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Every moment change is available around me.

I am ready to open to the weather.

When I rest, my bones fold up compact and my skin is like a fish.

When I open, I care for those that need relief from the hot sun or cool rain. It's time.

Underneath me are many footsteps. The people are gathered. From light -- a rainbow is revealed.

Spinning, playful expression. The air is electric with song, and bodies readying for collective movement.

In this periphery my offering is protection.

A step forward, another and another.

In front, behind, beside me -- we walk together.

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A little poem I wrote in the Seeds of Stories workshop, facilitated by Elizabeth Hill and Lorrina Belluz during the Mindful Makers Collective spring season. Thank you Carol Kajorinne for bringing together folks!

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Listen to the most recent episode of my podcast: Yum Cha Everyone - We Resist. We Persist. We Love. https://anchor.fm/yumchaeveryone/episodes/Yum-Cha-Everyone---We-Resist--We-Persist--We-Love-e26idqa

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Listen to the most recent episode of my podcast: Yum Cha Everyone - We Resist. We Persist. We Love. https://anchor.fm/yumchaeveryone/episodes/Yum-Cha-Everyone---We-Resist--We-Persist--We-Love-e26idqa

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Congratulations to my dad, Lloyd Chung for participating in a unique digital storytelling project!

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Thankyou mindful makers & Ontario Arts Council!

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On episode 11 of Yum-cha dai-ga - 飲茶大家 (let's have tea/dim-sum together) I explore a Cantonese phrase 心知肚明 sam1 zi1 tou5 ming4 (the heart knows, the stomach understands). The conversation starts with my parents. Then with curiosity and care, I invited people of differing levels of closeness and intimacy to respond.

You will hear from my parents, Carly Forbes, Céline Mundinger, Sheila Wilson, Lora Northway, Cornelius Beaver, and Ma-Nee Chacaby. Plus, the lil' baby with a big voice.

Stay tuned for a followup episode that continues to build on this prompt.

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On episode 10 of Yum-cha dai-ga - 飲茶大家 (let's have tea/dim-sum together) I catch up with a lovely friend, Blake Evans, who moved to China during the pandemic. Though a twelve hour time-difference exists between us-- our chat feels luscious, expansive, and reflective about how we are in relation to our environment. We chat about practicing language, growth, queerness, and more.

Photo credit 📸 Linda Ye

Listen on anchor.fm, Spotify, Google podcast platforms etc.

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On episode 9 of Yum-cha dai-ga - 飲茶大家 (let's have tea/dim-sum together), I shoot the breeze with Eric Taylor aka @the_breastfeeding_father on Instagram. We chat parenting, nerd out about a TV show, and talk about the ultimate snack.

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Wishing you a happy nowruz, spring equinox, sugar moon.

Today marks one year of my podcast that's been in development for about the same number of years as this fortunate, lucky, number 8 episode drop! It features my mama.

Becoming a parent has been a big motivation to make this, do my own intergenerational healing work and invite you into the process of sharing who I am

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On episode 7 of Yum-cha dai-ga - 飲茶大家 (let's have tea/dim-sum together), my mom shares about some plant medicines, soups, and using what she has to make nourishing food that has taken good care of us as a family. This episode is primarily Cantonese. Translated english show notes will be released in the future.

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Check out this incredible podcast Growing Through It - Stories From The Ground Up.

Congrats to Lak Williams, Shaynah Twance, and all the folks who developed, produced, and hosted such carefully supported space that offers glimpse into the experiences of young people sharing their truths.

Community voted it #1 podcast too! Here is a review by the walleye magazine.

It was such an honour to have been invited to do a workshop & get know some new folks.

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I have always loved putting together playlists and also receiving mixtapes. e.g. Cassette mixtapes and CDs.

Here are songs that will feel like winter solstice. marathon re-watching specials. listening with headphones until I fall asleep. delight and excitement. melancholy and hope. driving highway 11-17. the intimacy of getting my CDs signed by musicians at the Apollo. dancing like... forever.

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Zoe Gordon - Ways of Listening - SoundCloud

Listen to Zoe Gordon - Ways of Listening by NAISA on #SoundCloud

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Feat. my sister, Michelle.