
Ray Shaheen
she/her
"Become one with eternity. Obliterate your personality. Become part of your environment. Forget yourself."
— YAYOI KUSAMA
About Ray
i'm a sensitive introvert with a big heart and a burning desire to build a more safe and loving world. home is wherever i am with my sweet partner and our spunky cat, Rick.
i love spending time in the sun, painting, reading nonfiction, cooking nourishing food, journaling and writing poetry, singing, dancing, thrifting, being silly, and exploring near, deep, and far.
a libra sun, i am always appreciating beauty and finding ways to grow and deepen my communities. a cancer moon, i feel my own and other people's emotions deeply. a sagittarius rising, i'm on an eternal adventure to expand my understanding of what this one wild and precious life is meant to teach us.
what i’ve learned so far is that we are all connected to each other—our well-being bound up with the well-being of all other people on this beautiful and inflamed earth we inhabit for only a moment in time. that it’s possible to hold both—our own suffering and the suffering of others.
that when i’m open to healing and listening and unlearning and believing we can build a better world—where everyone has the right to safety, tenderness, and care—i am reminded of the interconnected web of life. that no matter how small and insignificant i may be, i am always a part of the whole. 💛

COLLECTIONS by Ray
Seeded Rhythms
Seeded Rhythms was created with an intimate understanding that healing asks us to plant intentional seeds if we wish to grow and evolve into new ways of being—and to nurture our intentions through practices, rituals, or rhythms each and every day so we can show up for ourselves, our communities, and the world around us.
my offerings incorporate elements of mindfulness, embodiment, storytelling, plant medicine, and cycles of the natural world. each one is entirely unique and imperfect and meant to inspire healing in a way that aligns with your own journey toward reconnecting with your body and your heart.
as a small commitment to treading lightly on this earth, each offering is handmade with thrifted, recycled, and gathered materials—flowers, fabrics, frames, jars, shells—that i’ve repurposed with beauty, love, and good karmic energy to pass on to you.
Poetry
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he leaves a message
says he loves me / and always has / say he’ll do anything / and always will / says he’ll protect me / in sickness and in health / …
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water / conditional love
that’s water under the bridge / water? / under… / the—bluhhht! / she vomited / mud and stones / and blood and veins / …
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last night i had a dream
i am slamming my fists down / over and over / and over again / i’m spinning—maybe drunk? / head is light / brain is dizzy / stomach nauseous / weeping…
Other Stories
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On Healing through Creating
My experience with healing has been an ever-evolving, eternal commitment to radical love and acceptance, first of myself and then of my community and the world around me.