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About Motherhood
Emily O'Brien Emily O'Brien

About Motherhood

Did you want kids, they ask. I guess I did, I answer, but honestly, I never really got the chance to think about it. One minute I fell in love like never before, and the next, nine months later at 23, I was pregnant. It was the first time in my life I felt real purposeβ€”like, this is what I've come here to do: mothering, caring, loving. At that moment, despite the uncertainty, I felt instinctively sure about my path forward.

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The Dharma of Hair
Yoga, Motherhood Haum Space Yoga, Motherhood Haum Space

The Dharma of Hair

It’s becoming a ritualβ€”this little chat at the desk.

What starts as a stream of thought often turns into a teaching, a personal reflection that ends up shared in class. These are the moments when I allow wisdom to flow through meβ€”when I become a hollow bone for whoever needs it. And somehow, there’s always someone who needed it. After class, someone will come up and say, β€œI felt like you were speaking directly to me.” Or: β€œThat was exactly what I needed to hear. How did you know?”

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A woman kneeling on sandy beach, leaning forward with one hand on the sand and the other hand raised above her head, with her face partially obscured by her arm.

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From caterpillar to butterfly

Growth and transformation are a never-ending spiral staircase we all climb. As my beloved teacher and mentor Dena Kingsberg used to say, β€œThe work is never done.”

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