This week, I was reflecting on the important role of parenting and the responsibility that is given to parents in taking care of another soul who, to start with, is vulnerable, open, and willing to receive and create a sense of themselves. Sometimes, it feels scary to hold such an influence in another person, more so when that little person looks at you as a reference…

In my own experience, I was not ready or open to be a mother, and this living soul had challenged so many of my beliefs and put upside down my shadows and traumas at a rate that, at times, I could not keep with. Nevertheless, I always said and believed that she had been the best teacher I had ever had, and I do not mean it in a condescending or light way. I travelled around the world; I lived in intentional communities and had teachers, gurus, therapists… When I became a mother, I even thought I was a rounded individual (I felt that years of meditation and master's degrees in psychology would give me a good starting point), only to discover that there was so much more to unpick in ways that I will find fascinating when presented by this other being of light in front of me.

I guess that, in part, that is the karma of your birth body, the reason why you choose a particular family at the moment of conception. Among many other things (karma and dharma related), you come to follow a cycle of influence with your close environment. Every day, I am amazed by how grateful I am to have my little treasure by my side, teaching me the path to be a better and more connected human being.

This blog is dedicated to my beautiful offspring, MK, for all the joy, strength, laughter, pain, love, frustrations, and depths of my current existence. I will be forever grateful for your presence in my life.

Hari om Tat Sat!