by Swati Mishra | Sep 11, 2026 | Shamanism
It took my friend going to the other side for me to fully come into my body. And to start honouring life the way it deserves to be honoured. To accept the uncertainties of life. To realise how long I had been holding my breath, waiting for something to happen before I...
by Swati Mishra | Aug 28, 2026 | Shamanism
Ten weeks ago I sat down with a morning thought and a cup of tea and started writing. I did not know it would become this. A series of ten posts that took me — and I hope, you — through releasing and emptying and the strange, uncomfortable, sacred space of not...
by Swati Mishra | Aug 21, 2026 | Shamanism
A friend of mine lost her father recently. And in the weeks since, she has asked me the same question, again and again, more than she ever did before. If we chose this — if this loss was somehow part of a script we agreed to — why don’t we remember choosing it?...
by Swati Mishra | Aug 14, 2026 | life, Love, mindfulness, Shamanism
This one is the hardest to write.Not because the idea is complicated. But because it asks something of you to look much deeper than what is being shown to you.It asks you to look at the person — or the people — who hurt you most. The ones you hold responsible for your...
by Swati Mishra | Aug 7, 2026 | Shamanism
I have been having pain in my left hand. It has been so bad that I have not been able to grab anything. A cup. A doorknob. My own hair, some mornings. And to make it worse, it is my left hand — my dominant hand. The one I actually need. I went looking for the obvious...
by Swati Mishra | Jul 26, 2026 | Shamanism
Is the Mind Seeking Safety, or Something Else? I have been observing for the past few days that my mind is all over the place and I am not able to fall into the rhythm of the day. When we live like this, our days become erratic. The mind keeps throwing out...
