Shavawn Berry

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Writer/Poet. Teacher/Editor/Creativity Coach. Empath. Songbird. And, yes, Elton John Freak. Shavawn M. Berry’s writing is forthcoming or has appeared in The Huffington Post, elephant journal, The Anjana Network, Be You Media Group, The Good Men Project, Journey of the Heart: Women's Spiritual Poetry, Olentangy Review, Black Fox Literary Magazine, Vagina - The Zine, Rebelle Society, The Cancer Poetry Project 2, Kinema Poetics, Kalliope, Poet Lore, California Quarterly, Westview – A Journal of Western Oklahoma, Meridian Anthology of Contemporary Poetry, North Atlantic Review, Concho River Review, Synapse, Living Buddhism, The World Tribune, addictionsolutions.com, Blue Mountain Arts/SPS, Poetry Seattle, and buddhajones.com, to name just a few. In 1998, she received her Master’s degree in Professional Writing from the University of Southern California in Los Angeles where she specialized in Creative Nonfiction and Memoir. She teaches writing and editing full-time at a university in the Southwestern United States. She can be reached via her web site: http://www.shavawnmberry.com/ or on her Facebook page, https://www.facebook.com/shavawnmidoriberry

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Love is Sacred Surrender

Love is a Tango by Catrin Welz-Stein “Something amazing happens when we surrender and just love. We melt into another world, a realm of power already within... Read more
Posted on 30 August 2014 BODY, MIND, SPIRIT, DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION
Little Altars Everywhere

“A sacred altar in your home can serve as a focal point for meditation or simply a refuge where you return when you need a spiritual boost. It provides the spac... Read more
Posted on 23 August 2014 BODY, MIND, SPIRIT, DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION
A Gratitude Prayer

Let Yourself Off the Hook.It’s OK to unplug and disengage from the news of the day, from the horror, genocide, war, poverty and sickness that seem to be... Read more
Posted on 16 August 2014 BODY, MIND, SPIRIT, DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION
I Guess That’s Why They Call It The Blues

For Robin Williams.“The so-called ‘psychotically depressed’ person who tries to kill herself doesn’t do so out of quote ‘hopelessness’ or any abstract convictio... Read more
Posted on 12 August 2014 BODY, MIND, SPIRIT, DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION
As You Close One Door, Another Opens

“Buy experiences, not things. Spending on experiences makes people happier than spending on things. Things get broken and go out of style. Experiences get bette... Read more
Posted on 09 August 2014 BODY, MIND, SPIRIT, DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION
Not My Circus. Not My Monkeys.

“There comes a time in your life, when you walk away from all the drama and people who create it. You surround yourself with people who make you laugh. Forget... Read more
Posted on 18 July 2014 BODY, MIND, SPIRIT, DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION
Five Life Lessons I Learned From My Dog

Belle-Boo, 2013 – Photo by Shavawn M. Berry “If there are no dogs in Heaven, then when I die I want to go where they went.” ― Will Rogers Lesson One: Be... Read more
Posted on 12 July 2014 BODY, MIND, SPIRIT, DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION
Calling in the One

Love consists in this, that two solitudes protect and touch and greet each other. ~ Rainer Maria Rilke Dear Soul Mate/Side Kick/Spiritual Partner,I’ve been... Read more
Posted on 05 July 2014 BODY, MIND, SPIRIT, DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION
Don’t Forget to Have a Big, Juicy, Creative Life

Summer Night by Akageno Saru via DeviantArt “Oh my God, what if you wake up some day, and you’re 65, or 75, and you never got your memoir or your novel... Read more
Posted on 30 June 2014 BODY, MIND, SPIRIT, DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION
The Summer Solstice: The Turning of the Wheel

At this solstice a very unsettled and confused energy surrounds us. The Sun at zero Cancer is near a retrograde Mercury at 27 Gemini. Read more
Posted on 21 June 2014 BODY, MIND, SPIRIT, DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION
Why Write? A Blog Tour

“Just as a good rain clears the air, a good writing day clears the psyche.” ― Julia Cameron, The Right to Write: An Invitation and Initiation into the... Read more
Posted on 14 June 2014 BODY, MIND, SPIRIT, DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION
What I See (Featured Fifty Poetry)

Celebrating Perfect ImperfectionThis morning one of my poems is featured on The Huffington Post. It was accepted many, many months ago, so I am happy to... Read more
Posted on 11 June 2014 BODY, MIND, SPIRIT, DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION
On the Outside

“All women are misfits. We do not fit into this world without amputations.” – Marge PiercyI’ve never fit in.It used to bother me, but now I realize my... Read more
Posted on 07 June 2014 BODY, MIND, SPIRIT, DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION
When Things Fall Apart

For a seed to achieve its greatest expression, it must come completely undone. The shell cracks, its insides come out and everything changes. To someone who... Read more
Posted on 01 June 2014 BODY, MIND, SPIRIT, DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION
Watching Birds on Sunday Morning

“In order to see birds it is necessary to become a part of the silence.” ― Robert LyndSong Sparrows SongsSunday morning stillness. Read more
Posted on 24 May 2014 BODY, MIND, SPIRIT, DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION
Live Long & Prosper

The essential conditions of everything you do must be choice, love, passion. ~ Nadia BoulangerDon’t Worry. Be Happy.Yesterday I waited all day for a call from m... Read more
Posted on 17 May 2014 BODY, MIND, SPIRIT, DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION
Going to the Opera with My Mother

The main character in the Metropolitan Opera’s Production of Prince IgorWe are the facilitators of our own creative evolution. ~ Bill HicksStirred and ShakenMy... Read more
Posted on 10 May 2014 BODY, MIND, SPIRIT, DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION
There’s Gold Beneath Your Feet

Via Alice at Wonderland’s Tea TrayBe Here NowYou may not believe me, but experience has taught me that the more we focus on our circumstances and make note of... Read more
Posted on 03 May 2014 BODY, MIND, SPIRIT, DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION
Zzzzzzzz

Lucy Campbell Art via PinterestSleep is the best meditation.~ Dalai LamaA – Z Challenge – Day 26 (Better late than never)Sleep, sleeplessnessLately, sleep’s bee... Read more
Posted on 02 May 2014 BODY, MIND, SPIRIT, DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION
Yes. Hell, Yes.

A – Z Challenge – Day 25Yes. Yes. A Thousand Times Yes. I thank you God for this most amazing day, for the leaping greenly spirits of trees, and for the blue... Read more
Posted on 29 April 2014 BODY, MIND, SPIRIT, DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

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