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The Rise and Fall of Getting Back to You
It used to be a point of pride: The fast reply; the midnight response; the three-minute turnaround. In the early years of email, of...
lissa299
Jul 10, 20253 min read


What Are You Doing Here? What SHALA Is and Why It Feels Different Here
I was asked to give a presentation this morning, after I gave it I realized some of you might like to hear the Why behind what we do...
lissa299
Jul 8, 20253 min read


The Rewilding Spirit
We were not born for the noise. We were not meant to race, to polish, to contort ourselves into the shapes demanded by a world that is...
lissa299
Apr 28, 20251 min read


Work, Rest, Repeat: How True Rest Fuels Creativity + Productivity
I love to work. There, I said it. For much of my life I have loved to work way more than I have loved to rest. I say it’s because I am a...
lissa299
Jan 8, 20253 min read


Asking for It: How to take the rest you need
sunrise over my tent for at Yandara A few years ago, I signed up for a 9-day meditation and breathwork training. I knew I desperately...
lissa299
Jan 6, 20253 min read


Learning to Rest
Even the idea of rest feels daunting to me. I don’t know how to do it. In yoga, I understand rest. I know that softening the parts of me...
lissa299
Jan 6, 20253 min read
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