I come from an open-arms people and a family who shares. I have built a career sharing my thoughts, poems, snapshots of my life and myself. But last year, I felt a call to shift into a new way of being. 2018 was a year filled with many life changes both personal and professional.Continue reading “I Tell Navajo Stories…Like Grandma”
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In Her Hair…
There are millions of stories in her hair. From the past, Of the future… Holding the strands in her hands she feels the power of her people’s resilience, the resonate breath of generations of people who have come before, …and the life of those yet to be born. ++++ Written for the answers weContinue reading “In Her Hair…”
Dream Medicine and Reflections of the Future
I believe in time travel. I believe in the power of dreams because on some days, I can feel the memory of this ability within my vessel too. I understand dreams to be medicine. Sometimes, it is these tools which first communicate illness in our bodies, distortion in the fabric of our relationships and families.Continue reading “Dream Medicine and Reflections of the Future”
T’áá hwó’ ají t’éego…It is up to You
I have missed writing. T’áá hwó’ ají t’éego. It hurts to write. Like the struggle of returning to my running practice a couple of weeks ago. My body is not used to sitting to type. I have grown accustomed to writing for myself. My mind does not want to focus on one thought. It hasContinue reading “T’áá hwó’ ají t’éego…It is up to You”
Náádąą Rising & Other Reminders from the Cornfield
When I started my new adventure, I had no idea how much “new” I would be surrounded by. From finding a new coffee shop to hang out in to searching for a favorite new eatery to get carry-out from, life has been full of “firsts”. I’ve have also been seeking the answer to a newContinue reading “Náádąą Rising & Other Reminders from the Cornfield”
Languages of New Lands
How do I prepare? How will I begin? How do I start? Each of these questions has been racing through my mind each day since I committed to expanding Grownup Navajo full-time. Having moved from the Sonoran desert to the high Puebla desert I am slowing planting roots. Having never made a home outside ofContinue reading “Languages of New Lands”
Sacred Journeys
The Grownup Navajo community has continued to connect and power our community to new levels. Through multiple events and publishing of more and more vlogs, I have met more of you. Inspired by your energy I am starting a new adventure, read more about it HERE. In celebration of this new change, I am hosting aContinue reading “Sacred Journeys”
Grace, Guts & Power
Growing up as the oldest grandchild and daughter in my family, I was keenly fond of praise. I relished in moments when my parents and grandparents would give me a compliment. I loved their feedback, whether it was about a speech I had written or how I did in the school play, I reveled inContinue reading “Grace, Guts & Power”
Tsiiyéeł Powered Compliments
In an effort to live my teachings out, to speak sacredness fluently this Tsiiyéeł Tuesday I have learned a new phrase in Diné Bizaad (Navajo language). It is a phrase I hope people can use the compliment the beautiful image of a Diné person who has made their tsiiyéeł, a traditional Navajo bun. “NítsiiyéełContinue reading “Tsiiyéeł Powered Compliments”
Speak Sacredness Fluently
There are days when I hit snooze before the sun changes from the white dawn to blue sky, long before my feet even hit the floor in my home. There are evenings when I am just so grateful the pain, frustration of the day is gone, that I am happy to not look back. ButContinue reading “Speak Sacredness Fluently”
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