What 1:1 means to me
Dear Ones,
Community. Relations. Connections. Crowds + intimacy. These are moving me deeply lately.
There is a magic when someone is with me, when I am in the spotlight of someone’s attention.
Working 1:1 means I have committed to being the one seen and heard. I don’t have to worry about what I say, the editor can rest and a new layer is revealed. I don’t have to worry about keeping track of what I say, someone is listening with me, for me, as me, handing back what comes through. I don’t have to be the guide to initiate or the boundary at the end. I can be in a place of trust and exploration. 1:1 has been huge for my own growth.
Recently someone said she’d been part of this community for years and never knew I offered privates. Privates are my very favourite means of teaching.There is so much that could be shared and I navigate constantly how to best serve a broad span of participants when we practice as a group. But 1:1 means I can distill and refine all that I know, just for you. I am here with you, invested in your forward motion. If a companion through a topic, a concern, an illness, a change or challenge sounds like it would be welcome, reach out.
Yes, we can design practice for you. Yes, we can design writing to match it. Yes, we can find books and resources and soundtracks to enrich it. Ultimately, I meet the need you bring.
I even work 1:1 in the kitchen, designing menus and sharing FaceTime dinner-making until cooking on your own feels possible. Nothing is too small. Sometimes the smallest shifts (What’s the best breakfast for me in the winter months? How do I make that? Where can I find it? Why does it matter?) create the lasting change we seek.
That said, my Kitchen page is updated. Food matters. As the season shifts it can seem harder to find local sources but there are locations on this page for where I go year round in the Baltimore /DC area. Search Google for markets in your area. It matters. To your health, to the health of your local economy, to the health of your local soils and land. Share out what you find with your neighbors so they know there is local food everywhere. Sometimes we just have to go treasure-hunting to find it.
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More to come. All love, Martha