HeyJaredAfterglow
Writing on matrescence, women’s inner lives, the art of being heard, contemplative practice, and the quiet wisdom of gardens.
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What snapping trees have to do with your body (opens the original)
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When we moved to the New England coast eight years ago, I remember being shocked by the wind. The trees in our backyard seemed to bend with an intensity that nearly brought their trunks parallel to the ground. I’d make our family sleep in the living room on the first floor.It was not uncommon at all to take a walk around the neighborhood after a storm, and see trees quite literally split in half, their giant limbs scattered across yards. Little Bodhi used to take his bike out with a trailer atta
The pause is quite productive (opens the original)
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It was complete chaos in the minutes before we opened the Before You Speak Salon last Sunday afternoon. A local yoga and Pilates studio graciously allowed me to use their space to host, so my husband and children came along to help me get set-up.What I didn’t think about was our two year old taking a liking to the tall basket of Pilates balls and proceeding to toss them around the room 10 minutes before go-time. Or, that the other two would hop from yoga mat to yoga mat like they were frogs on l
Keeping the channel open (opens the original)
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What do you need? That’s a question that stops many a woman in her tracks. Because so many of us have been conditioned to look everywhere else first. What do you need?Not what Instagram says. Not the latest “wellness” trend on TikTok. Not what an “expert” shares is necessary. What does your wisdom have to say?I used to ask that question at the top of every yoga therapy session. I’d guide a client through a centering practice, exploring the body, the breath, the mind, and the gently land here: Wh
The garden doesn't mind the mess (opens the original)
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The potager is…messier than I thought it would be at this time of summer. It’s beautiful in an undone, vines winding free, morning glory creeping in, unfinished fence, and a vast array of unkempt greenery kind of way. You might remember that we’ve been in the process of creating a French style kitchen garden known as a potager in the backyard behind our 1840’s farmhouse. A few months after we moved in October 2024, we started marking the then temporary fence, putting it up to keep out a particul
The practice of returning (opens the original)
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It takes a true minute or two for my hands to finally uncurl their tight fingers. Hands and fingers that have held children and laundry baskets all day, chopped vegetables and changed diapers. My shoulders take their time to release down my back as the weight of my standing body unfurls sore feet that rest on a blue yoga mat draped across a hardwood floor.This night, I remind myself to breathe from the diaphragm, rather than staying caught in a chest that has anticipated nearly every move my chi
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