PJ Davenport | Storytelling & Transformation—On & Off the Mat

Tag: mental-health

  • Peace in a Fluid World: Zen, Jung & Embracing Change

    You’re here for a reason.Maybe something’s shifting, out there or in you.So it isn’t a quest for escape or distraction, but for something deeper.Peace perhaps, not as perfection but as posture.Something we develop from the inside out.Let’s explore three perspectives, not for certainties but for insight. We’ll start with the simplest question:What’s happening right now?No,…

  • Radical Acceptance: Meeting Life As It is

    This gentle 6-minute journey explores meeting life as it is, embracing self-compassion, and finding inner peace through non-judgmental awareness. Inspired by philosophical wisdom (Epictetus, Carl Jung, Rainer Maria Rilke) and spiritual teachings (Tara Brach, Pema Chödrön), this meditation invites you to lay down inner resistance and discover clarity. Perfect for seekers of mindfulness practice, stress…

  • The Exile of Curiosity

    It is not arrogance that carries the curious into exile.It is the weariness of endless translation,between what is expectedand what might be accepted. We see worlds assembledfrom headlines and half-truths,stitched with bias,sealed in easy certainty. And when the curious speak off-script…the world goes quiet,or murmurs darkly, as it sneers. Some rush to answer,most let the…

  • The Field Between: Tension’s Gift

    The Field Between: Tension’s Gift

    Notice the breath. In and out. Already, our mind begins to organize things into patterns, pairs. A pair that is in fact along one continuous spectrum or pole. We don’t have one without the other. For centuries, people have told stories in twos: light and dark, masculine and feminine, hero and villain. These aren’t just…

  • Your Body Remembers What the System Forgot

    Your Body Remembers What the System Forgot

    The One-Size-Fits-All Health Model Isn’t Just Wrong — It’s Dangerous Modern health advice — especially around pharmaceuticals, diets, and wellness regimens — still clings to the belief that if something is “safe for the general population,” it’s safe for everyone. That assumption isn’t just outdated. It’s harmful. Some people tolerate cardio, kale, and fermented foods…

  • Light Heals: Remembering the Sun

    Light Heals: Remembering the Sun

    Before antibiotics, before our trust leaned so heavily on pills and prescriptions, sunlight was medicine. Not metaphorically, not poetically—clinically. In the late 1800s and early 1900s, hospitals didn’t just allow sunlight in—they were built around it. Sanatoria across Europe and the U.S. had sun decks, open-air balconies, whole wings designed so patients—especially those with tuberculosis—could…

  • Breathing with the Earth: A Guide to Grounding Meditation

    Finding Stillness in a Spinning World Life often pulls us in all directions—past, future, obligations, expectations. Grounding meditation offers a way to pause, to find stillness amidst the rush. This guide will help you reconnect with the present moment by anchoring your awareness in the sensations of your body and breath, while attuning to the earth beneath you.…