Standing Tall with Big Heart: Somatically, Mindfully, Creatively, Unceasingly
Next time you are standing…
•Imagine the soles of your feet connecting with the core of our planet.
•Imagine the crown of your head connecting to the farthest galaxy.
•Image it.
•Breathe it.
•Become it.
•Bloom in it.
Keep inhaling and exhaling…
Be open to sensation…
What are you experiencing in your body?
The memories flood through:
Study Buddies whispering across the table.
Unknown authors randomly discovered on shelves.
Poems and essays vibrating new ways of thinking.
The wisdom of Dante and Socrates beckoning
the timelessness of life.
Now decades later
With fresh eyes and little time left
I am back.
Aliveness thrives in this moment.
He said dejectedly, “I have made the decision to stay until the end of the year.” Then his shoulders slumped.
She said, “Whoa! That decision sounds like a non-negotiable jail sentence.
“I am curious, what happens when you switch out the word decision for the word choice? What happens to your body?”
He didn’t have to say a word. His body said it all. His eyes softened. Color came back into his cheeks. He sat up straighter. He smiled.
Notice the different energies between the word decision and the word choice.
Empowering ourselves through words is such an easy task and yet so often we forget.
….stop, close your eyes, inhale deeply and exhale twice as deep. Do this a few times. Slowly oxygenate your experience. Let it become fresh again.
Open your eyes and observe through the lens of Beginners Mind. Trust what arises and follow through.
Keep me posted…( – ;
You are entering into a new age. A new way of being. A new way of moving forward.
•May you remember that each moment is a new entering into life’s mysteries.
•May you view life through the eyes of Beginners Mind even when your patience dwindles and breath is shallow.Â
•May you create the ordinary into the extraordinary knowing that it is then when life’s passions are birthed.Â
•May you be blessed as you lead with resiliency and determination your heart’s passions.
•May each entering be filled with conscious and discerning choices as life unfolds itself.
Bottomline: I bow deeply to you as you enter the Alchemy of Womanhood. May you go full-tilt boogie into your 18th year savoring each moment, always remembering we are here for you when needed!
Pause for just a moment. Breathe deeply and exhale.
•Watch what emerges as your mind begins to settle with each inhale and exhale.Â
•Watch attentively and breathe even deeper into it. Â
•Breathe into the not knowing. Â
•Exhale any stagnant qi.Â
•Dive deep into and engage with loving awareness.
Not getting it? Go slower….have your breath become your ally…
And now try again,. This is why it is called a “practice”…. ( – ;
What are you aware of?
When you look at life’s buffet of choices what are you truly hungry for?
This is an important question because when we are hungry we do what it takes to feed ourselves. But sometimes when we are too hungry we make poor choices.
Stay aware of your MInd and Body. Notice what they are hungry for before they become ravenous. This awareness will help you stay balanced as well as flow with what life is giving.
I live in life’s continuum witnessing each moment flowing into the next. Impermanence is my wondrous dance partner.
Without warning impermanence waves it’s wand and change occurs. The stability we had relied upon has dissolved…or is it the illusion of stability that has dissolved?
Bottomline: Life is impermanent. To tell ourselves othewise is perpetuating an illusion.
Knowing this….how shall you live your life today?
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