Morgan Harper Nichols' Blog

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  • Breathe (+ New Free Workshops!)

    Breathe (+ New Free Workshops!)

    breathe
    and stay here as long as you need
    even before you make sense of things
    and while the forest garden is still a dream
    breathe

    There is a lot we can learn from just taking things one word at a time. Even before the word feels fully embodied.
    Even when they just feel like letters on a page.
    Even when it’s something simple as the word “breathe.”

    This has been core to my creative practice, and also, something I hold onto when moving through life.

    And I’m excited to share it with you! I am adding two new free writing workshops and I am sharing it with everyone here, first!

    Thursday, June 12, at 7pm EST

    Thursday, July 10 at 7pm EST

    • Held on Zoom for 90 minutes (Interactive, Q&A, No supplies Needed)
    • Price: Free or PWYC (pay what you can)! – This is PWYC because I’m a strong advocate for creating more accessible ways to learn and provide resources. Of course it takes resources to do things, but making it accessible is a major priority for what I do (and I plan to do even more like this in the future!).
    • Space is limited, just to make sure there is room for participation and questions!

    Hope to see you there,

    – Morgan Harper Nichols

  • Let today be what today needs to be

    Let today be what today needs to be

    as you move through the day,
    may you know it’s okay
    to create a little space,
    to let this day be
    what it needs to be.
    and however you can,
    create room to simply breathe.

    for you have already been through
    so much,
    and to simply breathe
    through this moment
    is more than enough.

    inhale,
    exhale,
    and pace yourself
    through the landscape
    of the day,
    gathering what you need as you go.

    grace,
    gratitude,
    space,
    hope,
    joy,
    love,
    rest,
    room to feel what you need to feel,
    room to grieve,
    room to embrace gentleness,
    slowness,
    room to learn what it means to be free,
    room to breathe,
    room to
    breathe.

    in your stillness, in your motion,
    in your silence, in your song…
    breathe.

    -Morgan Harper Nichols

  • Be Present How You Can

    Be Present How You Can

    You may not literally “turn the page” as you enter a new day, but you are allowed to take a moment to think of it that way: one small rhythmic act as the story continually progresses. And just like when you were reading a novel, you do not have to know how every single line connects to keep pacing yourself through. There are some books you might even read that don’t make sense until years later. But what matters is that you remember to be present in the story in the way you know how, right now.

    Find joy in the small things that come to life in the space. We know of the things you were becoming curious about or seeking to refine your focus on. Pay attention to the kind of people you feel safe around. Recognize that these are moments and chapters of your life…and line by line, a story unfolds.

    -Morgan Harper Nichols