I waited longer than I wanted to before posting this because I couldn’t find the right words to write for this last installment of the Quarantine Diaries.
So instead of reaching into the void for a blog post I ended up with a poem.
I hope this poem, titled “I Feel Everything”, resonates with you.
Remember, you are not alone in your feelings during this pandemic.
💛
I’ve wanted to try a sound bath for a while now, but every time I looked up different classes online, I realized I couldn’t really afford it at the moment so I kept putting it off.
I have severe paranoia coupled with anxiety, which is a recipe for a mental health disaster. Some really really bad things happen to me when I start to worry about work, people and things that I just shouldn’t be worrying about. I try really hard not to worry, but that just makes me worry even more.
When I found MNDFL, I knew instantly that I really wanted to try the classes that they offer. They have sound baths, breath work sessions, and other kinds of therapy. But of course, as I mentioned, I didn’t really have the funds to do so at the time that I found MNDFL, so I just subscribed to their newsletter and kept getting emails from them.
Fast forward to last week, my birthday came around, and they sent me an email offering a free class as a gift. I got so excited about this. I emailed them back immediately and asked if I could take the sound bath class with Alex Falk on Tuesday, May 22 at 6:30pm on the Upper East Side, and they slotted me for cushion number 14. I was super hype!
When I got to the studio, I was offered complimentary tea. They had several flavors of Rishi tea, so I got the Tropical Green flavor. I was tempted to try the Tumeric Ginger but I remembered that ginger lowers my blood pressure to the point where I get a migraine, so I opted to not get that one. I very much enjoyed my Tropical Green tea in a MNDFL mug. It was delicious.
As I waited there for about 15 minutes before the class started, I was approached by an employee who asked if it was my first time there. I told her it was, and she asked if I wanted tour. Of course I wanted a tour, so I followed her around. She showed me the studio, which was adorable and tiny. They make great use of the space. There’s a private room where you can sit down and meditate on your own, and all the way in the back is the larger room where they hold guided workshops and sessions.
After a second cup of tea, the class began. Alex Falk led us through some breathing exercises before diving into the sound bath. The whole time I couldn’t stop realizing how uncomfortable my legs were while I sat on the cushion. I just couldn’t find a comfortable position. Every two minutes or so, I’d feel pins and needles in my feet and my ankles would cramp up! I ended up sitting on my side and folding my knees on my left, then on my right when that started to feel uncomfortable again.
Besides the leg situation, I had a really great time with the sound bath session. I think I really needed it, especially after the last couple of weeks. The soothing sounds of the bowls and gongs were absolutely mesmerizing.
Turning 24 made me realize that I need to stop worrying about so many things I can’t control. I think the sound bath session with Alex Falk really helped me to concentrate on myself and my health.
I’ll definitely consider taking another class at MNDFL when I have adequate funds.
Check out MNDFL on the Upper East Side, Greenwich Village, or Williamsburg.
So I guess this is what happens when a child star retires at 26.
Amanda Bynes has hit rock bottom.
And she just won’t stop rolling downhill.
Between the head shaving, the dimple piercings, the nose job, the weight loss, and her recent bong-throwing arrest, it doesn’t look like its going to stop any time soon.
Twitter doesn’t seem to be helping either.
Just yesterday, Amanda wrote on Twitter:
@rihanna Chris Brown beat you because you’re not pretty enough
Wow.
Where did that come from?!
Before this tweet, she wrote, “@rihanna you look so ugly trying to be white.”
Unless I’ve been missing something, I don’t remember any communication between Amanda and Rihanna before these insane tweets.
So this was completely random.
Rihanna did not turn the other cheek on this one.
She tweeted: “ya see what happens when they cancel Intervention?”
Amanda wrote back: “@rihanna unlike ur fugly faced self I don’t do drugs! U need the intervention dog! I met ur ugly face in person! U aren’t pretty u know it!”
These tweets have been deleted from Amanda’s Twitter, but the power of screen capture has salvaged them.
The only logical explanation for Amanda’s seemingly random tweet to Rihanna could be the rumored romance between Drake and Rihanna a few years ago.
It’s still possible that she wants Drake to “murder her vagina.”
Amanda went way too far with this one. Implying that a person deserves to be beaten because of the way they look is very disrespectful.
Thankfully, Rihanna isn’t naive enough to believe Amanda’s comments.
Imagine if this tweet was sent to a girl with low self esteem issues. This could have driven her to commit suicide.
Amanda’s mental health is clearly not where it needs to be.
Someone needs to help this girl before things take a turn for the worst!
