02/07/2026
June held two truths at once.
A women’s wellness retreat in Portugal — laughter, twice daily practice, strangers becoming soul-family in a week. And then, saying goodbye to our family home in Spain. Walls that held decades of us, now closing their door for the last time.
In between, I honored a friend’s birthday who is no longer here to celebrate it. Grief doesn’t wait for a convenient season.
This is dvandva — the play of opposites the yogis speak of. Joy and loss, arrival and letting go, rarely take turns. They arrive together, asking us to hold both without needing to resolve them.
Next: dancing till dawn with my friends @ Defected Croatia, another sold out women’s retreat in the Algarve in September then a slow solo unwind in Sagres. The wheel keeps turning. 🌊