What a Yoga Class in Tulum Taught Me About Grief and the Nervous System

Hi loves,

Happy Saturday. ☺️✨

There’s a lot happening behind the scenes at Wannabe Wisdom. Some of you know I’ve started turning my written essays into spoken-word YouTube video videos on Wannabe Wisdom Diaries, and I’m also going to let those videos live here on Substack.

This story is about the time I cried so hard in a yoga class in Tulum that it briefly became an event. In this video, I explore grief, the body, yoga, and what happens when your nervous system decides it is done waiting for your mind to catch up.

I went to Tulum for yoga teacher training, but apparently I also went to publicly unravel under a straw roof at 6:30 in the morning. Sometimes grief waits for the perfect moment to spill over… like, say, a yoga class.

If you’ve ever looked fine on the outside while carrying something unresolved, this one’s for you. 💛

Prefer to read the essay version? You can find it here:

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And what are we doing, really, if we’re awake but not alive?

With love & rebellion,Ashleyaka Fake Guru