Thank you so much, Open and Tilly, for your warm and enthusiastic welcome.

There is still a slight sense of surprise inside about having reached this point; even knowing, feeling for so long that this is where the path was meant to go, where it was leading me. A sense of surprise and of great expansion, too, of a new, exciting space opening inside, in the field and the soul, ready to welcome and embrace all who resonate.

(And also a great sense of amusement as I'm watching a part of me that's kind of looking around, trying to see the person you're talking about because, uh, what? I didn't do anything? I was just working to embody more and be as authenic as I can, to just be and express, for no other reason but because it felt right! )

I'd also like to add a big thank you to all of Team Openhand for ... everything, really. Everything since my first Openhand weekend retreat, back in September 2016, when I skipped my mother's birthday party and shortened the long planned holiday with one of my closest friends, to get into a spaceship (a Ford Galaxy, to be precise), and brave the journey (I hate driving) to go to Belgium for a Breakthrough Intensive. Just: thank you. It's been everything I asked for.