jordan is embodying transformation || listening || breaking || surrender

Last week, I had the pleasure of doing a mini Embodied Portraiture Talisman Session with my dear friend and fellow grief tender, Jordan Mudd.

Jordan is a musical facilitator, community songwriter, ritualist, prayerful activist, and grief tender whose life work is to use song as a tool for personal, collective, and spiritual liberation. He co-facilitates regular singing circles in Jamaica Plain and Somerville with his collaborator Milly - a beautifully rich and growing community that I’ve deeply appreciated being a part of over the past couple of years.

We got together for a mini Embodied Portraiture Talisman Session as he moved into a new space, with dreams of facilitating small group rituals and seeing clients 1:1 there.

As we began our session, I guided Jordan through some practices to connect with his body, heart, and spirit. From that place I asked what he’d like more access to embodying in this season of life.

Jordan’s words were transformation, listening, breaking, and surrender.

From there, I lead him through some practices to support him in connecting more deeply with + embodying that energy. From that place, we made these portraits.

Embodied Portraiture Talisman Sessions are not about appearance. They’re about mindfully engaging in the power of being witnessed/witnessing yourself your genuine embodiment of the energy you’re wanting more access to. These portraits are meant to be made into a talisman of sorts - to be decorated and placed somewhere where it can be seen and connected with daily.

These talismans become a powerful somatic spell, offering a kind of easeful repetition that helps to strengthen your neural pathways across a variety of circumstances each time you look at and connect with them. This makes it physically more easeful for your body to access and integrate this energy - a trusty companion offering bread for the journey as you navigate the season of life you’re in.

See the full gallery below (polaroids at the end!) -