GOOD VIBRATIONS 〰️ BYE, WINTER

Table of Contents

• BYE, WINTER

• #follow

• READING LIST

• PLAYLIST

• PODCASTS

• IN THE STARS

• SALAD

• MANTRA

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Bye, Winter

ASCENDANT, CATALYTIC, WABI-SABI, WOKE

We’ve gleefully leaped into cottony piles of fresh snow. We’ve waded though dubiously murky mixes of slush. We’ve ice-skated up -and fallen down- sidewalks. We’ve plowed and shoveled and scraped and frostbitten our way out…

But we’ve done it, folks! We’ve navigated our way through winter and, if you’re like me, you’re re-freaking-joicing.

BYE, WINTER! Buh-Buh-BYEEE!

Spring is hitting town tomorrow, and it’s rolling up like Pauly Shore in Son in Law. Ecstatic/unruly/unkempt/charged with possibility and perfectly imperfect (see the Wabi-Sabi book recommendation below!).

May we stay woke to the wonders blossoming around us.

From the ever-reliable cropping of crocuses to whatever unexpected opportunities blow our way (like those ethereal, wish-come-true dandelion puffs), it’s time to

FEEL THE BREEZE, AND RIDE IT.

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#follow

@diane_keaton

because her irreverence is unrelenting and extremely refreshing, especially on a platform where we’re hard-pressed to find people (much less celebrities) who aren’t filtering/editing/glossing/acting.

@teaaalexis

because if we’re really good in this life, our next time around will look a lot like the hyper-realistic digital creations of Alexis Christodoulou.

@dogsbeingbasic

because if you like cute and joy and dogs - perfect! I knew we were friends for a reason.

@tobemagnetic

because the founder, Lacy Phillips, is a creature with immense and illuminating vision. She has crafted a system that helps people confront their darkest shadows, find freedom to live with authenticity, and ultimately align with their desired manifestations. I’ve done many of her online workshops and cannot recommend The Work highly enough. Life changing. Life UPLEVELING.

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Reading List

WABI-SABI WELCOME

because 2019 is the year of DOING IT MESSY. This gorgeous tomb invites us to celebrate being perfectly imperfect, and how that shift in perspective will grant us greater grace with ourselves, our surroundings, and hosting loved ones. Author Julie Pointer Adams showers us with inspiration from four standout cultures: Japan, France, Italy, and California.

Herbal Recipes for Vibrant Health

because with a new season brings a new batch of health concerns (hola, allergies!) or adjustments to self care rituals (hi, hair + humidity), and Rosemary Gladstar is the grande dame of herbal optimizations. I’m nursing a raspy voice back to normalcy now with her Triple-Strength Throat Spray and Sore Throat Gargle. *prayer hands*

DAILY RITUALS: Women at Work

because Mason Curry is expanding upon his awesome original DAILY RITUALS with a sequel focused on women creatives: 143 brilliant muses to be exact. I so appreciated sculptor Barbara Hepworth’s belief that the longer she worked, the better the results:

“You have to work long unbroken hours in order to see any real progress…A block of stone like this, for instance, will not look very much different until a great deal of time has been spent on its carving.”

It can be a rough truth, but sometimes to achieve something GREAT and OF YOUR OWN, you and you alone have to do. the. deep. work.

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Playlist

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Podcasts

Infinite Potential with Deepak Chopra

because I’ve been enthralled by the work of Dr. Deepak Chopra since pulling his book, "Perfect Health” from my mom’s bookshelf in 4th grade. His focus on Ayurvedic healing has dilated to the fuller study of human consciousness and potential. This podcast is just one episode in (interviewing Dr. Sanjay Gupta regarding the nature of the brain, the mind), but I’m all in.

JAPAN EATS

because host Akiko Katayama is on a mission to share the thoughtfully considered artistry of Japanese cuisine and hospitality with a broader audience. Her voice is calmly transfixing and her interviewees are true luminaries.

GHOST OF A PODCAST

because Jessica Lanyadoo is a down-to-earth astrologer who deciphers the stars’ alignments with less “woo” and more tangible takeaways for our very modern, very real, very human lives.

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In The Stars

Below, please find three starlets of the stars. These women help explain how our planet’s current placement in the cosmic geometry effects our experience down here on earth:

TAROTSCOPES by Bess Matassa, The Numinous

HOROSCOPES by Jessica Lanyadoo

Danielle Beinstein’s Instagram account (frequent, awesome insights)

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Salad

Celery: It’s time to stop thinking it sucks.

The last time celery was shining in the culinary (or health-craze) spotlight was circa 1980, and I think Adam Gopnik had it right when he wrote that mass trends seem to crest and fall in 40 year waves (The Forty-Year Itch). So, howsabout we all channel our inner BunBun (not not the name of my childhood bunny)?

To rejuvenate my mind, body and spirit in prep for spring, I’ve been juicin’ and crunchin’ on organic stalks (fyi $2.50 for MASSIVE bunches at Whole Foods…all too doable!). But I want to get more creative, so Google led me to this brilliant article (by Scott Hocker) and recipe (by chef Ignacio Mattos, of Estela in NYC) in TASTE. I’ll be subbing out the cheese, but you should live your best, perhaps dairy-inclusive, life!:

Stalking a Celery Salad. The Best Celery Salad.

Photo by Denny Culbert for TASTE

I like that in a single paragraph, Hocker drops:

• “spelunking” as his adventurous means of endeavoring salad component-to-fork

• “a tickle of pickled radish” (how marvelous and creepy it is for a grown man to write ‘tickle’)

• a reference to navigating a menu’s salad section as, essentially, gambling

So…STALK up!

:)

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Mantra

FEEL THE BREEZE AND LET IT FLY!

(If you were a good student and watched til the end of that Son in Law Youtube clip at the top of this post, you’ll hear this wise mantra bestowed by Mr. Shore upon the conservative farming community he invades…aka upgrades!)

At the start of this spring season, I encourage basking in the soft -or blustering- breezes that surround us. We are here to FEEL, not avoid or detour or procrastinate or hide. We are here to welcome the world as it presents itself to us, and if the situation/person/weather isn’t “perfect,” it’s on us to elevate our perspective. Let it in, let it be…or let it fly!