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Om & Ink is a meeting place for writing and meditative practice. For awakening your intuition, igniting your creativity energy, and cultivating more space in your life. Consider Om & Ink a studio that you can visit anytime for inspiration and clarity. Imagine it as a space to explore:

Meditation in many forms—through nature, imagery, writing, art, cooking—to free up space in your mind and life

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oga to deepen your connection to your own body and kindle the embers of your creativity through movement

Writing prompts to stimulate your writing practice and invent the ink to inspire your life

I invite you to breathe deep. One full, rich breath, your most beautiful breath yet, and grab a pen. Today is yours. May you find something that nurtures your soul. That evokes your own wild, your writer, your creative. Give yourself permission and freedom to cultivate your art. I’m looking forward to getting to know you. Thanks for coming to play.

29/06/2023

Loving these foggy mornings and how everything transforms in its cast. Also in awe of snail shells, natures spirals. I don’t want them anywhere near the tender shoots sprouting in our garden, but on the agave, they’re rad.

What are you noticing today?

27/06/2023

I’ve been extra inspired this days—moon phase? Summer hitting? Being called to write so much. Maybe it’s just that I am writing here and there (as opposed to not at all!) and it’s the snowball effect. Creativity begets creativity.

Had the pleasure of spending the morning in .art studio. So grateful Quinn gets to be part of her pilot process art classes for kiddos. She came right home and started drawing in her new sketch book 🤩

Even the floor in Steph’s studio called to me on this particular trip. The paint that didn’t make it into her recent series took on another life that continues to morph.

09/05/2023

I’ve been thinking a lot about white space lately—more specifically, spaciousness and expansion and room to create. I usually only get quick bursts to do my own creative work and it can be tough to drop right in. As often as I can, I furiously capture moments of inspiration into my notes app as they come like wild butterflies, but creativity I am reminded visits when we are in a flow state, when we are open and have room to channel the muse. I can access this through quiet hours in nature, journaling and yoga, but it can take time to drop in if there’s too many other things (thoughts/ to dos) swirling around. Here’s to space and flow and reaching into the creative ether.

Thoughts on this .koga .art

I think this is what breathwork does for you? I’d love to hear about your experience with that and ‘dropping in’

29/01/2021

Today I’m thankful for rain. It’s pouring in sheets with intermittent hail. I have a few short hours while my daughter plays with her grandparents to get freelance projects off my plate and items checked off a to-do list. But this rain called me out from behind my desk, beckoned me onto the patio where my heart rejoiced in its freshness, this cleansing. I journaled, I drank tea, I turned inward, and answered the call of self healing through the steady drum of sky water. I threw my arms upward, found movement that matched its rhythm, and breathed deep. How will you commune with nature today?

13/10/2020

In San Diego, the coming of fall is subtle. It’s also bumpy and can’t make up its mind between hot and cold. But the other day, there was a crispness in the air—as crisp as one can feel in the south—that made me feel celebratory—new energy of this slow to emerge season on the rise.
My daughter and I baked and painted and yoga posed and played with mud, shaping it into moons and marbles to harden in the sun. I started a new writing project—rather I returned to one that has been brewing for years and found myself steeped in the creation process, something I’ve been away from for a little while as I’ve been deep in editing and organization mode for my book.
What do you want to let fly & soar this season? Put your intentions in writing.

22/09/2020

Inspiration via my newsletter just dropped in inboxes 🥰

This month’s newsletter includes a movement and writing practice to celebrate and reflect as we move into Fall — Happy Equinox!

Also inside I talk about where I am in the process of my book & share some of my recent writing of an evening ocean swim to inspire you to experience nature deeply & then put pen to paper.

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Here’s to autumn—shedding what no longer serves us, finding balance, & celebrating abundance!

To inspiration, with love,
Courtney

21/09/2020

Writers/creatives: there are projects germinating inside you, choose the one that cannot be ignored and breathe life to it. Bring it to the world; we need your work.

Writing away today—freelance, newsletter & steeping myself in detailed edits of my recent book draft—all before my daughter is home from her swim lesson & family visit & its naptime 🤩

17/09/2020

I was sent this photo of Journaling in Uncertainty at a recent girls’ weekend, where they went through the prompts together, writing, decompressing and sharing.

To write in community is such a sacred thing. To journal and purge thoughts, dissipate weights, and discover new gems is the reason why writing is so powerful.

Have you written today?

Journaling Through Uncertainty is available on Amazon. Dive into curated prompts to cultivate confidence, strength & balance.

Huge thanks to and for this beautiful photo and sharing.

14/09/2020

Needed this quote today. We can become immersed in what we choose to. What a simple mindfulness activity—spend a few minutes looking into a flower, roving over its intricacies, feel your breath soften and your body return to the present moment. Bonus: write about the experience, describing every piece of the flower. Share how it went 💗

12/09/2020

Immersing myself in a close friend’s art. Had the most wonderful date night with her at her private studio. My dreams were filled with her recent series of B&W abstract work and I journaled when I woke up—art speaks to us & moves through our cells. **Check out her account and follow her to see how her art story evolves: . & drop the names of some of your fav artists below. To inspiration 🖤

07/09/2020

I dove in tonight, into the pink waves, one after another, and then just stood, rooting myself into ever-moving sand, immersed in mother nature’s womb, connected to all tides, every piece of the world swirling around me poetry. Here’s to creativity & creation & diving in.

01/07/2020

Pause for a moment to study something in nature in detail. Notice how your breath slows, how your body merges with the world around you.
My daughter & I go on scavenger hunts. We make a list before we head out. Today’s had ‘water droplets on a flower’ and here was one of many examples on this bougainvillea.
There is something so calming about searching nature, about taking in its details, and syncing your entire being to your natural surroundings. How about we start adult scavenger hunts? What would you search for? 🙏
Bonus—after you find your natural element and study it, sit down with your journal and paint it with words.

29/06/2020

New Post: Five Ways for Finding Connection When You're Feeling Disconnected.⁠⁠
Finding connection–whether it be with ourselves, with others, or with the world around us can be challenging. Truly connecting can be incongruent with our busy, tech-focused lives–add on top of that the roller coaster of 2020, which has made some of us feel more disconnected than in harmony.⁠⁠
I’ve thought a lot about how connecting is the truest form of being present and am working on infusing it into my daily life. Connect has become a mantra I repeat to myself as a parent, as a yogi, as a writer, as a human.⁠⁠
Head over to my blog for my newest post with 5 ways I find connection & let me know what you are doing to feel connected these days.⁠
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22/06/2020

It’s Migraine & Headache Awareness Month! I’m joining the ‘s campaign to raise awareness about the millions of people (myself included) who have this invisible disorder that is misunderstood and often misdiagnosed.

I don’t talk about my migraines too often, but they are a daily part of my life. Even on the days I’m not struggling with one, I’m implementing tons of tools, natural remedies, self-care practices, and work hard to avoid triggers. Gentle & restorative yoga are daily life-savers for me.

I’ve come a long way since daily migraines that left me able to do little else than sit in a dark room for years, but I still continue to learn about them. If you’re interested in learning more, ‘s recent blogpost shares some sobering stats about loss of productivity & how many people it affects. ‘s blog highlights racial disparities in migraine care. And, who I sometimes write for has an incredible library of articles on all things migraine.

Here’s to more research, fewer triggers, and the hope that fewer people’s lives will be impacted by this disorder in the years to come!

20/06/2020

DEAR WILD CREATIVE SOUL:

WHATEVER YOU SEEK TO DO OR BRING INTO THIS WORLD, MAY THIS SOLSTICE LIGHT YOU WITH ENERGY AND DRIVE.

Sunlight is pure energy. As a power and light source it brings warmth, fosters creation, and nurtures things to grow. Sunlight makes the world sparkle and glow. It embodies energy and action, movement and strength, vitality and expansion.

Use this energy. Journal. Create your own ritual. I’ll be sending out a practice to nourish your solstice intentions in my newsletter soon.

How are you celebrating our longest day of light?

18/06/2020

Newsletter with this month’s musings & inspiration went out this week. It’s all about the power of story, how ‘connect’ has become my newest mantra and includes a self-exploring writing prompt.

Want in on my newsletters? Here’s some ways: DM me or email me at [email protected] and I’ll add you! Or, go to the link in my linktree or in the comments below.

Then tag a pal who would enjoy to be on the list as well 🥰🙏🤗

To connecting & inspiration,
courtney 🌿

15/06/2020

As a writer, literature is important to me. Narrative is important to me. Writing, sharing, reading stories is important. As a yoga teacher, story is important to me. Our stories are who we are. They live and breathe with us and occupy each of our cells. Words strung together into story have the power to change the world and each of our lives.

Journal, write, and record your stories. When life feels uncertain, unjust, lacks compassion, and connection, write. Write it how it is. Write it how you want it to be. Share what you've written.

In between writing, read. Devour words and books and stories by humans who have lived different experiences than you. Seek out voices that show you something beyond your everyday life. Seek out stories that subvert dominant narratives. Seek out narratives that might make you uncomfortable. The closest way to walk in another's shoes, to deepen empathy and compassion is to read their words, to fall into the depth of their narrative, and let it blanket it you.

This summer I'm donating proceeds from Journaling Through Uncertainty sales to . I've followed for years now and love what she's doing to weave literature, yoga, and art to empower young women!

What are you writing? What are you reading? Share with me!

02/06/2020

Look to hope. Look to light. Look to unlimited possibility.

It’s in me.
It’s in you.
It’s in all of us.

Hope.
Light.
Unlimited possibility.

Use yours for good.
Lift up others.
Listen to other perspectives.
Read other perspectives.

Lead with compassion.
Journal, write, brainstorm, act.
Look deeply at your own biases.

See the divine light in all beings.

There is no separation between us—except those we have created and continue to create.

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