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Happy chilly, rainy spring everyone! Here is what is on my mind this week: How do we honor our intuition? How do we create space to listen to that inner voice that contains unmistakable wisdom? How difficult it can be to sort through all the voices, both external and internal, and find a way forward. What happens when we listen to that one true voice that comes from our highest selves and whose direction keeps us in line with our purpose and our authenticity? How do our lives transform? And most importantly, how do we find the courage to do this?

This poem was the first thing I thought of when I woke up this morning. I love the part where she says, "mend my life, each voice cried". Sometimes we tend to keep mending a tapestry that really needs to be rewoven completely, but how to know when to mend and when to weave again?

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The Journey

By Mary Oliver

One day you finally knew

what you had to do, and began,

though the voices around you kept shouting

their bad advice-

though the whole house

began to tremble

and you felt the old tug

at your ankles.

"Mend my life!"

each voice cried.

But you didn't stop.

You knew what you had to

do,

though the wind pried

with its stiff fingers

at the very foundations,

though their melancholy

was terrible.

It was already late

enough, and a wild night,

and the road full of fallen

branches and stones.

But little by little,

as you left their voice behind,

the stars began to burn

through the sheets of clouds,

and there was a new voice

which you slowly

recognized as your own,

that kept you company

as you strode deeper and deeper

into the world,

determined to do the only thing you could do-

determined to save

the only life you could

save.

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My Practice These Days

I have taken on a secondary space at the Cotton Mill in Brattleboro! I'm sharing this with another amazing acupuncturist, Caylie See. Learn more about her at https://www.acupuncturekitchen.com/. We are on the third floor near NECAA, but in mid-May we will be moving to a different space that can offer us the ability to treat 2 patients at once and also have an office space. I am at the Cotton Mill on Mondays and Saturdays, and I remain at the magical realm of the apothecary at Harvest Hill on Tuesdays and Wednesdays. For those of you who don't know, I share this space with another kick-ass herbalist, Alyssa Holmes, and her business Vital Vessel Herbs. Learn more about Alyssa here: https://www.vitalvesselherbs.love/.

 

The apothecary is also available for retreat rentals via airbnb! Contact Alyssa for more details.

 

I am absolutely delighted to have such fruitful collaborations with these two talented women and look forward to watching how we weave again the story of how powerfully we can work together to heal and grow, in our selves, our families, and our community.

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-Emma

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