Danielle Nicole Preiser

Strength in Softness  "It takes courage to heal... especially so far from home." - Bijan (my dear friend) Tomorrow. Tomorrow, I embark on my one-way journey to India. Tomorrow, I begin my second phase of healing: spiritual emotional healing. Physically, I am the healthiest I have been since I was fourteen (link below). Spiritually and emotionally, I become healthier each day, for this journey never ends.   I am grateful that my emotional baseline is happy.  I am also aware of my massive concrete walls, the walls that I had built to encapsulate my emotional center,  the walls that I had built to prevent any fear-based emotion from seeping out of my heart and into my being,  the walls that blocked the truth- truth of the unknown truth that my body may die this truth that I failed to see my walls masked from me had I met the truth it would have robbed the little bit of hope, the little bit of li...

My Trip to the Redwoods   Earth I find a piece of earth And l lay I lay with my heart on the ground And let each of my heartbeats kiss earth First ever-so quickly And then ever-so gently moment by moment she grounds me slows me calms me holds me And then she whispers       “Just lay,         Lay         and let your heart be held,         your worries be softened,         your soul be consoled,         Just lay, Dani         Just lay         I will not let go         I am holding you.”                                             ...

Sunset Cliffs- San Diego, CA Reflection. Refraction. Redirection. Reflection:  Dear Sunny San Diego, Thank you. Thank you for bathing me in souls, sunshine, spirituality, warmth, waves, mountains, magic, truth, and trauma. Thank you. Thank you for connecting me with brothers and sisters; spirits and energy; mountains and waters; trials and adventures. Thank you. Thank you for challenging my softness, for putting my loving-light in danger's way, for allowing me to re-prove my lifelong's grit and grace. Because of you, I know. I know I am strong. I know I am resilient. I know I am light. I know I am love. Sunny San Diego, You brought me SO much light SO much love SO much laughter. You also brought me a heck of a storm... which fostered me to Garden to Garden My mind, my body, and my soul. I Planted, I Watered, I Weeded, I Bathed , I Basked, I Cried, I Ventured, In the depths of darkness and shadow, in the summits o...