Dodie

There is something about the everyday that is so compelling to me. Something about the boring, the mundane, the routine.  When I think back on what memories stand out for me in my life, it’s often these everyday moments that are most dearly held.  Extraordinary is just that. But ordinary. If we can learn to mine the gold out of of the ordinary then I think that’s where life can really come alive.

I long to live an honest life. One where it’s OK to be scared, or lonely or awkward at times.  I want to know the real you and you and you. Desperately. As if my life depends on it. I hope that my gestures of awkwardness inspire you to be be awkward with me.  Tell me something other than “I”m doing fine thank you.” Because are you? Are you really so fine?

I long to be as alive as I possibly can. Conscious. Present.  In. Engaged. Listening. Feeling.  Tasting.  Always and dearly.

This is a time in my life of great upheaval. Soul wrenching, horrifying and heart breaking upheaval.  But also a time of great promise, awakening and inspiration.  As I move through these challenges I’ve realized that rather than lurch ahead, I’m staying right put in the present and in doing so realize that I have much to offer in terms of my everyday experience.  I promise you that what I’ll deliver here is alive  and real, brutally honest and worthy.

So what is my everyday experience. I’m  currently a single mom to a lovely baby boy and find myself here under sudden and brutal circumstances. I’m a conscious dancer/facilitator whose practice is grounded in the fundamentals of somatics,  who understands the world through movement.   I’m also a yoga instructor who clings to the essence of yoga but can’t possibly stay constrained on that tiny little mat.  I’m an ex-lawyer who never ever wants to wear a blue suit ever again and is determined to carve a new path for myself that is grounded in the things that matter most to me. I’m a passionate and spirited singl-ish, monogam-ish woman who is taking ownership of my sexuality and my everything  and going for all the marbles!

I have a passion for sex, intimacy and relationship and see my own relationships always as research and practice.  I am curious about how my background in dance and somatics can heighten the experience of intimacy. I long to normalize the discussion of sex because  why the hell not. We are sexual beings are we not.  My favourite medium for writing is the love letter and they will be a regular feature of my blog. Who the lovers are and whether there is indeed a lover on the receiving end of the letter will remain a mystery.

I am beyond grateful that you’ve joined me on this journey.  I spill my everything out in this blog because I know … I can’t do it alone.  So I welcome you with gratitude and respect and hold you all dear.

All Love,

Dodie