Souls of San Francisco
“How long have you been dating?”
“2 and a half years.”
“How’d you meet?”
Her – “We met 4 years ago at the Golden Gate Bridge, we were going on a music walking tour starting there going to Point Reyes-“
Her – “it was a 7 day music, camping, and walking tour-“
Her – “I didn’t bring a tent or anything, so I had to sleep in the same bed as Michael-
Him – “By the second night we kissed, but then we didn’t see each other for a year and a half.”
Her – “Before we parted I was telling him about this guru Amma, and that I wanted to go to India. Over the year and half we were apart I went to India, became a yoga teacher-“
Him – “and I went to Oregon to live in an intentional community. I think we both had a lot of spiritual growth to go through. Had some karma to resolve. So I had some stuff to deal with. Then I started getting into ecstatic dance trainings and that brought me back to the bay area right around the time-“
Her – “when Amma was coming to the Bay Area to give her bi-annual hugs. I had started living in Berkeley. I went to get my hug, and I was waiting at the temple door for Amma to arrive, and all these people were praying, and everyone’s quiet, and all these cars drive up, and Amma walks out and I watch her walk by into the temple, and just as she passes I see Michael standing on the other side of the aisle-
Him – “and right as this avatar saint passes I’m connecting eyes with this beautiful girl with an open heart and we gave each other hugs-“
Her – “It took a little bit to really reconnect but we started dating 2 months later.”
“What’s one of your favorite things about Meredith?”
Him – “She sees everything. She’s got this laser vision. For me to be so utterly revealed at all moments is helping me to see myself and what my goals are. To see the parts of me that are acting in accordance with my beliefs and to see the parts of me that are saying one thing about doing another. I’ve gotten to grow as a result of having her around.”
“What’s one of your favorite things about Michael?”
“His presence. He’s so present whenever I have something I need to talk about or am going through. He’s always been my biggest fan telling me I can do anything. When I taught my very first yoga class he was there teaching me EFT so I could get through my fear. I felt like I too was revealed and I couldn’t hide anything, and to be loved in spite of all my fears and all the things I didn’t want to show.”
Him – “We wrote a song with a line ‘You learn to stop so much hiding, it’s okay to be seen’.”
Him – “1 month into our relationship my sublet ended and I didn’t have much money, so I moved in with Meredith. We didn’t have to go into that whole weird trying to live in the same city as your significant other and try to coordinate schedules, pretty much instantly we got to live in the same home-“
“How was that time? It seems like living together so soon could put a lot of pressure on your relationship.”
Him – “It was 100% great. It was one of those things that was meant to be.”
“How do you contribute to society?”
Him – “I help start-up businesses and projects get the funding they need to step into the world by producing 2-3 minute videos for crowd funding. I support world changing projects get visibility. I also do collaborative singing experiences so we can all be artists and learn how to come into one voice together.”
Her – “I’m a yoga teacher and health coach. I’ve been helping people learn to love themselves first, to rest and take care of themselves so that they can be of more service to the world. I’ve also been helping women step into their passions to do what they love to do. To work through whatever blocks they have along the way. I help people cultivate courage in their lives to do what they want to do and believe in themselves through my coaching.”