How my North Star Taught Me Love. I met Ahnung in October 2008 at Red Lake Reservation in northern Minnesota. She had recently given birth to eight puppies. She was haggard and worn down and carried the unmistakable marks of a difficult life. She had no front teeth. Later I would learn she had survivedContinueContinue reading “The Guest Who Stayed:”
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An Invitation: Inhabiting the Space Between
Where Presence Begins and Possibilities Emerge The space between is sacred. It is there at dawn, where the first light gently meets the last breath of night. Neither darkness nor daylight disappears. For a brief moment, they belong to one another. Much of our lives unfold in these spaces between. Between certainty and not knowing.ContinueContinue reading “An Invitation: Inhabiting the Space Between”
Ma*: In the Water, I Learned to Listen
I learned early in life how to be in the water. When I was six years old, my mother enrolled my siblings and me in swimming lessons after my brother nearly drowned in a pool in Thailand. What began as a protective act by my mother became a path that shaped me as a youngContinueContinue reading “Ma*: In the Water, I Learned to Listen”
Playing the Space Between: Ma on the Pickleball Court
I first learned about the Japanese philosophy of Ma from my taiko drumming teacher. The first time I watched a taiko performance, I found myself deeply moved at a vibrational level—the power of witnessing Asian women on stage taking up space, being loud in a way that wasn’t noise or chaos. What made it soContinueContinue reading “Playing the Space Between: Ma on the Pickleball Court”
Ahnung Way 