Andy/Andrea (they/she)
@groundedhere.bsky.social
Potawatomi land (Kalamazoo, MI)
Belonging. Activism. Ayurveda. Yoga.
Trans Lives Matter. Black Lives Matter. Indigenous Sovereignty Matters!
Community Catalyst.
Facilitator. Organizer. Host.
Belonging. Activism. Ayurveda. Yoga.
Trans Lives Matter. Black Lives Matter. Indigenous Sovereignty Matters!
Community Catalyst.
Facilitator. Organizer. Host.
This coming week I start a new weekly yoga class, Sta(y)ble, rooted in seasonal and life changes from the perspective of Ayurveda, and a series, Grounded Action, to help us stay grounded in heightened situations and raise money for HEAL Palestine. Both take place at Kalamazoo Backyard Yogis.
January 17, 2026 at 5:22 PM
This coming week I start a new weekly yoga class, Sta(y)ble, rooted in seasonal and life changes from the perspective of Ayurveda, and a series, Grounded Action, to help us stay grounded in heightened situations and raise money for HEAL Palestine. Both take place at Kalamazoo Backyard Yogis.
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Home Depot parking lots are used by ICE for staging raids.
December 13, 2025 at 6:27 PM
Home Depot parking lots are used by ICE for staging raids.
If you’re needing a little support, here is a five minute grounding breath practice I just recorded🙏🏼
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Grounding Breath Practice
Guide for breath awareness and breathing in as if from the crown of the head into belly and down through leg toward the core of the earth. Contraindicated if in…
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December 15, 2025 at 9:22 PM
If you’re needing a little support, here is a five minute grounding breath practice I just recorded🙏🏼
vimeo.com/1146730112?s...
vimeo.com/1146730112?s...
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A new way of framing the value system of the left. ✌🏻
December 2, 2025 at 11:25 AM
A new way of framing the value system of the left. ✌🏻
Protest, Protest, but don’t forget to ground.
October 18, 2025 at 5:37 PM
Protest, Protest, but don’t forget to ground.
A ceasefire isn’t enough.
October 12, 2025 at 9:19 PM
A ceasefire isn’t enough.
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Join us this Wednesday in Kalamazoo!!
July 21, 2025 at 9:16 PM
Join us this Wednesday in Kalamazoo!!
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I just left the Everglades Immigrant Interment Camp. No, I’m not using their ridiculous name. It was a very tough to witness humans in those cages. Every Floridian should be ashamed that our taxpayer money is being used for this.
July 12, 2025 at 11:28 PM
I just left the Everglades Immigrant Interment Camp. No, I’m not using their ridiculous name. It was a very tough to witness humans in those cages. Every Floridian should be ashamed that our taxpayer money is being used for this.
Check out my new SubStack post on accepting the possibility of belonging in times of grief and loss.
Embracing Awkwardness and Bravely Connecting
We all long to belong.
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July 11, 2025 at 6:07 PM
Check out my new SubStack post on accepting the possibility of belonging in times of grief and loss.
Let’s be clear if you think you’re celebrating freedom while being for sending weapons to destroy others’ liberation, you’re actually celebrating supremacy. If you think you’re celebrating freedom while claiming you own land and have dominion over the earth, you’re actually celebrating supremacy.
July 3, 2025 at 6:17 PM
Let’s be clear if you think you’re celebrating freedom while being for sending weapons to destroy others’ liberation, you’re actually celebrating supremacy. If you think you’re celebrating freedom while claiming you own land and have dominion over the earth, you’re actually celebrating supremacy.
I’ve been embroidering patches to support liberation. Let me know if you’d like one. Proceeds to Free Palestine via individuals abroad and movements abroad and locally.
June 18, 2025 at 8:52 PM
I’ve been embroidering patches to support liberation. Let me know if you’d like one. Proceeds to Free Palestine via individuals abroad and movements abroad and locally.
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600+ people drowned in these waters, left to die by Europe while seeking safety. Today, we pass through this same sea on the 'Madleen', sailing to break sieges and borders.
June 4, 2025 at 10:33 PM
600+ people drowned in these waters, left to die by Europe while seeking safety. Today, we pass through this same sea on the 'Madleen', sailing to break sieges and borders.
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This Eid, our hearts are with the Palestinians of Gaza. You deserve life, justice, peace, and the right to celebrate Eid without mourning.
#EidMubarak #FreedomForGaza #Madleen #Solidarity #Palestine #EndTheOccupation #JusticeForGaza
#EidMubarak #FreedomForGaza #Madleen #Solidarity #Palestine #EndTheOccupation #JusticeForGaza
June 7, 2025 at 4:03 PM
This Eid, our hearts are with the Palestinians of Gaza. You deserve life, justice, peace, and the right to celebrate Eid without mourning.
#EidMubarak #FreedomForGaza #Madleen #Solidarity #Palestine #EndTheOccupation #JusticeForGaza
#EidMubarak #FreedomForGaza #Madleen #Solidarity #Palestine #EndTheOccupation #JusticeForGaza
New Fearless Self-Love Podcast episode and trailer dropped today! Check them out wherever you listen to podcasts or at groundedhere.com/resources
May 29, 2025 at 7:20 PM
New Fearless Self-Love Podcast episode and trailer dropped today! Check them out wherever you listen to podcasts or at groundedhere.com/resources
On May 31 I am co-facilitating a virtual Queer Inclusivity workshop with Billie Smith! This is an interactive opportunity for learning how to bring your community or workplace beyond the Pride Flag. You will learn terminology, history, and practical tools for creating a genuinely inclusive space.
May 22, 2025 at 11:21 PM
On May 31 I am co-facilitating a virtual Queer Inclusivity workshop with Billie Smith! This is an interactive opportunity for learning how to bring your community or workplace beyond the Pride Flag. You will learn terminology, history, and practical tools for creating a genuinely inclusive space.
CALL YOUR REPS, donate to families directly. Tasneem, [Palestinian NGOs Network (PNGO)]: “For over 50 days, not a single truck carrying…aid has been allowed to enter. Families [are] milling dried pasta…just enough to make a piece of dough…to feed their children…we haven't seen fresh food in months.“
Gaza: Flour prices soar to $300 a bag after more than 50 days without new aid deliveries
Food prices are skyrocketing in Gaza, ActionAid’s staff and partners reported today, as Israel's total ban on aid entering the territory continues into its eighth week, causing major shortages and del...
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May 19, 2025 at 12:55 PM
CALL YOUR REPS, donate to families directly. Tasneem, [Palestinian NGOs Network (PNGO)]: “For over 50 days, not a single truck carrying…aid has been allowed to enter. Families [are] milling dried pasta…just enough to make a piece of dough…to feed their children…we haven't seen fresh food in months.“
Who/what helps you ground? To feel connected with nature, self and all of life?
This pup is my anchor in so many ways for so many years. #grounding #connection
This pup is my anchor in so many ways for so many years. #grounding #connection
May 16, 2025 at 12:04 PM
Who/what helps you ground? To feel connected with nature, self and all of life?
This pup is my anchor in so many ways for so many years. #grounding #connection
This pup is my anchor in so many ways for so many years. #grounding #connection
I shared my first big Substack newsletter yesterday! It’s called Queer Inclusivity and Grounding to Belong. Learn about the workshop I’m co-facilitating and some practices to uplift while staying grounded in heavy times.
Check it out at open.substack.com/pub/grounded...
Check it out at open.substack.com/pub/grounded...
Queer Inclusivity & Grounding to Belong
It’s Spring! And that doesn’t have to mean you’re happy. Hi There. Welcome to my Substack.
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May 14, 2025 at 4:56 PM
I shared my first big Substack newsletter yesterday! It’s called Queer Inclusivity and Grounding to Belong. Learn about the workshop I’m co-facilitating and some practices to uplift while staying grounded in heavy times.
Check it out at open.substack.com/pub/grounded...
Check it out at open.substack.com/pub/grounded...
Good Mor(el)ning!
You’re welcome for the dad joke. West Michigan gifts of the earth. [pictured: pheasant back mushrooms, half free morels, ramps, dead nettles, chives and woodland violets! Not pictured: uprooted invasive garlic mustard.]
You’re welcome for the dad joke. West Michigan gifts of the earth. [pictured: pheasant back mushrooms, half free morels, ramps, dead nettles, chives and woodland violets! Not pictured: uprooted invasive garlic mustard.]
May 7, 2025 at 12:45 PM
Good Mor(el)ning!
You’re welcome for the dad joke. West Michigan gifts of the earth. [pictured: pheasant back mushrooms, half free morels, ramps, dead nettles, chives and woodland violets! Not pictured: uprooted invasive garlic mustard.]
You’re welcome for the dad joke. West Michigan gifts of the earth. [pictured: pheasant back mushrooms, half free morels, ramps, dead nettles, chives and woodland violets! Not pictured: uprooted invasive garlic mustard.]
How to get involved, learn, and connect with others for 🇵🇸
April 16, 2025 at 2:30 PM
How to get involved, learn, and connect with others for 🇵🇸
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Detroit, Ann Arbor, Grand Rapids, Jackson and Kalamazoo.
TODAY! Join @lettercarriers.bsky.social and letter carriers across the country as they say HELL NO to dismantling the U.S. Postal Service.
Find an event near you: www.nalc.org/news/fight-l...
Find an event near you: www.nalc.org/news/fight-l...
March 23, 2025 at 1:26 PM
Detroit, Ann Arbor, Grand Rapids, Jackson and Kalamazoo.
Spring Equinox - a time of opening myself to inspiration, intuition, connection to the elements, starting anew.
Image: Smoke from coals of this morning’s sunrise fire, mug with sticker “decommodify survival,” The MagicalYear book, by Danu Forest, pup wrapped in blankets, under the sun.
Image: Smoke from coals of this morning’s sunrise fire, mug with sticker “decommodify survival,” The MagicalYear book, by Danu Forest, pup wrapped in blankets, under the sun.
March 23, 2025 at 1:29 PM
Spring Equinox - a time of opening myself to inspiration, intuition, connection to the elements, starting anew.
Image: Smoke from coals of this morning’s sunrise fire, mug with sticker “decommodify survival,” The MagicalYear book, by Danu Forest, pup wrapped in blankets, under the sun.
Image: Smoke from coals of this morning’s sunrise fire, mug with sticker “decommodify survival,” The MagicalYear book, by Danu Forest, pup wrapped in blankets, under the sun.
Hi, I’m Andy. New Orleans has inspired me and leaves me wanting more of its essence - creativity, community, joy. The abundance of care & connection here has been astounding. As I move to Michigan (from Montana) this Spring, May I embody the kind of acceptance so freely given in this magical place.
March 5, 2025 at 2:50 PM
Hi, I’m Andy. New Orleans has inspired me and leaves me wanting more of its essence - creativity, community, joy. The abundance of care & connection here has been astounding. As I move to Michigan (from Montana) this Spring, May I embody the kind of acceptance so freely given in this magical place.