese to ‘universal life energy.’ it is a harmonizing, high vibration, energy that has its own natural intelligence to purify and heal the body. Reiki works on the physical, emotional, mental and spiritual levels, helping to bring us back to our natural state of peace and wellbeing. Transmitted through gentle touch, Reiki has the ability to comb out the restore through balancing, smoothing, soothing, and calming our energetic body. :: Reiki sessions are offered at Medicine Space (89 5th Ave. New York, NY), via skype, or  private in-home sessions can be arranged as well. :: Connect here or email me: info@loveandalchemyshop.com

New Moon in Sagittarius

Truth. Adventure. Freedom. Keep these from a Sagittarius and she will be tormented. Let her gallop through the forests of life, with her head in the heavens and her hooves firmly rooted in the earth, and she will be devoted to you for all eternity. She is the wildest, kindest, most generous and fun natural leader you ever encountered. You cannot keep Sagittarius caged. You cannot stifle her. She started the fucking party. She is the founder of the deep and meaningful philosophical debates that start at 4 in the morning and go on for decades. She is FIRE. Strong willed. Ferociously adventurous. Yet pretty easy going and light hearted too. An insatiable relentlessness to explore the planet and know the finest intricacies of the cosmos. Intelligent. Smart. Passionate. If she loves you, you're onto a winner. Loving, gregarious, sociable, humorous and reliable. If you're in her circle, she won't let you down. But she's got opinions, and she'll let you know them. She don't stand for no shit - she's fiesty, and she'll tell you what she thinks... Image from Mystic Mamma This new moon, as you channel your inner centaur-archer, ask yourself "where am I forcing myself to fit into human shaped trousers when i've got 4 horse legs?" In other words: where are you blocking your own quest for adventure? where are you denying yourself the freedom to explore and love and grow and live? where do you stifle your own vision of truth? and how can you change that? If you're turning in circles feeling caged, muzzled, bored, apathetic, lonely, dried up and fed up then it could be time to get naked at the forest and make love to the wild free spirit at your core (literally, or metaphorically - whatever tickles your fancy). Reawaken Her - your TRUTH. And when you've put your clothes back on, follow Her, and go, wherever She tells you to go next. Then bravely go there, with no holds barred. Until next time, sending heaps of moon love and fairy dust your way, Keeley xx  P.S. And if you are actually ready to reawaken your wild unabashed truth and free spirit and magic and femme beauty and sexiness and gorgeousness and shower yourself with unconditional self-love and amazing sisterhood and loads and loads of general goodness then stay tuned to find our more about my brand new masterclass series coming out very soon (it's called IAMGODDESS and it's going to be frikin amazing!)

Feed the Muse Meditation

Our soul has a selected purpose that must be lived out on earth. Your soul is eager to guide you.
At birth, we have forgotten our divine origin.
Our soul wants to remind us of our destiny, carrying within it the seed of memory. That divine aspect of us as human, which is capable of eventual reunion with spiritual realm. This seed of memory provides the drive and motivation to see our souls evolutionary purpose fulfilled.
A life lived from a place of soul inspiration infuses the life with greater meaning, aligning with its destiny. Offering deeper fulfillment. Living our lives authentically from soul expression, connecting inside to the souls true voice, is to be set free and to live our life from the reality of TRUE KNOWLEDGE.

ANCIENT RITUAL OF REBIRTH- WE MUST BE BOR AGAIN.

Allowing our minds to quiet to set into hat we already know.

You have to grow from the inside out.
none can teach you.
None can make you spiritual.
There is no better teacher then your own soul.

Guided shamanic meditation to your own soul.

Come into your breath.
Connect with your inhale and exhale.

Notice your breathe.

Earth element. Imagine the soles of your feet firmly panted on the earth, as if you have roots
inhale and exhale though the nose. The root is the chakra thats says I AM HERE. I BELONG.

Water element. Sacral chakra, the pace of the whom and creativity. Inhale through the nose, exhale through the mouth. Imagine water, as if a waterfall is flowing through the crown of your head.

Fire element. Solar plexus. Breathe in through the mouth and exhale through the nose. Imagine a candle being lit, the fire breath moving up into your solar plexus.

Air element. Heart chakra. Breathe in through the mouth and out through the mouth. sometimes out hearts need to be dusted, to be reawakened and rejuvenated.

Throat chakra

Third eye chakra

Crown Chakra - open to the sky of possibility. open to the great flow of life. Allow the body to find its own rhythm. We can connect to the rhythm and the flow of your own soul.
Allow yourself to keeping inside of yourself. Full of all kind of images and messages
Our souls ar eager to speak with us. To give us information. To help us on our daily journey and human and spirits.
Human. Spirits.

The moment your surrender, thats also the moment you change.

The moment your surrender, thats also the moment you change.

The Amazon river is the longest river in the entire world.
Running more then 4,000 miles. Its a whole ecosystem. amazon rainforet regulates the climate. its the most bio diverse place on the earth.

Peru and equador.

Latin america is the most dangerous place to be an environmentalist.

Oil means death.

Deforestation excelerates climate change because forest breathe i and contain the carbo we exhale.
If the body were a forest, the carbon makes up the trees.
synchronicity. balance.
Humans and animals exhale carbon dioxide. Trees inhale carbon dioxide and exhale oxygen. When you cut down the forest you get less oxygen and you get more carbon dioxide which is causing climate change.

EQUADOR
Nina Gualinga
Activist, spokesperson, SARAYAKU

The town who fought the oil industry and WON.

Eriberto Gualinga (filmmaker)

Sarayaku is hundreds of miles into he jungle and they have a documentary edit bay with an internet hookup run by solar panels.

Spiritual territory under threat. The plans and the trees and the rainforest have spirit. The forest has a SOUL.
EVERYTHING ALIVE HAS A SPIRIT.
Everything is to be respected.
Everything is to be honored.
Rich at a spiritual level.

Indigenous people. <3 nbsp="" p="">
CIVIL DISOBEDIENCE.

Full moon summer solstice 2016

http://tesswhitehurst.com/5-little-ways-to-celebrate-the-full-moon-summer-solstice/

Watch the sunrise. Granted, it’s early. Heck, it’s the longest day of the year, so the sunrise literally doesn’t get any earlier. But getting out of bed early and making a trek to a nice sunrise-viewing location (if you don’t have one in your backyard) will be a deeply satisfying way to experience and honor the sun’s most glorious day. Furthermore, you’ll find that it will spark your sense of wonder and provide a powerful infusion of magical mojo that will last throughout the year.

Have a drink to the sun. Possibly in tandem with the above recommendation, enjoy a cup of ginger and/or cinnamon tea with the sun. Make a cup for yourself and one for the sun, and offer a toast of admiration and thanksgiving, possibly working in a request that he provide you with a potent dose of his radiant power and confidence.

Set an intention that feels right. If you saw my recent video post, you know that my intention for this year’s Solstice is to surrender to love’s deepest bliss. Considering the dual energies of expansion and release at work during the solstice (especially a full moon solstice!) it feels right to me to work in an opening to that which I desire (love and connection), as well as a release or surrender of all that stands in the way of that desire. In other words, when phrasing your Solstice intention, consider the mechanism of opening up to the full brightness of the moment while also allowing yourself to let go of any old stuff that no longer serves. To do this, consider incorporating there phrases “surrender to,” “open up to,” or “allow.”

Free your spirit. This Solstice, the time is right to honestly assess the beliefs and habits that have been weighing you down or holding you back. For example, have you been keeping yourself small out of the belief that it will make others more comfortable, or out of the fear that being yourself will scare people off? Or telling yourself negative stories about yourself that limit your truly fabulous nature? Or maybe you’ve been pursuing a goal or attempting to perpetuate a status quo that just isn’t nourishing your soul. As you observe the awesome power of the sun this Solstice, shine light into the dark places and choose to free your spirit of any oppressive old paradigms. Then, put on some music and dance.

Have a dunk in a moving body of water. Even when it’s not the full moon, the Solstice is a time of both solar and lunar energies, as it’s the time when the sun moves into the lunar, watery sign of Cancer. Of course, the full moon energy adds an extra dose of cleansing water magic into the mix. So even if you just stand ankle-deep in a stream, place yourself in a fresh, moving body of water and let it cleanse, invigorate, and rejuvenate your soul.

Green Medicine with Peeka Treacle

http://www.peekatrenkle.com/about_peeka/

Peeka- homeopathic consultant, herbalist and intuitive healer. School of Homeopathy


Homeopathy sees symptoms as the expression of the vital force, the reactive power within us. The symptom is seen as an adjustment, a movement towards healing. They are the way in which the individual expresses where healing needs to happen. It is important to know how to read symptoms and to see each person as a unique individual whose particular suffering differs from any other.


Over the last few generations we have steadily lost our ability to use herbs for nourishment and healing and have forgotten how to use local flora to treat illness. It is common, when faced with serious conditions, to believe that herbs are quaint but impotent and that pharmaceutical drugs are the only common are the only effective treatment for illness. All of the work of healing has been relegated to the "experts" in both mainstream and alternative fields. But the real expert is NATURE herself, and one only begin to look and listen closely in order to begin to understand the immense beauty and intelligence of our environment and the plants that live here with us.

Feb 24 poem

Searching
Longing
For spiritual guidance.
Weeping,
Healing,
from an existential crisis.
Fear of wasting opportunity
Yearning for a sense of divine community.

How I yearn to feel connected to god.
Never caring before, now I cannot continue without thee in my life.
Studying from all religions
Woven together in my heart
Chanting thy name
Searching the cloudy heavens
for the direction to my new start.

I long for an enlightening experience.
Impulsive quick fix no longer does the trick, all these mindless habits are making my soul sick.

I need to detox from society
Conditioned mechanically
Losing hope in humanity
Send me a sign, oh lord, please.

Yoga Inspiration!

6 Inspirational Yogi's taking their practice GLOBAL!

http://www.thefittraveller.com.au/inspiration/yoga-6-inspirational-yogis/

Be HERE now
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6q6E4J433R4

Michael Pollan

The Garden as Metaphor

http://michaelpollan.com

COSTA RICA

Costa Rica, Panama, Nicaragua

Reasons to go to Costa Rica:
http://www.buzzfeed.com/anniedaly/25-reasons-im-slightly-obsessed-with-costa-rica#.qn13DB08jm

Yoga Farm: Punta Banco
http://www.yogafarmcostarica.org

The Yoga Farm is set in the hills overlooking the beautiful empty beaches of Punta Banco. Surrounded by coastal rainforest, patches of farmland, and the Guayami Indigenous Reserve, this remote area of Costa Rica is geographically, biologically, and culturally diverse. 

Yoga Studios in CR, Nosara:
http://www.nosara.com/things-to-do/yoga/


Arenal Volcano, CR:
http://www.arenal.net

Beaches:
http://www.nosara.com/beaches/#beaches_info

La Fortuna
http://www.lonelyplanet.com/costa-rica/northwestern-costa-rica/la-fortuna-and-around
Hot Springs: http://www.tabacon.com

Rap

Devils Pie- D'angelo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8fNtipp5RLs

Saul Williams
http://saulwilliams.com/

I have been to the higher mountains as a bird
I have been though the rain forest as a monkey
I have seen the still horizon of a clear blue sea as a fish

and now
I am human
stuck in this god forsaken city
where beauty is scarce except on the minds of artists and children
I long to remember my past lives
when truly I should be making the best out of living.

David Bowie Died today...

"The truth is of course is that there is no journey. We are arriving and departing all at the same time." --David Bowie

A People's History

Howard Zinn was a Ney York City Native, an a seeker of truth.

"Zinn grew up in Brooklyn in a working-class, immigrant household. At 18 he became a shipyard worker and then joined the Air Force and flew bombing missions during World War II. These experiences helped shape his opposition to war and his strong belief in the importance of knowing history." 

http://howardzinn.org/howard-zinn-1922-2010/

He was active in activism, and was changed after being beaten my police at was supposed to be a peaceful rally.

From that moment on, I was no longer a liberal, a believer in the self-correcting character of American democracy. . . The situation required not just a new president or new laws, but an uprooting of the old order, the introduction of a new kind of society—cooperative, peaceful, egalitarian.



His involvement in what he felt was "an unnecessary and terrible act" informed his lifelong antiwar views.

He is the Author of countless book, including A people's History of the United States where each chapter is a part of history retold.

charter 19, entitled "Surprises" speaks of the Woman's Liberation Movement and the uprising of feminism in America.
One quote that stands out on page 513:
"The repossession of our bodies... a world in which every woman is the presiding genius of her own body."

Intimacy

https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10205344096908535&set=gm.1662605663956104&type=3&theater

Each time a man connects with a woman sexually and releases his life form energy within her, he leaves a part of his information (DNA) in her birth canal. If she doesn't clean herself, his energy remain inside of her. That imprint can often create illusional sexual addiction to the individual.

When some 1 decide to have multiple partners, it can sometimes send mixed emotional signals within the inside of the body's vibration system. Women must be careful of different energies or spiritual forces polluting their internal temple. You are a sacred doorway, where life is intended to pass through, respect yourself, use your gifts wisely!

Just think about it and ask yourself... Ever wonder why they call it sexual intercourse (INTER-Course)? It's an inter(nal) course that unites man and woman, mind with mind, spirit with spirit, or energy with energy. This is something that a condom can't protect you against because energy is behind the elements of all flesh.

There is no such thing as "Casual" Sex or "Friends with Benefits"... No, No, No, I Don't Think So!!! Intimate activity intricately entwines the energies between two people. Sex creates a powerful exchange of energy between those involved. These connections, imprints and debris are left upon the mind, soul and spirit for a long time because they are not easily purged or cleansed.

‘Casual sex’ with multiple partners can intertwine the energies and spirits of a lot of people into your own aura if they are not severed and cleansed. You become joined to every person with whom your partner has slept, as well as all the partners those people had.

This type of "soul clutter" can be felt by your partner's subconscious. Even if they are not completely in tune or aware of the extra-curricular sexual activities, they still are able to sense the subtle disturbances of multiple energies and/or familiar spirits that have entered causing restlessness and inner turmoil.

The longer and more intimate the contact with another person, the more powerful the reinforcement and the interaction of the bond becomes, and all the more difficult it is for them to untangle and leave.

Soul stains, transference of odors, perceptive connections and even mutually formed habits are now left to burden the psyche long after that relationship has ended.

writing

Sitting by my window 

open 

the winds of the heavens blew through my lungs

and she feels alive.