I had dinner with my best friend from middle school last night. We’ve been friends for almost 25 years and our birthdays are both in the next two weeks, so we did a little impromptu ritual of sharing three of our favorite moments from the last year and three desires for the year to come. [...]
Dear Friends, Here is a love letter. A reminder. An invitation. An offering. Permission to forget about saying the right thing and encouragement to just say the true thing. Every once in a while, we are invited to embrace our truth. Not turn away from it and pretend it isn’t there, but embrace it. Lovingly. [...]
What is the magic equation to a life well lived? I’ve been asking this question and looking for the answer for over 10 years now. In my soul seeking travels to different corners of the earth, personal growth class taking and life as an experiential scholar, the answer I have today is inspired by the [...]
Dearly Beloved, I met with an entrepreneurial muse of mine, Laura Roeder, in Venice the other day for a cup of tea and a catch up. It had been almost a year since our last rendezvous and she told me about her getting married, the honeymoon, her business (she is one of the most amazing [...]
Dear One, I am forever intrigued and enchanted by how a woman will begin with a heart break, a heart ache or a yearning that goes as deep as the center of the earth and as soon as she starts to move her body, express the full spectrum of who she is and feel the [...]
Qoya is based on the idea that through movement, we remember. We remember our essence as being inherently wise, wild and free. We remember our connection to something greater than ourselves, and we trust it. More than the calories we burn, the strength and flexibility we develop or the pleasurable physical sensations from moving our [...]
I hope your New Year is off to a wise, wild and free start! In today’s post, I am incredibly honored to share an interview with Kitty Cavalier, a five minute video to experience incredible joy in your body through Bhangra dancing and announcing the Qoya Spring Tour going to New York City, Colomubus, Ohio, [...]
I’ve been living in LA for almost two months now, teaching Qoya and planting seeds for her to grow out West. In the last Qoya class of the year, I led the women through a visioning ritual that I want to share with you today. It’s called a three card story. First, let me differentiate [...]
Dear Qoya Queens, Do you remember that Qoya translates in Quechuan as Queen? Not a bejeweled and emotionally distant Queen in a castle, but a feminine manifestation of higher consciousness that is confidently seated on the throne that is her life. In a way, that is one of the best ways that I can explain [...]
QOYA RETREAT – Costa Rica April 6th – 13th 2013 from jodi jones on Vimeo. If you were to be honest with yourself, what is your heart’s true desire? In that quiet moment when it is just you and you, what is calling? When you make a decision, can you identify if you are making [...]
a: Quechan word for Queen, a female manifestation of higher consciousness
b: the art of reveling in one’s femininity through movement;
c: rediscovering the woman that is wise, wild and free
