Nurturing Curiosity and Community
Curiosity & Community
As the days stretch longer and the sun lingers late into the evening, I’m reminded how nature never stops reaching — roots deepening, vines climbing, petals unfurling toward the light. This season gently nudges us to do the same: to open, to notice, to reach — not always with certainty, but with curiosity.
Curiosity is a soft kind of courage. It asks: What if I try something new? Who might I meet if I say yes? What beauty might unfold if I linger a little longer on the trail or at the table?
This month, I’m reflecting on the many ways community can form — not only in planned circles or familiar friendships, but also in the spontaneous magic of shared wonder. A quiet smile on a forest path. A new voice in class. A question that leads us somewhere unexpected.
If you've been longing to feel more connected, consider following the thread of your own curiosity. It might lead you to a new gathering, a fresh practice, or a simple hello that becomes something more. Sometimes, community grows not through effort — but through openness.
If your inner curiosity were a trail, where might it lead you this summer?
With presence and peace,
Theresa
What’s Blooming Next?
Summer invites us to blossom — and there are so many beautiful ways to grow, gather, and ground in community this season.
🌿 Sacred Refuge: A Sisterhood Gathering
August 9 & 10, 2025
I’m so honored to be co-hosting this beloved event with my dear friend Sherry Sadoff Hanck — now in its third year. Sacred Refuge is a weekend of reconnection, reflection, and shared nourishment.
✨ Set into Sacred Space
📚 NCBTMB-Approved CE Classes – Coming in August
Professional education rooted in nature, fascia, and experiential learning. Whether you’re a massage therapist, yoga teacher, or healing arts professional, these courses offer renewal for both your practice and your spirit.
👉 Let’s Grow Together: View upcoming CE classes here
🌱 Private Sessions & Mentoring
Feeling the pull for something more personal? I offer one-on-one support through bodywork, yoga therapy, nature-based mentoring, or combinations of all three.
🌀 Schedule a complimentary Root to Rise Call to begin.
🌲 Mindful Outdoor Experience (MOE)
August 23, 2025
Step into presence with a guided journey through place and self. August’s MOE will invite us into late summer’s golden hours…
🌞 More details to come.
🧘 Free Virtual Monday Night YinSightful Yoga
Stillness. Breath. Fascia. Awareness.
Join me online for a gentle and grounding practice that opens space in body and mind. A free offering from my heart to yours.
🕯️ Mondays at 7:00 PM — Gather with Us: click here to register.
Featured Practice – The Curiosity Pause
This gentle practice invites you to pause — not to fix, analyze, or plan — but simply to notice. It can be done anywhere: beneath a tree, at your kitchen counter, or standing in line at the grocery store.
Try This:
Pause wherever you are.
Stand or sit still for just 30 seconds.Notice three things you can sense right now.
One with your eyes.
One with your ears.
One with your skin (temperature, breeze, fabric).Now ask yourself:
What am I curious about in this moment?
Let the answer come from your body, not your to-do list.Close with one slow breath.
Feel yourself here. Present. Connected.
Reflection:
When was the last time curiosity led you somewhere unexpected — and what did it open in you?
From the Garden – Harvesting Connection + Curiosity Steeps
There’s something deeply grounding about harvesting herbs with your own hands — fingers brushing the soft fuzz of sage, the lacey lift of chamomile, the bright snap of mint. Each plant offers not just its leaves and flowers, but an invitation: slow down, come closer, stay a while.
Let it be a full-bodied experience:
Touch the varied textures — the silvery velvet of lavender, the tender lemon balm, the crisp strength of rosemary.
See the vibrant spectrum of greens — feathery, glossy, serrated, spiraled — each one shaped by season and soil.
Smell the mingling scents as your basket fills — floral, citrusy, earthy, pungent, fresh.
Taste a leaf or petal — just one — and savor the wild generosity of your garden.
Harvesting isn’t just preparation. It’s presence. It’s a quiet kind of prayer, hands in the soil, feet on the earth — a moment of earthing in the truest sense.
🍵 Curiosity Steeps
A spring herbal tea to sip slowly and savor — made from garden greens, blooming buds, and the spirit of wonder.
Ingredients:
1 tsp dried or 2–3 fresh chamomile flowers
1 tsp lemon balm
½ tsp lavender blossoms
1 tsp mint
Optional: a sprig of rosemary or thyme for grounding notes
Directions:
Warm your cup or pot, then discard the water.
Add herbs to an infuser or steep loose.
Pour 8 oz of freshly boiled water.
Cover and steep for 5–7 minutes.
Strain, sip slowly, and receive.
Reflection:
What does this tea bring you today? Lightness? Calm? A reminder of your connection to the living world?
Until Next Time…
There’s no one right way to grow, or to connect. Maybe your path this season looks like gathering in circle. Maybe it’s walking quietly through your garden. Maybe it’s simply noticing something new.
Keep tending your curiosity.
Keep showing up as you are.
I’ll be here, with invitations and open trails, whenever you’re ready.
Take good care,
Theresa
