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Hola lovely friend,
I’ve received such wonderful response to the Stellar Strategy Sessions to help with my fur babies travel costs. I’m so grateful! We’re getting closer… We hope to close the gap between when I land in Oaxaca and when our pups start their journey. Right now, it’s looking like 3-4 weeks later. 😢
Please share and join us for the #RestRevolt on May 7th.
Rest Revolt Retreat
We’ll gather in a virtual sanctuary to learn how to:
❤️ create regular at-home Rest Revolts,
🧡 clearing the way for an ancestral meditation,
💛 restorative yoga practices for all bodies,
💚 ways to create safety in our nervous systems.
💙 All. of. This. to relate with Time as our friend.
May 7th, 9am PT, Noon ET. Register here.
In this Dragon Letter…
To prepare for the Rest Revolt, we’re revisiting some past content around exploring what we do unconsciously — even addictively — especially with technology and our love of dopamine and how this keeps us from supporting change and impact. (Warning! some truth-telling is coming….)
Stay wild, love fiercely. Your presence is golden.
xo Ixchel
(keep scrolling or you’ll miss the good stuff….)
Book LoveDopamine Nation: Finding Balance in the Age of Indulgence
As you may have learned from my posts over the years, I am in recovery from (or actively modulating in the case of caffeine and social media) a number of addictions.
As I dismantle the habits of harm and replace them with daily rituals, I’ve often wondered who I am or how my identity has been defined by the more unconscious rituals.
As we do ancestral work to re-member and reclaim our heritage, we also have to discern what traditions were harmful, albeit ways of coping and surviving, to leave these ways behind.
I had the pleasure of becoming acquainted with Dr. Andrew Huberman through my Flow coaching certification in his advisory role on neurobiology with The Flow Research Collective.
Back in August of 2021, Huberman had Dr. Anna Lembke (from The Social Dilemma film) on his Podcast to discuss understanding and treating addiction.
Because of his in-depth understanding of Flow, he asks some great questions that are related to Flow states. Dopamine is that essential driver of all things Flow, passion and purpose…
I really appreciated Dr. Lembke’s stigma reduction around addiction and how we can apply what we know to our daily rituals.We’ll dive deeper into dopamine in the Rest Revolt. The Rest Revolt Handbook, included when you register, has many resources for protecting our dopamine.
Tech Use Reflections41 Questions Concerning Technology from L.M. Sacasas
- What sort of person will the use of this technology make of me?
- What habits will the use of this technology instill?
- How will the use of this technology affect my experience of time?
- How will the use of this technology affect my experience of place?
- How will the use of this technology affect how I relate to other people?
- How will the use of this technology affect how I relate to the world around me?
- What practices will the use of this technology cultivate?
- What practices will the use of this technology displace?
- What will the use of this technology encourage me to notice?
- What will the use of this technology encourage me to ignore?
- What was required of other human beings so that I might be able to use this technology?
- What was required of other creatures so that I might be able to use this technology?
- What was required of the earth so that I might be able to use this technology?
- Does the use of this technology bring me joy? [N.B. This was years before I even heard of Marie Kondo!]
- Does the use of this technology arouse anxiety?
- How does this technology empower me? At whose expense?
- What feelings does the use of this technology generate in me toward others?
- Can I imagine living without this technology? Why, or why not?
- How does this technology encourage me to allocate my time?
- Could the resources used to acquire and use this technology be better deployed?
- Does this technology automate or outsource labor or responsibilities that are morally essential?
- What desires does the use of this technology generate?
- What desires does the use of this technology dissipate?
- What possibilities for action does this technology present? Is it good that these actions are now possible?
- What possibilities for action does this technology foreclose? Is it good that these actions are no longer possible?
- How does the use of this technology shape my vision of a good life?
- What limits does the use of this technology impose upon me?
- What limits does my use of this technology impose upon others?
- What does my use of this technology require of others who would (or must) interact with me?
- What assumptions about the world does the use of this technology tacitly encourage?
- What knowledge has the use of this technology disclosed to me about myself?
- What knowledge has the use of this technology disclosed to me about others? Is it good to have this knowledge?
- What are the potential harms to myself, others, or the world that might result from my use of this technology?
- Upon what systems, technical or human, does my use of this technology depend? Are these systems just?
- Does my use of this technology encourage me to view others as a means to an end?
- Does using this technology require me to think more or less?
- What would the world be like if everyone used this technology exactly as I use it?
- What risks will my use of this technology entail for others? Have they consented?
- Can the consequences of my use of this technology be undone? Can I live with those consequences?
- Does my use of this technology make it easier to live as if I had no responsibilities toward my neighbor?
- Can I be held responsible for the actions which this technology empowers? Would I feel better if I couldn’t?
How we can work together:
Wild Presence Year-long 1+1 coaching program alchemical, non-linear, agile process to bring you back to re-membering how to live with Wild Presence
Stellar Strategy 1+1 90-minute session + Rest Revolt Handbook (shorter choose-your-adventure coaching session)
Nepantla Collective (Join the Waitlist)Includes 2.5 hr Decolonizing Time teaching + Rest Revolt Retreat, Boundless Vision Anumi process and 12 months of Bi-Monthly Group Coaching and weekly Co-Rest/Flow Pods. (This is the foundational teachings to decolonize and shift your relationship with Time, center Flow, rest and play and create momentum for your impact.)
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P.P.S. I do not live or consent to the colonial impositions regarding the construct of Time. I also practice honoring rhythms of work, play, and rest so that I can serve you with embodied presence and with loving care. This means I may take several days to respond to your requests and questions. (h/t Eva Glamaris)
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