The relentless pursuit of health through nature and science
by Danielle
“The only constant in life is change” -Heraclitus Maybe it is a strange time to only just now announce something that has been underway for many months, I’ve (finally) been prompted into compositional action towards a vision that had become blurred, and pathless, and gone somewhat helter-skelter into many directions. It seems that sometimes in …
Continue reading “Integrative Health : The Transition to Livengood”
by Danielle
Part two of our Colorado Trail adventure began the second we arrived home from the catastrophe of our initial attempt. To summarize, we made it to Kenosha pass and went home to heal. And to learn. Cheyenne and Austin dropped me off at the driveway that day, and I limped around the house to the …
Continue reading “Colorado Trail Journal: Clear Creek to Highway 50”
by Danielle
I’m that friend, I’ve realized. You know the one – the one that assures you everything will be fine, and then it never is – thankfully the one that always manages to get you out of the same bullshit situation they landed you in. I’m great at pitching ideas. I have little experience with self-doubt, …
Continue reading “Colorado Trail Journal : Segments One Through Five”
by Danielle
Planning our through hike of the Colorado trail takes up all of my free time. As if I had much to begin with. My days are a whirlwind of thoughts, a massive conglomeration of conflicting emotions and actions. I’m constantly stressing over work, which is proving to be a completely different deal than I was …
Continue reading “Stream of Consciousness: June ’18”
by Danielle
Hey there! It sure has been a while since I posted here. I took some major time off of blogging and writing to give my time and attention to getting my new career rolling with state licensing, quit my retail job (YESSSSS!), gain employment, graduate school with my NeuroMuscular Therapy certificate, end some big relationships, …
Continue reading “Introducing: Chirapsia Bodyworks”
by Danielle
Toxic is a buzz word. Toxic and toxins thrown around all willy nilly. When I first started hearing people talk about cutting out ‘toxic people’ I was mystified, it always seemed like a phrase to hide behind if someone disagreed with you (and I really believe it is often used this way) But then I …
Continue reading “Releasing a Toxic Tether”
by Danielle
“Let us, then, be up and doing, with a heart for any fate; still achieving, still pursuing, learn to labor and to wait.” – Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Many goals I have set this year, and many I have achieved; yet still many have gone unfulfilled. Rejecting failure and re-evaluating your needs and goals, and projecting …
Continue reading “The Relentless Pursuit: In Rejection of Failure”
by Danielle
“This is the solstice, the still point of the sun, its cusp and midnight, the year’s threshold and unlocking, where the past lets go of and becomes the future; the place of caught breath, the door of a vanished house left ajar.” – Margaret Atwood The winter solstice comes tomorrow, how do you celebrate this …
Continue reading “Celebrating the Solstice: Yule Tea”
by Danielle
Time is passing quickly now, I suppose it always has. Days seem to slip away faster than ever; my perception is perhaps accelerated by the season. The relentless pursuit spurs me forward. I trod on, pushed and pulled by past and future. Today, though, we are going to step back and check in. This will …
Continue reading “Update: A Glance Back, and What Lies Ahead”
by Danielle
“Yoga practice can make us more and more sensitive to subtler and subtler sensations in the body. Paying attention to and staying with finer and finer sensations within the body is one of the surest ways to steady the wandering mind. ” ― Ravi Ravindra In searching for greater and greater health, nothing is quite …
Continue reading “Yoga and Pilates: Cultivating Wellness”
by Danielle
Many are the struggles of this life. You don’t need me to tell you that. I can’t even begin to fathom the worst of it all. But I do understand adversity and the perpetuity of its nature. I understand the necessity to overcome, to rise above. I understand how difficult it can be to keep …
Continue reading “Owning the Struggle: Ten Quotes to Persevere”
by Danielle
“Reality is merely an illusion, albeit a very persistent one.”– Albert Einstein “You’re so tiny!” she exclaims. “I know, look at how small,” he says, “You are so skinny!” I cringe, forcing an obligatory smile and a, “Yeah thanks,” before leaving the room. I look down at my arms and flex them, I place my …
Continue reading “Body Dysmorphia: Reality or Bust”
by Danielle
“What we find in a soulmate is not something wild to tame, but something wild to run with.” – Robert Brault I believe that soulmates come in all forms, and that no one person is limited to one. I believe in souls that are meant to cross paths, or care for each other, or teach …
Continue reading “Charlie: A Dog’s Life”
by Danielle
It was June. I was home from the apartment I shared with my then boyfriend and two friends as a cheaper alternative to living in the school dorms. The classroom side of my degree was complete. I had to find and complete an internship before I received my diploma, but now, it was summer break. …
Continue reading “Because: Finding Life Changing Motivation”
by Danielle
“You step onto the road, and if you don’t keep your feet, there’s no knowing where you might be swept off to.” ― J.R.R. Tolkien I’m shocked; she squeezes her nearly nine hundred pound frame through the tight brush without a scratch. I barely made it through, and certainly am scathed. I shout back to …
Continue reading “Angel Arch: Hoofing it in Moab”
