Come Back to Your Body

Invitation for our next Cassava Mama Circle: Beltane Bloom at the end of this post <3

This past weekend, my husband took the kids and me to St Pete Beach to celebrate Easter, my 36th birthday, and Kenny turning two. It was our first beach trip of the year—and honestly, exactly what we needed after an intense couple months.

We stepped out of the real world for four days and just were together. Too much sun, boating off the coast, indulged in all the foods we usually avoid, a couple margs, dancing at the cutest beachside bar while the kids played in the sand. Not a single serious conversation.

I made ritual out of the whole thing.

I lingered in my husband’s arms.

I soaked in my children exactly as they are right now.

I anointed my skin and hair with saltwater.

I marveled at Gods wondrous display at each sunset.

I celebrated life—because it really is too short not to.

Life has been heavy—but I’ve met it fully. No numbing, no avoiding. I've shown up, in my body, and worked with it. And this weekend, I got to experience the other side, feeling joy and connection and celebration just as deeply.

This feels like the perfect bridge to the next layer in the PLENTY stewardship framework I’ve been sharing.

At its core, this is the framework I’ve been living and refining over the past year—bridging land, community, and the way we steward our homes and lives with intention and plenty.

We started with presence—show up or miss out.

Then legacy—honoring where you come from and staying accountable to what you’re growing.

And today, we move into embodiment—living your truth in a way that creates safety for life around you to actually flourish.

I know it’s a word that gets thrown around a lot, but put simply, embodiment is when your body tells the same story as your words.

Embodiment is staying with what’s real—without numbing it, bypassing it, or trying to control it away.

This is the how to stay present, the deeper layer. If legacy is the roots, and presence is the vine, embodiment is the flower.

It’s what creates trust and safety over time.

Because people—kids especially—don’t respond to what you say. They respond to what they sense:

• tension or ease

• control or trust

• scarcity or enough

And for stewardship, that matters, perhaps more than anything else. Because nothing grows well in an environment that feels unsafe.

We can’t ignore that life is intense.

The garden will have pests and weeds.

Kids will whine. Adults will clash.

Systems will fail us.

Growth will feel heavy from the inside.

You can look away from all of this. But a life of PLENTY demands you learn to face it—and integrate it.

A lot of us, especially the people-pleasers, want to skip the hard parts and stay in “love and light.”

But embodiment means holding the full spectrum of life's experiences—with love and light.

This is the work:

feeling safe enough in your own body to integrate your beliefs, your needs, your story—so you can create spaces where others feel safe enough to grow.

There Greek word used for compassion in the New Testament is splachnízomai. It translates literally to feel in the inner organs.

It doesn’t mean a soft feeling in the heart.

It’s doesn’t live in the head.

It means to feel it in the gut.

Compassion is something that moves through us—a pull, a knowing.

We access it when we loosen our grip on how things should be.

When we step out of our heads and into our bodies.

When we stop trying to fix and control.

When we’re willing to be with what’s actually here.

Embodiment is becoming steady enough that others can find steadiness around you.

God gave us these wonderfully designed bodies—wired with intelligence and seeded with His deep knowing and plans for our lives. But accessing it takes practice, and in a world constantly pulling us outward—even toward AI—it’s becoming easier to forget. It’s time to reclaim that wisdom, for our own sense of peace, for our families, and to build communities and systems that are truly grounded and connected.

This brings me to an invitation, I'm ecstatic (maybe more than any past mama circle) to share!

I’d love for you to join us for our next circle at Cassava Acres: Beltane Bloom.

Beltane marks the heart of spring—a celebration of growth, fertility, and what’s coming alive. A moment to pause and feel what you’re growing. We’ll gather to reflect on the season, honor what’s blooming, and practice embodiment—grounding into our bodies, our rhythms, and what’s real.

When: May 2 at 3pm

Where: Cassava Acres in Umatilla

Come early to wander the land, connect, and settle in—sauna available if you want to drop in deeper.

This season, we’re opening things up, here are some important changes:

• This circle is donation-based—because community shouldn’t be limited by a number. If you feel called to be here, you belong. Give what feels aligned.

• And for our meal, we'll be gathering around a shared table. Still optional, but more encouraged, if you can, bring something to contribute-simple and nourishing—bread, fruit, a dish from your kitchen, something from your garden. Consider this your excuse to make your favorite spring app—the one your mom pals will appreciate and feel inspired by.

You can still expect:

• guided journaling

• mindfulness

• embodied movement—woven to meet you where you are.

If you’ve been craving deeper connection—something more grounded and real—this is your invitation.

Come as you are. 🌿 Learn more and register here: https://www.cassavaacres.com/beltane-bloom