Category: woman

• Alternative storytelling #16

  

  No words today, just missing my farm friends.

  Sami Zabner

  October 9, 2022

  2020, animals, empowerment, expression, horse, mental health, motherhood, nature, woman

  2022, animals, anxiety, birth, blogging, depression, duality, emotional, farm, farm animals, mental health, motherhood, movement, nature, poetry, postpartum, rebirth, relatable, woman, woman poetry, womanhood

• Alternative storytelling #15

  

  Waves crash, words break, sunlight dances on my skin. Feelings pass, emotions shake, and I dive deep within. There are textures, sounds, stillness, and peace, and on the flip side, there is destruction. But here I sit, surrendering to all of it, as the ocean charms me with her seduction. *photos taken by me*

  Sami Zabner

  October 8, 2022

  empowerment, expression, mental health, nature, ocean, woman

  2022, animals, anxiety, birth, blogging, depression, duality, earth, emotional, emotions, life, mama, mental health, motherhood, movement, nature, ocean, poetry, postpartum, pregnancy, rebirth, relatable, story, woman, woman poetry, womanhood

• Birthwork

  

  I learned a couple of things from being a birthworker- 

  Sami Zabner

  October 7, 2022

  birth, body acceptance, breastfeeding, mental health, motherhood, woman

  2022, animals, anxiety, birth, blogging, breathe, death, depression, duality, earth, emotional, emotions, iamwoman, kindness, labor, life, mama, mental health, motherhood, movement, nature, poetry, postpartum, pregnancy, rebirth, relatable, story, woman, woman poetry, womanhood, yoga

• bodies

  

  My confidence was once through the roof and I practiced/lived in undies or a bathing suit. I had no fears of showing off my body because I was comfortable and felt safe in my skin. I had cellulite, blemishes, lumps, fat, and imperfections but I didn’t focus on those things.  Post-pregnancy is a whole different…

  Sami Zabner

  October 6, 2022

  2022, body acceptance, empowerment, expression, motherhood, woman, yoga

  2022, anxiety, birth, blogging, depression, duality, earth, emotional, emotions, life, mama, mental health, motherhood, movement, nature, poetry, postpartum, pregnancy, rebirth, relatable, story, woman, woman poetry, womanhood

• My love

  

  She shows compassion as she hugs me when I say I’m not feeling well.  She makes me laugh with funny jokes, looks, comments, and dance moves.  She cuddles me every night before she falls asleep. She’s intuitive and knows when she’s had enough.  She understands me when I speak and sometimes responds without words.  She…

  Sami Zabner

  October 5, 2022

  2022, birth, kindness, motherhood, woman

  2022, birth, birthday, breath, breathe, daughter, earth, emotional, emotions, fire, iamwoman, kind, kindness, mama, motherhood, postpartum, pregnancy, rebirth, relatable, September, story, woman, woman poetry, womanhood

• Uncharted territory

  

  I often forget how our bodies are naturally in sync with the seasons. There are periods throughout the year where my body begs for activity and there are moments when it begs for stillness. Right now I’m somewhere in between. Some days my mind wants the movement and my body doesn’t care to keep up.…

  Sami Zabner

  October 4, 2022

  2022, birth, body acceptance, empowerment, kindness, mental health, woman, yoga

  anxiety, birth, breathe, depression, duality, mental health, motherhood, nature, poetry, postpartum, rebirth, woman, womanhood

• Home practice

  

  After one of the very first yoga classes I ever took, I heard the teacher talking to a student about cultivating a home practice. I had never heard of that term before and I tried to make sense of it for a couple of years.  While I was certain that it meant practicing yoga at…

  Sami Zabner

  October 3, 2022

  2020, 2022, art, body acceptance, empowerment, expression, kindness, mental health, motherhood, woman, yoga

  anxiety, life, mental health, motherhood, movement, pose, postpartum, practice, rebirth, woman poetry, womanhood, yoga, yoga community

• Alternative storytelling #14

  

  “The possibility that empathy is part of our primate heritage ought to makes us happy, but we’re not in the habit of embracing our nature. When people commit genocide, we call them “animals”. But when they give to the poor, we praise them for being “humane”. We like to claim the latter behavior for ourselves.”― Frans…

  Sami Zabner

  October 2, 2022

  animals, art, empowerment, expression, mental health, motherhood, nature, photography, rescueanimals, woman

  animal, animals, apes, blogging, chimpanzees, duality, gibbons, human, life, monkey, monkeys, movement, nature, photo, photographs, photography, photos, primate, primates, relatable

• Alternative storytelling #13

  

  Faces of the renaissance fair in Deerfield Beach, Florida. *all photos taken by me*

  Sami Zabner

  October 1, 2022

  empowerment, expression, mental health, nature, photography, renaissance, woman

  autumn, blogging, equinox, fair, fall, gratitude, mental health, movement, natural, photo, photographs, photography, photos, rebirth, relatable, renaissance, respect, seasons, solstice, woman

• Dark poetry

  

  We are so quick to close the door after an experience.  We allow the small details to fester and disintegrate within our own bodies and minds.  But why not keep that door open and allow others to see in? Why not allow others to watch the unfolding and unraveling?  Not because I think it’s important…

  Sami Zabner

  September 30, 2022

  2020, 2022, body acceptance, empowerment, expression, kindness, mental health, motherhood, woman, yoga

  2022, animals, anxiety, birth, blogging, breathe, death, depression, duality, earth, emotional, emotions, iamwoman, kindness, labor, life, mama, mental health, motherhood, movement, nature, photography, plants, poetry, postpartum, pregnancy, rebirth, relatable, story, woman, woman poetry, womanhood, yoga