1) We prepare - ourselves before with tools, meals and ways to survive in the harshest climates. (THIS YEAR WAS SO FREAKING HOT, even at night) ☀️🌙

2) We test ourselves - and see what we are really made of as all of our shit comes up because inevitably, everything breaks down (bikes, solar panels, communication, lights...) Anyone else?

3) We might ask - “Why am I doing this to myself, AGAIN? Will this ever end?” Burning Man can feel like a pressure cooker where all of the things we have been hiding, running from, escaping, come to the surface for us to face head on.

4) We settle in and get curious - Here we can move into the part of the journey where we can trust what insights are coming forward about our resistance and fear. We ride the ride. We stop trying to control and manipulate, and let the flow, well... flow. And burn the rest at the Temple.

5) We integrate - the lessons & listen to the messages that came though about our direction, our work, our spirituality, our relationships - our life. We get to ask, “Is the life I am living working for me? What can I shift? What are the relationship I want to foster or let go? How can I live with action while also moving more slowing and not pushing so hard against the flow of life...”

For me, I go back every year because I find that Burning Man is a place to dream “the waking dream” of new collective consciousness, a new global society, a new world. At Burning Man, we can see that anything is possible and there is a place for ANYONE & EVERYONE to be their most authentic selves. It is so beautiful to experience how people want to dance, play, learn, express and dress (or not dress.) Freedom babyyy!

At the Temple, a place to grieve & let go, I burned any part of me that lives in scarcity and does not live in the light.

As I reflect, I find that one way or another, medicine ceremonies get me to this place too!

​✨ “May I remember that I am the light, so others can remember, they are too.” ✨