Jenn Thomas
It’s a puzzle, in a paragraph or two, telling our real story, the one that opens and connects us. I so appreciate the direct interplay between people, even as I have a love affair with words and the sacred through poetry + all things leading to the sublime. With that at the forefront, I thought sharing some of what matters to me might matter to you. To begin with I’ve been down a few roads, definitely some really dead end ones - drugs, alcohol, food, driven by fears of all kinds. They've each informed me, humbled me, reminded me, got me to start again! I imagine uncovering more of my blind spots and difficult habits as well as experiencing more moments when I slip, inadvertently, down the not right path for me {or you} - I know more now about getting up and living anyway, all the way. I am coming to understand the nature of being human, living, being thrust into life + being trampled by it or opened + enlivened by it. It all gives me glimpses of the beyond, the mystery, the magnificence of it all. Holy smokes, we’re alive! At the heart of it NOW for me is to show up, to keep learning how to shed the odd & old beliefs that hold me back and to find my fierce essence. Here - for me + for you. My particular way is with Yoga, Meditation, Inquiry, IFS {Internal Family Systems}Therapy, Insight Dialogue, Compassion Practices, always, in all ways, to know more peace, find more heart in it…
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Enter The Crow’s Nest
The Crow’s Nest has a story, it’s an event, an intention, a real true love, a shiny & sweet refuge, it’s a way. I didn’t know I would have a space to work in and from, let alone share - it called out, it insisted, it occurred! And I knew deep in my being, YES, this is the next step, I knew it and currently know it, simply, urgently, and just so.
It’s close to my home, it some days feels like an extension of that home of heart and some days it’s a refuge from the ordinariness of that and even others a magic carpet into the beyond. If it’s that for me, as I open the doors and you come, what can/will it be for YOU!
We all rest on native land, this piece is near the river, it is ancestral and feels blessed. It is now home to the yoga practices and teachings that i offer in the world, it houses my office and guidance space for therapeutic meditation & IFS sessions, it‘s a library and study space, it’s meditation and practice space; it offers many healing & wellness modalities; it invites collaborative, collective and community activity; it’s a nest of love, of peace, of support, of flow…I could easily go on and on but i imagine you beginning to name what it is for you.
Sanctuary | Refuge | Gathering | community
THe Crow’s Nest
1115 Main Street, Hope Valley, RI 02832
“You have no responsibility to save the world or find the solutions to all problems—but to attend to your particular personal corner of the universe. As each person does that, the world saves itself."
~unknown Native Elder