A gentle reflection recorded by the ocean during a solo retreat. I share about the practice of pausing. How it can feel uncertain, what it reveals, and the permission it gives us to move at our own rhythm.

Find out more about The Finding Stillness Studio

Learn more about Building A Home Within

Join the Practicing Presence substack: practicingpresence.substack.com

Tomorrow our online shop opens and we are all kinds of excited!!! (Hence the over use of exclamation points!)

STILLE — A wellspring of support for tending to the inner tides. A carefully curated collection of objects, tools, and delights to aid you on your journey.

This has been a dream of mine since I was a little girl and I couldn’t be more grateful and excited to share it with you!

I share lots more in the rambly recording above, so take a listen and keep an eye out for another email tomorrow with a link to the shop.

With much love and excitement,Raina

P.S. Stille is the German word for quiet, peaceful, stillness.

Sharing a decidedly imperfect and very rambly note from me to you.

A book I’ve been reading called The Creative Act along with my dear friend Dina’s latest newsletter has me thinking about perfection and what a strong hold it can have on me/us, especially when our creativity is in any way tied to our job/income/survival.

I offer mostly reflections/questions and very few conclusions, as per usual :)

May we seek solace in the act of approaching perfectionism with more curiosity and less judgment.

Finding Stillness Website— Branding & design for heart-centered, purpose-lead businesses— Schedule an Integrative Coaching Session— Learn more about Integrative Coaching

Join the Practicing Presence substack: practicingpresence.substack.com

Sharing a rambling voice note today, mostly talking through the tenderness of my own inner dialogue around rest and needing it but not wanting to need it and the underlying beliefs I hold around what it means to need rest.

If you’re up for sharing, I’d be so interested to know what you’re own relationship with rest is like? How has it changed over time, if at all? And what would like your relationship with rest to feel like?

Join the Practicing Presence substack: practicingpresence.substack.com

Find out more about Finding Stillness: www.findingstillness.one

The first in a series I’m calling Practicing Presence Reveries which you can listen to me share a bit more about in the recording above :)

I suppose you could call this a podcast, you will after all be able to find it in the podcast tab on the Practicing Presence substack page. However, unlike most podcasts, in order to maintain the ease and excitement of this experiment, I’ve very specifically decided that it will be unedited, unplanned, and without the usual structure of an intro and outro etc.

My hope is that the unedited and unplanned nature of this experiment will feel less like a podcast and more like a series of intimate audio notes shared between you and me.

More than anything I hope this will provide a spacious realm to practice sharing more freely, connecting more deeply, and continually showing up through the imperfection of it all.

Here’s to giving inspiration a chance, playing with experimentation, setting our own rules, and letting our hearts lead the way.

May we cultivate courageous vulnerability as we share from the heart. May we create space for wandering and find meaningful connection along the way.

Join the Practicing Presence substack: practicingpresence.substack.com

Find out more about Finding Stillness: www.findingstillness.one