Madison Kolla
On how I don't do Yoga anymore
I received an email this summer, from an Ashtanga Yoga practitioner in Costa Rica thanking me for my blog post about why I do Ashtanga...
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Madison Kolla
- Nov 20, 2020
- 3 min
Descending into the Dark (Season)
I've spun a story for you, pulled up from the depths of winter. This story begins with an idea. A possibly quite novel idea. That (y)our...
Madison Kolla
- Aug 23, 2020
- 7 min
Initiation: a postpartum unravelling
I became a mother at the break of dawn. Sky glowing pink and orange, light spreading, room brightening. On the floor, moans and guttural...
Madison Kolla
- Nov 22, 2018
- 2 min
Mental Health Peer Support
We need each other. This lesson is taught to me over and over again. Especially when it comes to mental illness - or, as I prefer to call...
Madison Kolla
- Apr 25, 2018
- 2 min
Self Discovery
It took losing my mind to find myself. Bit of a bold statement, that. And I'm certain it's not the only way to find yourself. Probably...
Madison Kolla
- Jan 19, 2018
- 3 min
Self Care for Mental Health
Now this is a topic that I have devoted much thought and energy to over the past year. It was inevitable that it would prompt a blog post...
Madison Kolla
- Sep 8, 2017
- 6 min
September
September. This past week especially, the change has been palpable. Cold, crisp mornings. Breeze slightly more cutting, bit of an ominous...
Madison Kolla
- Jun 20, 2017
- 4 min
Abandon Hope
"Hope is very often a refusal to know what is so, and steadfastly it is a refusal to live as if the present moment is good enough and all...
Madison Kolla
- May 18, 2017
- 2 min
Who Are You?
“Who. Are. You?” demanded the Caterpillar. “Well, I… I hardly know sir. I’ve changed so many times since this morning, you see.” “I do...
Madison Kolla
- Apr 26, 2017
- 9 min
A Madness Memoir ~ Part One
I’ve just made a cup of coffee. It smells delicious - rich and comforting, spiced with a pinch of cinnamon, made creamy with almond milk....
Madison Kolla
- Apr 26, 2017
- 6 min
Part Two ~ What Goes Up Must Come Down
The effects of my experiences in the world of psychiatry were not initially apparent. After discharge from inpatient care, I was still...
Madison Kolla
- Apr 26, 2017
- 7 min
Part Three ~ Integration
I don’t know if severe clinical depression was an experience I ‘needed’ to have. Maybe it occurred in part because a crash, a low phase,...
Madison Kolla
- Feb 6, 2015
- 3 min
Depression Happens
Sometimes you just have a sad day. And sometimes it lingers. Sometimes for a week, sometimes for endless awful months. Sometimes you...
Madison Kolla
- Nov 30, 2014
- 6 min
Ceiling Fans and Misery
Over the past month in Mysore, I have begun to develop quite a deep and intimate relationship with my ceiling fan. Although there remains...