by Rita Sinorita Fierro | Mar 4, 2022 | 100-day challenge
It’s time to leave this land I so love. Over the years, my goodbyes have changed. There were the years I tightened my teeth and simply moved on, shutting my heart down to the pain that felt like too much. Then there were the years I learned to open my heart...
by Rita Sinorita Fierro | Mar 2, 2022 | 100-day challenge
This morning in my therapy session I remembered a moment after my most intense trauma when I sat on the bed crying, a age 7, while one cousin held my hand, another cousin rubbed my back, and I spoke with my mother on the phone. My body’s panic released under...
by Rita Sinorita Fierro | Mar 2, 2022 | 100-day challenge
Today, I went back to the mountain to say goodbye. I leave town in a few days and Italy next week to return to the US. It was really cold today. Full sweater, jacket, scarf, and hat were barely enough to stay warm. As always, the mountain required the journey uphill...
by Rita Sinorita Fierro | Feb 28, 2022 | 100-day challenge
The trauma healing work of last week had me struggling to stay in my body. Breathe. Feel. Sleep. Connect. Became a mantra that moved me through the week. I reduced work to a minimum, as I prioritized feeling my body, feeling my breath, feeling me. Hiking a mountain...
by Rita Sinorita Fierro | Feb 27, 2022 | 100-day challenge
Reiki, Yoga, Chi Gong, are all practices grounded in cultural interpretations of energy—the realm of human health that is for the most part, unseen to the naked eye. While Western mainstream medicine is based on illness are organ or body malfunction, Western medicine...
by Rita Sinorita Fierro | Feb 27, 2022 | 100-day challenge
Ok, admittedly, this 100-day challenge seems to be turning into a 100 every-other day challenge. This past week was a very tough week. Self-care (mainly sleep) had to come before anything else. I’ve faced memories I haven’t touched my whole life. Facing these memories...
