This week, we welcome the Summer Solstice. To many this is simply a day we get a lot of sunshine, which is beautiful and healing regardless of whether you choose to believe in anything further. For me, this period of time is energetically charged and rooted in rebirth, change and transformation...the shedding of old skin that carries with it the heavy burden of limited beliefs. Because how can you fly if you’ve got shit weighing you down? And my darling, I promise you were made to soar.
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Behind the Photo: Nature is a balancing dance between movement and stability. The green earth symbolizes foundation, while the blue water is constantly flowing and changing. In this state of unity, Mother Earth is whole.
Cup of Yogi School: To Be or To Do?
As humans, it is in our nature to be on a perpetual scavenger hunt towards happiness through external achievement, whether personal or professional. Our Western world glorifies doing more, working harder, and smiling even when we want to curl up in a ball. There is this societal expectation to always be “on.”
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Behind the Photo: Glasses reflect back the reality we choose to believe while expressing how we want the world to see us. This photo is meant to explore the balancing act of our perspectives, others' perception of us and all of the elements we use to tell our story.
Cup of Yogi School: Balancing the Stereotype
Behold the Yogi stereotype: A supreme being who sits in a cave on the side of a gorgeous mountain in deep meditation surviving on air. Although this is a beautiful way to live, it is not realistic for me, nor for most of our modern-day Western society. Real talk: I listen to loud rock and roll music, enjoy festival season and certainly have a sweet tooth. But here’s the thing, I practice mindfulness every day in one way or another.
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Bonnaroo with a Hefty Side of Post-Grad Life Lessons
Bonnaroo was easy, hard, emotionally and physically challenging, perspective changing, empowering, SWEATY, beautiful, positive, simple, and raw. Bonnaroo was everything that life is. I think we get so swept up in our complicated lives that we fail to acknowledge the only thing that matters; we have way more control than we understand, to lead the lives that we want to and to have the courage to make a change. Bonnaroo encourages wild imagination, showing us the that magic exists in the most simple of moments, but sometimes we are just too distracted to see it.
Read MoreGood Vibes: Flat Land Fam
Fae, Grant, Brandon, Ian, Chris, I appreciate you all so much. Working with you has been the highlight of my college experience. Here are just some of the many unforgettable memories that I'll forever keep: When we group hugged after your set at Okeechobee, when glowing lanterns framed the starry night behind ODESZA, when (I'm sure) we all cried during Robert Plant, when I got to prance barefoot through the grass and play with glitter, when Ian's salad was the last to come out at your Jax show (but like why?), and when you sold out of CD's at your release party.
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Good Vibes: Thank You for the Music Dad
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I have a few weeks before I start writing the next chapter of my life, and I hope you know that you gave me the pen to do so. I am confident in saying that I owe much of my accomplishments to you. To all of the risks you've taken to ensure that I've had as many opportunities as I do now. I think my feelings go beyond gratitude at this point, and I don't believe any amount of thank you's would do any justice to the way I really feel.
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A Sip of Okeechobee Music Festival
I thought “home” came with a front door, but this has made me realize the power of feeling one with strangers. I walk around amidst a kaleidoscope of personalities, cultures, religions, beliefs, political affiliations, but none of that seems to matter as we all chant “we gon’ be alright.” And I think that’s where the true beauty of music lies, in its ability to bring together individuals despite their many differences.
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