by Emily Branden | May 28, 2026 | Uncategorized
I keep telling my students I never thought I’d have to practice yoga this hard. I never thought I’d be walking, this often what I preach, fighting to stay inspired daily. I don’t know how you’re keeping it together—but I do know music saves, performance heals, and...
by Emily Branden | Dec 1, 2025 | Uncategorized
Somehow I always cry on planes. Picked out of the hustle and shot up into thin air—it is here my heart can hear. My Aunt Patti died this past fall. And it may seem ordinary and inevitable except she was my hero. She taught me grace, how to hold myself as a woman...
by Emily Branden | Jul 6, 2025 | Uncategorized
Lately, I’ve been watering the weeds. The plan was to create a fairy garden this year. With hollyhocks and other wild flowers, I was told to toss in bed above soil—they’ll be up by July… There are tiny ceramic mushrooms standing watch, and solar balls that flick on I...
by Emily Branden | Apr 5, 2025 | Uncategorized
Go to the Poets—Listen to music, read Kerouac, recite Shakespeare. Plant Something—A garden, some Hollyhocks, a tiny succulent, watch it grow. Sing Often—In your car, in the shower, in a band. Move Your Body—While breathing, dance, walk, swim…most days. Write Your...
by Emily Branden | Nov 25, 2024 | Uncategorized
I don’t know when we started feeling so far from each other, but the news suggests humanity is over. On my paddle board in the Pacific Ocean, life is calm, with an occasional rolling wave to lean into, surf, and trust. This morning ritual provides perspective...
by Emily Branden | Jan 15, 2024 | Uncategorized
I don’t know what’s going on these days. But somewhere around Barstow a colleague called to inform me one of my dearest friends had died. Died? But, I just texted her last week. I mean, not saw her, or shared a meal with her… But texted. Because I was busy, I...
