Living Into It

clarity, integration, and momentum

Stairs. Lake Hollywood.

What I’m living into.

If you’ve known me for a while, you know this: I’ve been passionate about many things. I’ve followed a lot of paths—some fruitful, some dead ends, some that simply faded when it was time.

But in the last few years, something has clicked.

The threads are weaving together. My creativity and my capacity are finally syncing up. My spiritual path has become the ground I stand on. My work feels deeper, wider, and more alive than it ever has.

A big part of this has been understanding how my brain actually works—and instead of fighting it or trying to make it behave, learning to dance with it. Letting the heart lead. Grounding in the body. Trusting the timing.

Somehow, it all adds up.

I add up.

I’m here.

And it’s good.

The art (and the moment).

Last year—out of all this new clarity—I wrote a full-length play. It’s called The L in Louisville. I’m deeply grateful to say that many of the best theatre artists in town have been drawn into its early life with me.

While a full production isn’t planned yet, one scene—Surprise Lily—will be part of Louisville Tens, an evening of ten-minute plays by Louisville playwrights at Actors Theatre of Louisville on April 5. Directed by Tory Parker and featuring Jennifer Pennington and Crystian Wiltshire, it’s part of a larger festival called Storytelling Revolution, a collaboration between Louisville Fringe and Actors Theatre that feels—if you know, you know—a little Slant Culture in spirit.

What makes this especially meaningful to me is this:

Actors Theatre is the very place I volunteered to usher as an eighth grader. It’s where I fell in love with theatre in the first place.

Some paths eventually wind back to where they began.

This is one of those paths.

What’s alive in my work.

All of this—the art, the clarity, the full-circle moments—is connected to the way I’m living and working now. Less separation. More listening. More trust in how things actually move.

I’ll share more about that over time. For now, I wanted you to see where this season is taking me.

Living into it?

While teaching Pilates, sometimes I notice clients going through the motions. Sometimes it’s subtle, but a trained instructor can catch when a knee leads the glute, instead of the other way around. So I point out the specific muscle, say, the glute medius, for fellow anatomy geeks. I have them find it, feel it activate. Then I cue them to initiate from THERE. Live into the glute medius for every rep.

That slight shift ups the game every time. And not just in Pilates.

What are you living into these days?

What part are you leading from?

Would a slight shift change things?

Explore that if it calls to you. If want to share with me what you discover (or anything else!), I’d love to hear from you in the comments!

Thank-you for being here.

🙏🏼 ❤️ 🕉️ Tee

Living Into It is a NEW monthly note from Teresa Willis—writer, wellness coach, Pilates teacher, and late-diagnosis ADHD woman—about clarity, integration, and momentum.

Thanks for reading!