My business venture actually began as a personal blog. I came up with the name EmBodyed Tides, based on two important concepts (also visible on my homepage) :

embody
verb – to be an expression of or give a tangible or visible form to (an idea, quality, or feeling)
tide
noun – the rise and fall of sea levels caused by combined effects and gravitational forces exerted by the Sun, the Moon, and rotation of the Earth

I hope to bestow with these musings on my blog an opportunity to take pause and reflect on such flux. For nothing other than to take pause in our waters, and remember that deep below, we all are anchored in the same foundation.


Eye of the Storm

It’s so interesting to consider metaphors of weather and the influence on our moods. For example, the moon is said to align with tides’ pulls, and we humans are made up mostly of water. It would be sensible, then, that both the meteorology and astrology carries impact on us. Lately, I have been feeling a […]

Why Not (now)?

“I don’t need to write a post. . . oh, but I think I’d like to . . . “ It comes now on a grey afternoon, after this much-needed rain. Yes, it has been such reprieve. Both in the atmosphere and my emotional sphere(s). Choosing to write some words on the screen comes after […]

Sometimes not much or nothing at all (is okay).

This title above is for me, today. The ideas circling, and the page remaining blank. Blinking cursor and all. Writing can be such a sweet space to allow thoughts to flow. A flow often found in “stream-of-consciousness” prompting for journals or prose. I first recall this effort back in my 9th grade English class. Feeling […]

Aiming to Grow

“You can’t do anything about the length of your life, but you can do something about its width and depth.” [H. L. Mencken] The title of this post was the name of my first website blog, initiating somewhere in the late-90s when I was just about to begin high school. Seems unfindable now – which […]

Rough Drafts

Hi, there. Phew. July?! It’s been a bit since I’ve felt somewhat inspired to write. Perhaps not merely inspired but at all sparked enough by any strong feeling to do so. Journaling privately has remained a practice. But to organize thoughts enough for an online written symposium here? Looks like not so for the past […]

Taking the Pedestals Down

The kinds of dismantling and interruption asked required of us during a global crisis, seems in some way parallel to the behavior we must individually face anytime placed atop a pedestal is either a person or system or entity perceived to be of superior value. As if they are or could be infallible. I think […]

Your NERVOUS System

I just want to offer very briefly: If right now you’re feeling anxious, excited, grief-stricken, hopeful, fearful, ambivalent, numb, unsure, fiery, disappointed, angry, despondent, pleased, worried, content, ready, engaged, detached — or any other number of emotions — this. is. NORMAL. We’re in such a weird time! And I can’t help but reflect on the […]

Let’s Screen Ourselves for some Compassion

The school year / Fall season is in full-swing. Even though we’re technically a few days away from that calendar-labeled Equinox. Though I wonder if you can feel the cooler temperatures and notice the earlier evening twilight. As I sit right now in my son’s room during virtual learning (essentially to go through Kindergarten for […]

Letting Go In Scary Times

To say that our transition into Fall this year looks different than those previously would be quite the understatement. Many schools are completely online, families continue to work from home, making decisions about where to travel (if at all) becomes more time-consuming, not to mention who do you include in your ‘quarantine pod’ for social […]